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 . 174—Broxzk Sacrificial Vessel (Chou) Quadrilateral, the oblong mouth of full dimensions, the bottomrounding; deep, bell-shaped foot; upright loop handles on thelong sides. Used for food offerings in the ritual ceremonies ofancestor worship.
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 . 174—Broxzk Sacrificial Vessel (Chou) Quadrilateral, the oblong mouth of full dimensions, the bottomrounding; deep, bell-shaped foot; upright loop handles on thelong sides. Used for food offerings in the ritual ceremonies ofancestor worship. Exterior and interior surfaces coated withdull malachite and dark olive and washed-turquoise patina andincrustations, with rambling expanses of a warm iron-rust hueof an unctuous luster. The elaborated stand includes the figuresof two phoenixes with spread wings, carved in the round andperched upon their own long tail-feathers curled under in con-ventional scrolls. Height. 13 inches; length, I514 175—Broxze Circular Jar {Han) Broad, full body, high shoulder, short neck marked by two raisedrings; rounded lip and low circular foot. Elaborate decorationin a series of bands and borders from shoulder to base, compre-hending involved scrolls and fret, halberd heads, the small re-peated circle as a border motive, ridges and bosses in the ad-monitory ogre lineaments, with unornamented channels demarca-ting the raised and incised bands. Thickly incrusted variegatedpatina in sundry tones of green, blue, black and iron-rust brown,with the green dominant and pervasive. Height, 10 inctus: diameter, ISVj. inches.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidill, booksubjectartchinese
