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 . ow cloud. 3—Twelfth Century Amber-matrix Fish A broad and flat headed fish, reptile or aquatic creature ofsome kind, with forelegs and a curling tail, is carved in a sprawl-ing position with head on a rock—its body of translucent richbrown a
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 . ow cloud. 3—Twelfth Century Amber-matrix Fish A broad and flat headed fish, reptile or aquatic creature ofsome kind, with forelegs and a curling tail, is carved in a sprawl-ing position with head on a rock—its body of translucent richbrown amber which overlies a beautifully marbled matrix ofgray, yellow and olive-brown tones. Length, 2 inches. 4—Dark Brown Amber Sxuff Bottle Ovoidal contour with short neck. Obverse andreverse carved in rehef with full-length figuresin ceremonial dress and the sides with rudi-mentary handles. Seventeenth century. 5—Bbown Amber Seventeenth Century SnuffBottle Ovate form with short, in-curving neck, well-defined foot and flattened faces. Carved in lowrelief with animal grotesques. 6—Melon-shaped Amber Snuff Bottle ?* Clear translucent brown, and opaque squash- yellow amber, carved in the form of an elongated melon grow-ing on its stem and surrounded by vines, flowers and smallerfruits. Highly polished. Seventeenth century. Height, SVi 7—Snuff Bottle in Black Amber and Brown Profusely carved in high and low relief and engraved, the figureof a horse and two flying insects being worked in the opaqueblack portions of the amber, which take a fine ebony polish, andthe clear, all but transparent amber-brown and pale-yellow partscarved with a rambling pine tree and a monkey, and brilliantlypolished. Artists signature incised. Seventeenth century. Height, 2/i inches. 8—Carving in Amber Representing a mouse on Buddhas-hand fruit. Has teakwoodstand. 9—White Coral ^Iiniature Coupe Semi-globular, in the shape of a writers water-jar, with grotesqueanimals glaring at each o
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