Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity, formed by MrAWBahr, the well-known connoisseur and authority on the ancient arts of China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on the afternoons herein stated . le robes, is seated with one kneeraised) left hand hears a lotus flower. Rare variety of soap-stone, almost entirely a rich mottled red, the old ivory-yel-low part being clever
Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity, formed by MrAWBahr, the well-known connoisseur and authority on the ancient arts of China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on the afternoons herein stated . le robes, is seated with one kneeraised) left hand hears a lotus flower. Rare variety of soap-stone, almost entirely a rich mottled red, the old ivory-yel-low part being cleverly utilized for head only. Blight, inchex. 119— White Jade Horse and Boys {Chien Lung) Figure of horse with one hoy on back and another withbranch at foreleg of animal. Boldly carved in mutton fatjade with sparse iron-rust marking. Ltngiki a inchex. First Afternoon 120—Muttox Fat .Jaim: Fish-shape Vase (CA/Vh Lung) Thin form of a sacred carp leaping from sea, the openingof vase being the mouth, and at side, a smaller fish. Clev-erly carved with open spaces, from an unctuous green,sparsely shaded with reddish tones, material known andmuch esteemed by Chinese connoisseurs as deep muttonfat jade. Height, i% inches. 120a—Two Amber Dogs of Fo (Chien Lung) Rich, clear amber of golden-brown color. Dogs are erectand elaborately carved with curly tails, and small puppiesgambol at side of parents. L«Ugtk, 3 inche*.. 181—Grkkn Jade Fei-tsi-i Bcckxjes (Chicn Lung) Brilliant green, polished jade with mottling and brightnecks. Square double-plate buckles with hasp and eye,upper portion of plates carved and pierced in low reliefwith the chili-lung or lizard-shape dragon and fungusscrolls. Length, 4;^ inchet. 122—White Jade Pierced Box and Cover (Chien Lung) Circular, flattened disc form, of pure white even-toned pol-ished jade of extreme thinness, surfaces of each part, ex-cept for rim, is entirely pierced with diagonal work andtwo curling fish are left in the material, slightly ca
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