Illustrated catalogue of the remarkable collection of ancient Chinese bronzes, beautiful old porcelains, amber and stone carvings, sumptuous eighteenth century brocades, interesting old paintings on glas and fine old carpets, rugs and furniture, from ancient palaces and temples of China comprising the private collection of a Chinese nobleman of Tien-Tsin . Gallipot {Yuan) AVith broad shoulder and narrow flanged foot. Covered with athin glaze of turquoise-blue, through which runs everywhere aminute crackle. Interior of the short neck glazed in a gold andbrown lacquer effect. (Lip and foot show
Illustrated catalogue of the remarkable collection of ancient Chinese bronzes, beautiful old porcelains, amber and stone carvings, sumptuous eighteenth century brocades, interesting old paintings on glas and fine old carpets, rugs and furniture, from ancient palaces and temples of China comprising the private collection of a Chinese nobleman of Tien-Tsin . Gallipot {Yuan) AVith broad shoulder and narrow flanged foot. Covered with athin glaze of turquoise-blue, through which runs everywhere aminute crackle. Interior of the short neck glazed in a gold andbrown lacquer effect. (Lip and foot show slight repair.) Height. 10% inches. 363—Clair-de-luxe Tripod Dish (Sung) Hexafoliate, bulbous, shallow body, with wide circular mouth andflat, everted hexafoil lip with molded rim. Interior covered witha clair-ch-lune glaze of bluish-green and pale moonlight-whitetone, the broad lip and plain exterior of the body and feet witha rich aubergine glaze, mottled and of lustrous quality. Bot-tom, glazed a 3ellowish-brown, bears an incised mark, the nu-meral 3. Kuang-yao of Chiin type. Imperial Sung ware. (Repaired.) Diameter, 9% inches. 364—Royal Ovoid Jar (Sung) ^^ith short cylindrical lij). Sung pottery, covered with a va-riously flowing glaze of rich purplish-blues, shading into lapisand deep-cobalt quality, with crackle. Height. Ti 365—Companion Dogs Fv in Sung Pottery Seated on tlicir haunclies on quadrilateral plinths supported byquadrangular pedestal bases with curvilinear feet. Both dogswith open mouths, rolling tongues, and spreading tails upraisedin loop curves; one with his right forcpaw resting on the brocadedball, the other with left forepaw holding down a cub Fu, which,rolling on its back, plays with the ponderous paw above it. Mod-eled with remarkable skill and proportion, with the coats repre-sented by consecutive waved and concentric lines deeply incised inthe paste. The whole glazed in malachite-green, so treated amongthe striations defining the
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