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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 . First Afternoon 37— Enamel Snuff Bottle (Chien Lung) Flattened Blender club-shape. Decoration of peonies andbutterflies minutely drawn in soft colors on white enamel. 38— Umber
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 . First Afternoon 37— Enamel Snuff Bottle (Chien Lung) Flattened Blender club-shape. Decoration of peonies andbutterflies minutely drawn in soft colors on white enamel. 38— Umber Agate Snuff Bottle (Chien Lung) Oval section, pilgrim-bottle shape. Carved and brilliantlypolished from soft umber-tone agate and dark vein has beenutilized to make the figure of a genii dancing on the three-legged toad of mythical lore and for other features. 39— Blue and White Cloisonne Snuff Bottle (Chien Limy)Double-gourd shape. Decoration, cloi-sonne enamels of floral arabesques in shadesof blue on white. 40—Bed on Yellow Glass Snuff Bottles(Chien Lung)Oval section, pilgrim-bottle shape. Seal-ing-wax red glass, cut away in two me-dallions exposing the background of yel-low opaque glass, and forming archaicfigures; edge provided with cut No. 88 41—AvENTtntiNE Snuff Bottle (Chien Lung) Flattened elongated pear-shape, delicately carved withslightly raised figures and trees in the attractive, brightlyspeckled, brown stone, sometimes known as gold stone. 4*2—Egg-plant Shafb Snuff Bottle (Yung Cheng) Porcelain in shape of the Chinese egg-plant fruit, liver-color of shaded tones of purple. 43— White and Bhown Agate Sni ff Bottle (Chien Lung)Chinese-date shape, carved and etched in convoluted linesfrom white portion, light yellow-brown veining utilized toaccentuate shell forms. 44— AtHEKGiN k Babbit-SHAFB Snuff Bottle (Yung Cheng)Porcelain, shape of a rabbit, cleverly modeled and coveredwith soft aubergine color glaze. First lifter no
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