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 . with acool but rich, luxuriant and brilliant green glaze, with fine andall-pervading crackle, the glaze applied also to the inner part ofthe foot, and in lighter tone covering the interior of the color, infrequently met with in t
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 . with acool but rich, luxuriant and brilliant green glaze, with fine andall-pervading crackle, the glaze applied also to the inner part ofthe foot, and in lighter tone covering the interior of the color, infrequently met with in the multiplicity of Celestialgreens, is known to the Chinese as watermelon-green. Height, iy^ inches. 234—\YRrrERs (Cliien-hnig) Cylindrical, in the form of a section of a bamboo tree of smalldiameter and glazed in a delicate yellow-brown or tan color;upper and lower edges finely pricked in imitation of the bamboofiber. Ornamented under the glaze with relief modelings ofShou-lao with attendants and a spotted stag and flying bats. Hrif/ht, 4% inches. 235—MoTTEED Ovoid Bowi, (Cliien-hing) Exterior and interior covered with a glaze of speckled or mottledlapis-blue, infrequently found. Dkimcler, iY^ inches. 236—Short Bottle-shaped ^.ASE {Kniig-hsi) Witli thickened, protruding, molded lip Covered witli a uniform minutely. and low foot. iellia-1crackled. camellia-leaf green glaze HiUjht. 514 Inches. 237—Rose-di-Baery Coupe ( Yung Cheng) Modeled in low form on a short circularfoot, its brief body expanding or bulbousand finishing with a wide mouth. Purewhite, dense, resonant porcelain, investedwith an even, smooth glaze of the meltcd-rose hue with lavender-pink suggestionswhich is known as rosc-du-Barrif. IikiiixIi r. A:% inches. 238—Roiiixs-EGc: Souffle Gallipot (Chicn-liiiig) Bulbous body with full shoulder, thecontour slightly recurving at the foot. Covered with a char-acteristic robins-egg sonfjic glaze, in which the malachite tone predominates
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