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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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e long pendant, sur-rounded by kingfishers feathers, which arc inlaid also in themounting of the final drop, an amethyst of pear shape. 152— Mandarin Necklace An Imperial possession, which came from the Peking Palaceduring the Revolution. One hundred and eight beads of pinktourmaline, with thirty small beads of delicately colored trans-lucent fei-tsui jade and large globes of the same jade, all bril-liantly polished. In addition the rope is headed with seedpearls and corals, and the side strings have pendants with pinkand yellow tourmaline and topaz. The main pendant has a jew-eled ornament inlaid with kingfishers feathers, and the principaldrop, which is a pink tourmaline, is set in gold filigree with king-fishers feathers inlaid. (Illustrated) 153— Mandarin Necklace Formed of one hundred and eight beads of opaque fei-tsui jadebrightly polished, the large intervening beads being of rich pinkcoral and the side strings of small beads of pale pink tourmalinewith aquamarine pendants.
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