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 . f which attach to the opposite mirror surface. Diawctii. ;i inrhes. 95—, RorxD Bkon/.k Mikkok [Han) With beveled edge, and a decoration of four tigers in outlinerelief with geometrical and foliate designs, point, hatch anddot borders;
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 . f which attach to the opposite mirror surface. Diawctii. ;i inrhes. 95—, RorxD Bkon/.k Mikkok [Han) With beveled edge, and a decoration of four tigers in outlinerelief with geometrical and foliate designs, point, hatch anddot borders; coated with a gray-black and lead-colored patina,and pitted in malachite-hued disintegration. Diinnelcr, -tVi inches. 96—Bronze Roind Mirror (Han) Decorated in light line-relief and incision with bird and dragonconventionalizations and hatch and serrated borders. Gray andmalachite-green patina with heavv malachite incrustations. Diaiiulft, 5 inrhes. 97—Bronze Round ^Miiutoit (Han) Elaborately ornamented with the Four Gods decoration andaccessories, the signs of tiie Chinese zodiac, a dragon and phoenixscroll border in archaic conventionalization, and an outer borderof foliar scroll, variously modeled in higli and low relief andincised. 1he whole covered with a ])utina of dark steel-gray. Dinuiflir. l-^:j inrhes. 98—Green Bronze Mirror (Han). Circular form, the mirrorsurface evenly coated with abrilliant olive patina of va-rious shadings. A similarpatina, but with unctuoussurface of dull luster, is al-most uniformly distributedover the decorative top ofthe disk, which is adornedwith sea-horses and otheranimals and large birds,among bunches of grapesand vines, within a doublepoint border. Dinmeter, iy, inches. 99—CiRCtiLAR Bronze Mirror (Han) Profusely decorated in high and low relief modeling with luxuri-ant bundles of grapes and rambling vines, among which seamonsters disport, song birds perch and fly, and butterflies areseen on the wing. Coated with a lustrous black
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidill, booksubjectartchinese
