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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the beautiful old Chinese porcelains comprising the extraordinary private collection formed by Mr. S. S. Carvalho of New York (electronic resource) : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries on the dates herein stated
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association Carvalho, S. S Kirby, Thomas E. (Thomas Ellis), 1846-1924 Bernet, Otto American Art Galleries
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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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illiant glaze.The decoration comprises the great philosopher Lao-tze seated,holding a scepter, and the eight Taoist Immortals in processionaround the lower body, approaching him; cloud-scrolls, pine treesand the spotted stag; a lattice band with reserved medallionsenclosing floral sprays; and four of the genii riding over atumultuous sea, respectively on a carp, a dead tree, a stork anda leaf. B*if)kt, 90% inches. (Illustmfal) 304—pAIR Extke.mei.y Heavy Stone-weight Porcelain Blue andWhite Jars (Ming) Molded in foliate form with four lobes. Decorated in blues vary-ing from pale cobalt to purplish, with four boldly and broadlyoutlined foliate medallions enclosing alternately flying cranesamong cloud forms and pecking peacocks among flowers, theinterspaces displaying sundry characters in circular and diamondoutline. Scroll, foliate, geometrical and medallion borders, withreserve, encircle foot, shoulder and wavy neck. Have stands. Height, inches: diameter, IJ-i inches. (llln.it rated)
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305—Pa» Quadrangular Blue and White Jam (Kemg-hri) With short cylindrical nocks rising from the flat tops, and flatcylinder-covers. Sonorous stone-weight white porcelain with abrilliant glaze, decorated on all sides, between familiar borders,with conventional flowers and leaf scrolls in two shades of bluewith white reserve. On the flat top or shoulder four large flvingbats appear, amid further scrolls. Have stands. Height, 13ys inches; width, S% inches; depth, 6 inches. 306—Large Blue and White Ovoid Jar (Chifti-htng) Uesonant, pure white porcelain of Kang-hsi, richly ornamentedin two tones of blue, with effective reserve. Besides sundry andvarious borders the decoration embraces graceful and coy youngladies on a parapet, one, with an attendant, walking in a garden,to whom a figure approaches offering a fruit, elsewhere a figurebeside a stork which is standing on one leg, together with paviliondomes with fluttering gonfalons, glimpses at interior views, pen-dant foliage and pots

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