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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 . aterial, varies in shades of lilac-gray with rich-brown flecks on back. Length, 4% inches. 146— Amber-color Glass and Cover (Chien Lung)Rectangular body with four low f
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 . aterial, varies in shades of lilac-gray with rich-brown flecks on back. Length, 4% inches. 146— Amber-color Glass and Cover (Chien Lung)Rectangular body with four low feet, imitation of ancientcenser-shape, two side-handles with loose rings. Cover hasa mythical-lion on top. One side of vessel is carved withquail under bamboo, and other with bat and leaves. Clear,brilliant glass of a deep rich amber-color. Length and height, ift inches; width, inches. 147—Pan OX Bowls and Covers (Chien Lung)White-flecked jade. Expanding circular bowls with seg-mental-shupc covers, both with short slightly-expandingbase. Wrought extremely thin and of translucentjade with green markings and veins. Diameter, \y., inches: height, 3V4 inches. 148—White Jade Water-buffalo (Chien Lung) Vigorously carved figure, in mutton fat. jade, of a water-buffalo upstanding, with head turned round. On body,in low relief, millet stalks and leaves supported on back. Length, 6 inches. First Afternoon. 149—Fei-tsui Jade Writers Bkush-pot (Chien Lung) Cylindrical pot on rook, with fungus carved in low reliefon side; a bird, boldly curved with openwork, clings to sideof vessel. Fci-tnui jade, bird being in tbe dark-green por-tion of stone, leaving the white for the brash-pot. II right, (ji , inrhi 151— Pale-grekx Glass Figure ok a Lohax (C hun Lung)Modeled fig111**. of a Lohan, or Buddhist apostle, seatedcrosslegged on a flat pedestal. Heavy, brilliant transpar-ent glass of light-green color. Height, BM. inrhis. 152— Jade-kramki> Painting Table-screen (Chlcn L
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