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 . CHINESE PAINTING ON GLASS 407—Archeky in Winter Height, ^7 inches; length, 33^^ inches \%o 111 a cold green foreground a family of some consequence isassembled at the foot of some leaHess trees—two men, threewomen and some boys, besides othe
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 . CHINESE PAINTING ON GLASS 407—Archeky in Winter Height, ^7 inches; length, 33^^ inches \%o 111 a cold green foreground a family of some consequence isassembled at the foot of some leaHess trees—two men, threewomen and some boys, besides other jjersons—engaged in theceremonial sport of arrow-shooting. Back of them in the snoware more bowmen, on horseback, shooting as they run. Thepeople are variously garbed in winter robes of blue, red, whiteor other color, gold-embroidered. The mountainous back-ground is snow-covered, under a dark winter cloud, and towardthe right is seen a church clearly taken from a European paint-ing, as the architecture : TH!-PUBL. A8T»FI, LEM«XTILBEN FOUNDATIONt
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