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 . zuli quality, the glaze overflowing the rim and weltering about the foot. Height, 814 inches. 27-1—RoBixs-EGG Souffle Gallipot {Cliien-hing) Coated with a thick, dense glaze of robins-egg blue soufflewhich takes a strong bluish trend at the


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 . zuli quality, the glaze overflowing the rim and weltering about the foot. Height, 814 inches. 27-1—RoBixs-EGG Souffle Gallipot {Cliien-hing) Coated with a thick, dense glaze of robins-egg blue soufflewhich takes a strong bluish trend at the expense of the mala-chite or robins-egg green tendency, and under the shoulder presents a sort of waterfall effect. Height, 8ih, wideneck. The entire exterior covered witlia 2J<-! glaze and minute mosaiccrackle, the lip and interior of the neckwitli a black matt glaze. Hfight, Il-;4 27 Gi Boi J7(i -INlAZARIXE-BLrE ItLGBULAR (Kung-hsi) Tapering to a neck recurving in a bulbouslip. Clear white porcelain, coatedthroughout with a mirror-glaze of deepmazarine-blue. Hiitihl. ; inches. 278—RosE-souFrLE Oviform Vase (Cliicn-Iiiug) Shoulder steeply sloping, wide necklightly spreading. Clear, resonant white porcelain coatedthroughout the exterior surface, interior of neck and underthe foot with a luminous glaze of rose-noufflc, minutely blownwitli delicate effect. Height, 9 inches. 279—Tfrqi-oise Bottle-shaped Aase {Chieii-linig) AYith slightly tapering neck and low foot. Covered with a mirror-glaze of turquoise-blue, revealing in places a fine crackle, thehue shifting in various mottles and patches to the base the glaze thickens and presents rich, deep lilack sur-faces. Heiqht. !)i, inches. 280—Graceful Lapis-blue Bottle (Chicn-liing) Ovoid body and very sliglitly expanding neck. Invested with abrilliant glaze of lapis-lazuli blu


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