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 . Gray and Black Jade Hkakkh (Ming) S<juare heaker-shape. Open fretwork ridges to angles andlow webs to Mats. Grayish-white jade with shading inparts to black, carved with del
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 . Gray and Black Jade Hkakkh (Ming) S<juare heaker-shape. Open fretwork ridges to angles andlow webs to Mats. Grayish-white jade with shading inparts to black, carved with delicate incised and embossedarchaic ornament, palm leaves, to]) and base, bordered withkey-fret pattern. Height, 9% inches. 155—Carved White Jade Bowl and Cover (Chicn Lung) Circular, with spherical outline. Elaborately carved andpierced mutton fat jade, with peony flowers and leavesof exceptionally fine and delicate work. Undercut andopenwork peony flowers at sides as handles, and on top ofcover. Hright, i-yt inches. 15(5—Imperial Massive Dahk Moss-gkeex Jade Seal Made of dark moss-green jade with gray flecking, knownas pai-i/ii. On top of the square slab, is handle in shape oftwo dragons back-to-back, facing outwards and vigorouslycarved. On base is incised large seal characters of theTang dynasty (). (518-90(5); at side, name of owner, Hnan Hwa Chi. 41;, inches squnre: height, l\\ inches. First Afternoon. 157—Coral and Jabe Necklace and Pendant (Chien Lung)Composed of 108 red coral beads, on each, curved with open-work scrolls, two medallions bearing the character of xJioh (longevity), and four deep-green, fci-txni jade, reticulated,large beads. At the end, one of the large jade beads, bangsa bright red-coral colored ribbon with shoii characters em-broidered near ornaments. At center of ribbon is a jadeplaque, carved and pierced with circles and bat-motif: endfinished with pearl, gilt-embossed cap and pear-shaped,carved and pierced jade pendant. At sides of necklace a
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