Illustrated catalogue of the important collection of antique Chinese porcelains, Sung and Ming potteries, ancient stone sculptures, carved jades and other hard stones, snuff bottles, Mandarin (14778125974)

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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the important collection of antique Chinese porcelains, Sung and Ming potteries, ancient stone sculptures, carved jades and other hard stones, snuff bottles, Mandarin necklaces, bronzes, enamels, palace furniture and wall panels and a number of rare and fine ancient Chinese paintings of the Sung and Ming periods (electronic resource) : all of which are to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the Chinese expert, Lee Van Ching of Shanghai on the afternoons herein stated
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association Lee, Van Ching Kirby, Thomas E. (Thomas Ellis), 1846-1924 Bernet, Otto American Art Galleries
Subjects: Art objects
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: William Randolph Hearst Archive, Long Island University
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council METRO



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s (Sung) Twelve fragments of this highly priced and colorful ware, setat the back of a wooden panel which is carved for them withopenings in the shape of vases, cups and a wine pot. The severalpieces show chtirde-lnne and other delicate grounds, splashedwith rich purples, reds, blue, green and pink, the surfaces bril-liant and some of the orange-skin variety. Height of panel, \S% inches; length. 21Vi inehei. 454—CbCn-yao Jar (Yuan) Globular with broad month and short neck, and heavy foot.Greenish-gray glaze with bluish note, crackled in brown linesand much pitted, and of subdued brilliance. Height, 8% inehes. 455—Ovoid Jar ( Yuan) Short neck and everted lip. Heavy coarse pottery with a brownglaze of rough surface and grayish earth attachments. Height, 10% inrhet. Third Afternoon 45fi—Fr.ARixt; Ovoidai. Bowl (Sung) Exterior modeled with a band of encircling rings. Cream glazeof soft brilliance; within the sunken medallion of the bottom acircle of spur marks. Diameter, 9% incite*.
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457—Ixtkumkxt Vasi: ( Wei) Elongated ovoidai form with sloping .shoulder and short neck,expanded lip and molded foot. Coarse paste with a high reliefornamentation, including six rrudclv formed, primitively designedhuman figures and an archaic dragon, three birds and two dog-like creatures. Onlv remnants of a glaze of indistinguishablecolor, with earthy accretions. Ileir/ht, 13,; infhen. Third Afternoon 458—Pais Intkkmknt Vasks (Wei) Elongated form, slightly ovoidal, with broad sloping neck, andthick beveled lip. High relief decoration of human images andfigures of dragons, lizards, bears, serpents and a variety ofanimalistic forms of crude design. Thin wash glaze in browntone over a coarse paste, the glaze ceasing well above the foot.(Lips chipped.) Hfit/ht, 12 iarhtf.