. Rare and beautiful Oriental art treasures of supreme quality. st,fullest lapis-lazuli blue, and turquoise-green. Face, handsand breast, and the tiara, are gilded, in a ripe, subduedtone. The goddess is posed on a base exhibiting the sameglowing glazes as those in which her robes are represented,turquoise-green and lapis, the base being modeled in an un-usual form. Instead of rockery or a lotus throne, thereis here a dragon among swirling waves of the sea. Thebacks of both figure and base are in a deep gold and rich mahogany-brown lacquer effect. Height, 21 y^ inches. (Illustrated) 179—Ming T
. Rare and beautiful Oriental art treasures of supreme quality. st,fullest lapis-lazuli blue, and turquoise-green. Face, handsand breast, and the tiara, are gilded, in a ripe, subduedtone. The goddess is posed on a base exhibiting the sameglowing glazes as those in which her robes are represented,turquoise-green and lapis, the base being modeled in an un-usual form. Instead of rockery or a lotus throne, thereis here a dragon among swirling waves of the sea. Thebacks of both figure and base are in a deep gold and rich mahogany-brown lacquer effect. Height, 21 y^ inches. (Illustrated) 179—Ming Three-color Table Screen A quadrilateral Ming porcelain tile with convex surface,glazed in a brilliant and rich turquoise-blue which in placesshows the greenish-turquoise tint, and decorated in a grayor creamy white, light yellow and aubergine with the figuresof two sages under a pine tree. Set in a teakwood standardwith openwork carving of dragons at either side of a ju-iscepter-head. Dimensions of file, liy^ hi/ 11 inches: height of screen, I9y.^ inches. I. No. 180 ANTIQUE CHINESE BIRDCAGES That the following group of birdcages is a remarkable one needs no em-phasis—hardly the statement—for in the first glance is recognition. What isnot instantly perceptible, however, amid the lavishness of the ornamentationbestowed upon them, is the significance, the attention to minute detail, andthe multiplicity, in the varied beauties of this ornamentation. To offer thesuggestion—indeed the assurance—that they may be examined with confidenceof finding at any turn fresh thoughts and imaginative dreams of the artist-workmen who made them is the only purpose of this note. They may bestudied like porcelains, bronzes and fabrics of Cathay; for Taoist legend,Buddhist symbolism, song and story, the supreme wishes for length of daysand happiness, the flora and fauna of the Flowery Kingdom and the conven-tions of its decorative art were wrought equally for these beautiful birdhomes. Their
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