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 . mall pieces of mother-of-pearl. Height, .!!• indie*: uitlth. 25A inches. 219— Pi< riiiK Scukex (Ming) Oblong and enclosed in paneled frame. Black lacqueredground with except
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 . mall pieces of mother-of-pearl. Height, .!!• indie*: uitlth. 25A inches. 219— Pi< riiiK Scukex (Ming) Oblong and enclosed in paneled frame. Black lacqueredground with exceptionally minute inlay of mother-of-pearlin shaped pieces and in thin lines with cloisonne side of panel has an elaborate picture entirely formedby the intricate inlaid work, one side depicting a militarytournament in palace courtyard; other sick-, a landscapewith the Imperial court offering sacrifice to the sacredphcenix which is seen hovering above. Frame is dividedinto oblong panels each with a reserve in which is a pic-ture of a floral or animal subject and background is cov-ered with a variety of minute and accurately made diaperpatterns; all in mother-of-pearl inlay. The wealth of workin this rare and attractive screen is astonishing. Height anil xciillh. 30 inches. SECOND AFTERNOONS SALE TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1916AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT OCLOCK BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAINS. No. 223 No. 222 220— Soft-iaste * and White Vase (Kang Hsi)Spherical body, slender neck with long bulbous mouth andtubular top, deep base and slightly expanding. Soft-pasteporcelain. Decoration, delicately painted in shades of co-balt-blue on pure white ground, a sage resting by rock andleafless tree, bat hovering near. Covered all over and underthe deep base, with extra-brilliant, clear gla/e faintlycrackled. Height, 5 inches. 221— Soft-paste Due am, White Bottle (Kang Hsi)Mallet-shape bottle with receding base and slender cylin-drical neck. Soft-paste porcel
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