Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity, formed by MrAWBahr, the well-known connoisseur and authority on the ancient arts of China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on the afternoons herein stated . ue; deep border of medallions composedof various floral and symbolic designs, including the Shoiicharacter. Central portion with elaborate floral-arabesqueand bat-shape motifs.
Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity, formed by MrAWBahr, the well-known connoisseur and authority on the ancient arts of China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on the afternoons herein stated . ue; deep border of medallions composedof various floral and symbolic designs, including the Shoiicharacter. Central portion with elaborate floral-arabesqueand bat-shape motifs. Length, 3 feet 1 inches; Width, 2 feet 1 inch. 558— Pair of Chinese .Mats (Cliicn Lu»y) Short soft, silky pile. Central square of floral motif, sur-rounded with key-fret pattern and lined borders; decora-tion in shades, principally blue, with yellow on brown-redground. Each. 2 feet square. 559—Pair of Chinese Mats (Chien Limy) Short soft, silky pile. Central square of floral motifs, sur-rounded with key-fret pattern and lined borders; decora-tion in shades, principally blue with yellow, on brown-red ground. Each, 2 feet 1 inch square. 500—Pair OF Antwe Chixkse Mats {Chitn Lung) Short close pile. Subdued salmon ground; central medal-lion of fret-pattern with chih-luny heads surrounded byfloral arabesques, similar design for angles; decoration inblue and white. Each, 2 frit s inches square. Third Afternoon. 561— Pair ok AntMik Chinksk Mats (Chkn Lung) Soft close, silky pile. Ground of olive-green tone. Deepborder of key-pattern, with lines mid smaller inner bordersof Greek-fret and dots. Central square contains a medal-lion and angles of floral design, all in soft tones of gray,yellow and blue. The decoration and lines of borders areembossed or raised from the field. Each, 2 feet 9 inches square. 562— Antique Rrc (17f/i Century) Soft subdued single color of rich bronze-red, closely wovenand of silken sheen. length, 5 feet 7 incite*; -width, 2 feet 9 inches. .
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