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 . 105—Large Broxzk Foliar Mirror (Tuiig) Circular, tliu foliatud rim htvulcd and thickoneil at tiiu top; thesmooth upper surface decorated with peony sprays modeled inrelief and engraved. Both upper and lower surface of mirrorquality; the meta
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 . 105—Large Broxzk Foliar Mirror (Tuiig) Circular, tliu foliatud rim htvulcd and thickoneil at tiiu top; thesmooth upper surface decorated with peony sprays modeled inrelief and engraved. Both upper and lower surface of mirrorquality; the metal of clear, ringing tone. Luminous silverypatina, with incrustations manifold and varicolored. Diameter. S)/. Inches. 106—Silvery Bronze ^Iirror (Han) Circular and heavy, and retaining much of its mirror qualityamid incrustations of malachite-green and rusty hrown hue, thelight color of the metal resulting from the (juantity of tin usedin the alloy. On the top, within a central medallion of beadedoutline, the favorite decoration of mythical sea-animals moldedin bold relief among grapes and vines, the medallion surroundedb^ a band of various birds and flying insects also amid grapes,and within the rim a narrow conventional border of detachedfloral forms. Diameter, 6 107—Heavy Circular Bronze Mirror {Hiui) Convex, with beveled rim, the upper surface sloping downwardfrom a sharp edge to a large depressed medallion with elaborateornamentation. The sloping surface carries a band of refinedscroll, alternating and repetitive, and an inner serrated major decoration embodies in bold relief a representationof Hsi Wang Mu, Royal .Mother of the West and Queen ofthe Fairies, and Tung Wang Kung (whose title as regnant inequally imaginative realms of the East is imitative), with at-tendants, besides an archaic dragon and a tree—possibly thepeach tree of the genii, which grew in Hsi Wang Mus delect-able dominion in the Kun-lun ^lountains and blossomed once inthree t
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