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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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lip, and threemonster-bead feet. Band of hold floral scroll in relief undera glaze of pule grayish sea-green with yellowish notes. Diameter. 13% incite*. 743— Celadon Dish (Sunt/) Ovoid with flaring rim. Exterior modeled with petals in relief;at bottom of interior a dragon in relief, and about the sides anincised foliar scroll. Diameter, 14/, incite*. 744— Celadon Placiie (Ming) Flaring ovoidal form with upcurling rim: interior side lightlyfluted. Luminous sea-green glaze of deep note. Diameter. Hi incite*. 745— Inverted Bei.i.-sh ai-e Jardiniere (Chiiv-lung) On five low feet. Archaic dragon-scroll band and sceptre-headborder in relief on an incised key-fret ground, the whole in abrilliant lavender-blue glaze. Diameter, 15% incite*. 746— Lwis-in.rK Jardiniere (Yung Cheng) Ovoid with flaring rim. Floral decoration in foliated medallionson a ground of swastika-lattice, all in low relief under a brilliantglaze of lapis-lazuli blue. Diameter, Hi indie*. Fourth and Last .Afternoon
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747— Pais LaegJB CkxaDON Fish Howls (Yung (tuny) Deep ovoid form with large mouth and broad cylindrical lip,having a molded ring below it. Incised decoration of Imperialdragons alter the sacred jewel among clouds, above the waves,under a light celadon glaze of delicate sea-green tint. Ilriyhl, lili. incite*: diameter, 2(i inrhet. 748— Celadon Fish Howl (Clileii-luiiy) Ovoid, with three four-clawed lizard dragons in high relief look-ing over the rim. All-over scroll decoration incised and mod-eled in the paste, under a brilliant glaze of pure sea-green. Ditt meter, 20 indies. Fourth and Last Afternoon 749— Celadon Fish Bowl (Ktutg-kti) Deep ovoidal form witli embryonic broad lip. Decorated withconventional petal and scroll borders, and an archaic band offloral and angular scroll ornamentation, modeled in low reliefunder a brilliant glaze of pure sea-green tone. Diameter, 23 inches. 750— Fish Bowl (Kang-hti) Low tub-sliapc spreading from a flat foot and bound with reliefhoops. S

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