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 . 157—Gilded Bhox/k Grand Coipp: (Hiin) Deep, semi-globulur bowl witli eAcrtud lip, on a cylindrical stand-ard with a widc-sprcadiiiff flat foot. Originally a sacrificial incised inscription of thirty-five characters on the bowl reco
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 . 157—Gilded Bhox/k Grand Coipp: (Hiin) Deep, semi-globulur bowl witli eAcrtud lip, on a cylindrical stand-ard with a widc-sprcadiiiff flat foot. Originally a sacrificial incised inscription of thirty-five characters on the bowl recordsthe date of its making—the first jear of Pai-Chu of the Handynasty (li-i )—the weight of the article and the makersname. Much of the original gilding is exposed amidst the patinaof dark-olive and deep blue and the many earthy incrustations. ndt/lif, 71/4 inches: (Itaintlcr, 9
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