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 . 157—Coral and Jabe Necklace and Pendant (Chien Lung)Composed of 108 red coral beads, on each, curved with open-work scrolls, two medallions bearing the character of xJioh (long
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 . 157—Coral and Jabe Necklace and Pendant (Chien Lung)Composed of 108 red coral beads, on each, curved with open-work scrolls, two medallions bearing the character of xJioh (longevity), and four deep-green, fci-txni jade, reticulated,large beads. At the end, one of the large jade beads, bangsa bright red-coral colored ribbon with shoii characters em-broidered near ornaments. At center of ribbon is a jadeplaque, carved and pierced with circles and bat-motif: endfinished with pearl, gilt-embossed cap and pear-shaped,carved and pierced jade pendant. At sides of necklace arethree strings of ten jade beads, carved similar to the coralbeads, with pendent ends of pearl, gilt-embossed cap, nodpear-shape jade drops. First Afternoon. 158—Fei-tsii Jade Necklace and Pendant (Chicn Lung)Composed of 108 fei-tsui green jade beads with four largerof tourmaline or Chinese ruby; at the end of the large beadsand ferrule of tourmaline, hangs an orange-red flat deeo-rated ribbon: in center, a plaque of yellow amber; at end,a pearl ami elaborately embossed cap oyer tourmaline pear-shape pendant. At sides of necklace three strings of tentourmaline beads with pendent ends of enameled gold capson tourmaline, jade and light-blue rock-crystal drops. First Afternoon 159— TotttMALiXK Necklace and Jade Pendant (Chicn Luity)Formed of one hundred pink tourmaline or Chinese Unitybeads of uniform size, four larger beads of elouded greenfci-tsui jade; all strung on silken cord and at ends withvariegated colors and a flat button of white jade; collectedat end by one of the large he
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