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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 . 164 THE NEW YORK PUBUC UBRARY MTaK, LENax TILBEN FOUNDATien*. 165—Rake Broxze Incense Burner (CIiou) Deep ovoid body witli wide mouth and tliick, everted short lip,on a circular foot, with lieavy dragon-head loop-and-drop side-handles. Raise
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 . 164 THE NEW YORK PUBUC UBRARY MTaK, LENax TILBEN FOUNDATien*. 165—Rake Broxze Incense Burner (CIiou) Deep ovoid body witli wide mouth and tliick, everted short lip,on a circular foot, with lieavy dragon-head loop-and-drop side-handles. Raised band beneath the lip ornamented with a finelyincised scroll-fret and bosses, and interrupted by three sheeps-heads in relief, two on one side and one on the other. Similarband on the foot with lineaments of tlie tao tleh ogre. Rarel}-beautiful, rich, lustrous, malachite an-ugo, enhancing tiie steel-gray, iron-rust and mottled-mahogany patina of lesser depth,which, with various incrustations, coats both exterior and interiorof the vessel. Incised mark in the interior of the bottom. Height. 7 inches: width, UYi inches.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidill, booksubjectartchinese