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Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity, formed by MrAWBahr, the well-known connoisseur and authority on the ancient arts of China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on the afternoons herein stated . m-hes. 322- Sokt-1-aste White Amphora (Ming) Elongated pear or amphora-shape, two ring-handles issuefrom molded heads at sides of neck, soft-paste delicately etc
Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity, formed by MrAWBahr, the well-known connoisseur and authority on the ancient arts of China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on the afternoons herein stated . m-hes. 322- Sokt-1-aste White Amphora (Ming) Elongated pear or amphora-shape, two ring-handles issuefrom molded heads at sides of neck, soft-paste delicately etched round body, are a five-claw dragonand a phoenix with clouds. Palm leaf and floral bandsaround neck ami base, decoration is so faint as to be scarcelynoticed. Covered with a brilliant clear pure-white glaze,slightly crackled and stained at base. An unusual anddainty article. Height, 7 inrhes. 828— Soft-paste White Beaker (Kang Hxi) Beaker-shape with expanding base, band with beaded linesand verv wide trumpet mouth. Soft-paste porcelain. Dec-oration is very faintly indicated with delicate incised Greek-fret pattern and emblem panels round hand,with palm leaves above and below. Exterior, interior andbase are coated with a pure chalk-white glaze, of exceptionalbrilliancy and with faint and sparse long lines of extremely fine specimen of this class and period. Height, 514 Second Afternoon 324— RtBv-red Ewer {Yung Cheng) Ovoid body curving sharply to wide mouth, graceful spout,square long handles ascend vertically over mouth which hasa flat cover with tiny knoh. Hard porcelain, coated withthe deep and brilliant purplish-red glaze, known as ruby-red, the color is exceptional and of a rich quality. Height, 6% inrhis. 325— Iron-rest Vase {Chicn Lung) Biberon shape with small neck. Hard porcelain, coated withan attractive variety of the iron-rust glaze, with a sub-base of olive-browns; the surface is flecked with deeper tonesof iron-rust
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