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 . 152—Heavy Sonorous Bronze Beakek-shaped Vase {Han) With spreading foot and wide-flaring mouth, each formal sec-tion—base, midband and neck—divided into four parts by broadand deep vertical ridges which are adorned with short incisedscrolls.
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 . 152—Heavy Sonorous Bronze Beakek-shaped Vase {Han) With spreading foot and wide-flaring mouth, each formal sec-tion—base, midband and neck—divided into four parts by broadand deep vertical ridges which are adorned with short incisedscrolls. Decoration, the fao fieli ogre lineaments and archaicdragons in relief, and further embellished with cai-efully incisedscroll-fret which is continued throughout the interspaces. Onthe neck the decoration is comprised within slightly raised broadpalmations pointing upward. Height, llVi 153 ^IlRROR-BROXZE CIRCULAR JaR {HiUl) Thick, spreading lip, two deer-head loop side handles with drop,and deep foot. Encircled beneath tlie lip by a raised and incisedband of scrolls and halbert-heads, with the tigei-s eye in lowrelief and two bold projecting animal masks. The motive is re-peated in a band about the base, with the ogre lineaments re-curring in low relief. Time has invested both the exterior andinterior surfaces with a smooth, soft, dark patina, varyingfrom gun-metal hue through gray olives and rich browns to amatt black. An incised symbol in this piece signifies everythingin the universe, and apparently indicates the use of the vesselin the ritual of ancestor worship. Teak cover with green jadeknob handle. Iltii/ht. j;i ; diameter. inches. 154—Gilt Broxze Bottle-shaped Vase (After-Han) Squat-ovoidal body on a lightly-spreading flanged foot, with tall slender neck, bulbous in hexafoil expansion beneath the short lip and circled midway by a molded and f
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