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 . base. At sides are finelymodeled Chinese lion-heads with manes. Chinese charac-ters, engraved in paste at side of vase, denote that the vasei- all ottering by a priest to Kuan-
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 . base. At sides are finelymodeled Chinese lion-heads with manes. Chinese charac-ters, engraved in paste at side of vase, denote that the vasei- all ottering by a priest to Kuan-yin, at the temple ofTung-ti bridge, Yeng-ping-fu, for blessings of peace to hisfamily and for answers to prayers. 394—Fikikx Seated Figure of Kiax-yix {Ming) Heavy Fukien poreelain withliquid glaze of slightly-tinted lace and robes are vigorously yet finely modeled. Wholestatuette makes an extremely attractive piece. Height, lSyt inches, 395—Soft Ivory-white Bottle (Kang Hsi) Globular body curving to a long slender and gently taper-ing neck. Hard white porcelain, which is incised with verydelicate ornament, and at mouth, separate bands of scrollsand scepter-head; ornament commences immediately underbands and continues down neck to over shoulder in flowingfloral pattern. The paste is shown in the margin of thebase, which is glazed, and bears the Ming six-charactersmark. Height, 11 inches. Height. W\L cream-white. The goddess isseated on open rockwork, withone foot doubled under robe andhands resting on other knee, inone band is the sacred scroll. Onpart of rock is the bundle ofsacred hooks. Kuan-yin, by onetradition, is said to have beenthe daughter of a legendary king,and, by another, to be the Chi-nese version of the Buddhist Ava-lokitesvara; the deity is repre-sented in many shapes but usuallyas shown in the figures in thi>collection. The hair is coiled onhead in usual manner and has nocovering, the sacred boss is onher forehead and jewels on neck- Second dif
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