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 . 34—Fixe Carving in Amber Goldon yellow, in the form of a bunch of grapes, with stemand leaves and numerous squirrels. Length, 3 inches. 35—Seventeenth (enttry Brown Amber Ornament Translucent, turning to brilliant yellowsagainst the light, 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 . 34—Fixe Carving in Amber Goldon yellow, in the form of a bunch of grapes, with stemand leaves and numerous squirrels. Length, 3 inches. 35—Seventeenth (enttry Brown Amber Ornament Translucent, turning to brilliant yellowsagainst the light, and smoothly in form of a robust man with full,contented face, seated and holding a smalljar with swinging handle over liis knees,wearing on his back as cloak and head-covering in one the pelt of a spotted stag—emblem of longevity—with antlers andhoofs included as ornaments. The spots onthe deers coat are indicated by finely in-cised stars. Heifjht, \ inches. .56—Twelfth Century Carved Amber Orna-ment Sparkling, translucent brown amber withbrilliant ruby reflections, carved with mythical monsters of theimaginative Chinese animal kingdom, with details in hair-line. engraving. Length, 3</4 inches. 37—Twelfth Century Amber Carving Rich brown amber, with a sparkling translucency of brilliant topaz hue when held to the light, carved in the form of seamed, waved and weathered rocks in a grotto or woodland dell, with a winged insect and a frog crawling over them—the entire piece with a brilliant, luminous polish. Length. 3,/, inches. 38—Carved Amber Peach of Longevity A luscious specimen of the fabled fruit of long life, of the tree blossoming but once in three millenniums, which, eaten at the hand of Hsi Wang i\Iu, queen of tlie fairies, conferred a span of life of three thousand years; carved in a brilliantly polished, beautifully marked specimen of opaque and semi-translucent tortoise-shell amber, partly encircled by leaves and branches in bold rel
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