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 . cobalt and sapphire-blue springs, the branchesswinging across the field midway and dividing it. In each sec-tion a flying stork appears above a spotted stag which looks upat it—both emblems of longevity—also in cobalt and sapphire,with the a
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 . cobalt and sapphire-blue springs, the branchesswinging across the field midway and dividing it. In each sec-tion a flying stork appears above a spotted stag which looks upat it—both emblems of longevity—also in cobalt and sapphire,with the addition of white. Border of the same yellow ground-color, pervaded by a composite meander and swastika-fret pat-tern in a subtle fawn tone. Eighteenth century. Leixjlh. :i feet 10 inches: irkllh. 3 feet 1 iiieh. (Illustrated) -AxTKifE Chinese Mat Tawny-pink field strewn with j)eony sprays in white, dark andlight blue and pale golden-yellow, between fretted spandrels anda foliar medallion of yellow, white and the ground-color reserve,into which is worked an extreme conventionalization of the archaicdrasron-scroll in the two shades of blue with white. Conventionalborders in blue and white and ground-reserve, with a meander inlight golden-yellow. Early eighteenth century. Length, i feet 10 inehes; width. 3 feet. /li- (^Illustrated) N Var-ij^;!;-:. RY ASTen, LEH«x FOUNDATION!
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