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 . THE NEW YORJC jPUBUC LIBRARY AST«H, LEMOXTllPEN FOUNDATION>. 329— ^Iirkor-black Oviform Vase (Kang-hsi) With higli slioulder and neck and lightly flaring lip. Cleai- whiteporcelain of Kang-hsi, coated below the white-glazed rim
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 . THE NEW YORJC jPUBUC LIBRARY AST«H, LEMOXTllPEN FOUNDATION>. 329— ^Iirkor-black Oviform Vase (Kang-hsi) With higli slioulder and neck and lightly flaring lip. Cleai- whiteporcelain of Kang-hsi, coated below the white-glazed rim witha pure black monochrome glaze of liquid depths and remarkablebrilliancy—the pure tone and rich quality preserved perfectlythroughout. jMarked beneath the foot with a double ring inblue, on white glaze. Height, 17Yi iXhes. 330—Superb Peacock-blue Bottle {Chieri-hing) Clear, dense, sonorous porcelain in globular-ovoidal bottle-form,with full, tall, cylindrical neck; covered with a mirror-glaze oflustrous peacock-blue, universally crackled in dark lines, th?glaze overflowing the neck. Height, 17 inches. 331—Royal Purple Tall Beaker {Early Kang-hsi) Dense, iieavy porcelain in characteristic beaker-form, with a bolddecoration modeled in the paste, covered with a brilliant purpleglaze on both exterior and interior surfaces. The decoration,incised and in relief, comprises archaic animals and one of thetwel
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