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 . short straight neck. Coveredthrougliout with a monochrome glaze of purplish blue, enameledwith branches of the wild prunus tree in brown, thickly spreadwith white blossoms with green-tipped petals and yellow centers,a bird perched on one of
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 . short straight neck. Coveredthrougliout with a monochrome glaze of purplish blue, enameledwith branches of the wild prunus tree in brown, thickly spreadwith white blossoms with green-tipped petals and yellow centers,a bird perched on one of the limbs and another approaching iton the wing. Foot glazed in pistache-green. Has hippopotamus-horn stopper, inlaid with mother-of-pearl to form the i/ang-i/insymbol. Heiffht. 3,2 inches. 205—Rare Sofffle Jar (Chicii-hing) With sloping shoulder, and short neck slightly recurving atthe lip. Coated witli a rose-souffle glaze over a glaze of brilliantmustard-yellow. The rim and interior of the neck have a glazeof camellia-leaf green. (Lip slightly chipped.) Height, i inches. 206—Writers Water Cup (Kang-hsi) With squat, expanding body, contracted to an abbreviated neckand having a flanged cover in powder-blue. Invested with abrilliant glaze of mottled or powdered cobalt-blue of rare qualityand richness. 207—White Fu-chixg Coipe {Ming). ^108- 20S Modeled in the form of a lotus leaf, in-verted to form the cup, the stem, whichrises out of the center of the hollow,curling over the side and a branch stempassing underneath the bottom andpresenting a bud on the opposite side. Width. +i;. inches. -Pale Turquoise Vase {Chlen-luitg) Bottle-form, with squat body, slenderneck and everted lip, on a low in the delicate hue of the Ori-ental turquoise and disclosing uponexamination an infinitesimal crackle. Heiyhl. 4.,. inches. 209—Robins-egg Souffle Bottle {Cliien-lung) Ovoid bod\% narrow flat foot, sloping slioulder slightly flattened,and slender neck expanding a l
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