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 . p to her small mouth the musical reed instrument which theJapanese name the Sho-flute—one of the instruments used inShinto to rejjresent the sounds of paradise. She is seen atthree-quarter length and wears a gown of rich velvet-black,over bl
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 . p to her small mouth the musical reed instrument which theJapanese name the Sho-flute—one of the instruments used inShinto to rejjresent the sounds of paradise. She is seen atthree-quarter length and wears a gown of rich velvet-black,over blue, with flowing lace sleeves. At a pause in her playingshe looks directly at her observer. {Illustrated) CHINESE PAINTING ON GLASS 406—Gold-fish Height, 2214 inches; ?width, I6V2 inches Standing at the side of a table and seen at half-length is aplacid and sweet-faced young mother, attending her small boy,wdio is watching gold-fish swimming in a transparent jar. Theinfant is nude save for the gamezutachi, which is orange-pink,embroidered with sprays and floral medallions, and he is sittingon the table. His mother, who is turned slightly to the left,her head gently inclined, wears a beautifully embroidered man-darin coat, light blue, with a narrow pink collar, and deep coral-red cuffs on the flowing sleeves. Skv-blue background. {Illustrated). CHINESE PAINTING ON GLASS 407—Archeky in Winter Height, ^7 inches; length, 33^^ inches \%o 111 a cold green foreground a family of some consequence isassembled at the foot of some leaHess trees—two men, threewomen and some boys, besides other jjersons—engaged in theceremonial sport of arrow-shooting. Back of them in the snoware more bowmen, on horseback, shooting as they run. Thepeople are variously garbed in winter robes of blue, red, whiteor other color, gold-embroidered. The mountainous back-ground is snow-covered, under a dark winter cloud, and towardthe right is seen a church clearly taken from a European paint-ing, as the
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