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 . — Antiqtk Chinese Long Strip (Chten Lung) Close thick pile. Twelve squares, resembling mats, wovencontinuously into one strip. Border of each square ongolden yellow ground with
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 . — Antiqtk Chinese Long Strip (Chten Lung) Close thick pile. Twelve squares, resembling mats, wovencontinuously into one strip. Border of each square ongolden yellow ground with the sacred orbs in shaded blue,red, and olive-green colors and all with white points. Cen-ter a deep salmon-red with ju-i head medallion, and cornersin lighter red, blue-green and yellow. Length. 23 feet H inches; icutth, 2 feet. 580— ANTIQUE Chinese Long Strip (Chien Lung)Similar to No. ~>7\L hut fifteen squares in length. Length. 2ft feet t\ inches; liitlth. 2 feet. 581— Antique Chinese Ri g (Chien Lung) Thick close pile. Maroon field, covered all over with Bud-dhist symbols: the hanging disc-drum with the Yin-gang,a circle bisected by a wavy line, and signifying the dualityof nature; the drum with same emblem, the Dog of Fo,deer, sai led orb, fungus, coral etc., all boldly fashioned, andin different shades of blue, red, green and brown, also border. Length. 6 feet 7 inchen; tcidth, -I
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