Illustrated catalogue of the important collection of antique Chinese porcelains, Sung and Ming potteries, ancient stone sculptures, carved jades and other hard stones, snuff bottles, Mandarin necklaces, bronzes, enamels, palace furniture and wall panels and a number of rare and fine ancient Chinese paintings of the Sung and Ming periods [electronic resource] : all of which are to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the Chinese expert, Lee Van Ching of Shanghai on the afternoons herein stated . 318— Oviform Vase with Trumpet Neck (Kong-hti)Decorated with u distinguished personag
Illustrated catalogue of the important collection of antique Chinese porcelains, Sung and Ming potteries, ancient stone sculptures, carved jades and other hard stones, snuff bottles, Mandarin necklaces, bronzes, enamels, palace furniture and wall panels and a number of rare and fine ancient Chinese paintings of the Sung and Ming periods [electronic resource] : all of which are to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the Chinese expert, Lee Van Ching of Shanghai on the afternoons herein stated . 318— Oviform Vase with Trumpet Neck (Kong-hti)Decorated with u distinguished personage accompanied by alady, with attendants hearing offerings, in colors of the famlllc-verte. Heiijhl. 10/i inchfu. 319— Pair Statuettes (Chien-Utng) Seated figures of emperors, in blue robes with embroideries ofmany colors. Hi kjIiI, W inrhi-f. 320— Figure Group (Chien-litiiy) Statuette of Kuan-yin, the maternal, seated with an infant boyon her knee. She is in a white robe incised with Moral scroll, andwears a cowl of lapis-hluc and a pale green undergarment pen-ciled with flowers in black. She is on a lotus throne above thewaves, natural istically modeled, and beside her stand her fol-lower, .Jung Nii, the dragon maid, and Slien Tsai, the companionof her earthly adventures. Hfit/lit, 18 inches. Second Afternoon. 321 Ovo-CYLIXDKK AI. H-SIIAIED Vase ( KfllKJ-hxi) Painted with two figures and a pine tree in soft enamel colorson a luminous white ground. Height. S:!/H inch ft. 322— Unique Good k Puts (Kang-hii) Delicate sonorous bard paste porcelain, with a brilliant glaze ofsoft white. Inder the glaze a lightly incised decoration of Im-perial dragons in a medallion with a scroll border, outside ofwhich appear detached floral figures. The only color decorationis a border of one hundred hats in light and dark coral red onthe rim. The story of the good luck plate is that when on hissixtieth birthday his high officers came to pay their respects tothe Emperor Kang-hsi, h
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