The JAMES A. THOMAS COLLECTION DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DURHAM, N. C. Date ^QQ ol KiLfa—U 19 ^9 Q. %v ISmq Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Duke University Libraries N/ https://archive.org/details/illustratedcatal01amer_4 No. 376 —Important Iron Head ( T’ang ) ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFUL OLD CHINESE PORCELAINS RARE SPECIMENS OF ANCIENT POTTERY ANCIENT SCULPTURES IN STONE SUPERB IMPERIAL VELVET THRONE CARPETS CHOICE OLD CHINESE RUGS AND MANY BEAUTIFUL OLD SNUFF BOTTLES THE COLLECTION FORMED BY, AND TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY ORDER OF, THE CONNOISSEUR MR. H. A. E. JAEHNE OF NEW YORK CITY AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES ON THE AFTERNOONS HEREIN STATED 138707 THE SALE TO BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY and his associates THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers BLOCK OF MADISON AVENUE, 56th TO 57th STREET ENTRANCE, 30 EAST 57th STREET NEW YORK 1923 THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION DESIGNS ITS CATALOGUES AND DIRECTS ALL DETAILS OF ILLUSTRATION TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY \ 0—^A-- 70 f . .5/ 7f 5" ^ S H. A. E. Jaehne Collection of Chinese Art FOREWORD Mr. Jaehne resided in the Orient for over seventeen years, during which time this collection was gradually formed. It is very difficult to find and secure rare objects of Chinese art in China itself, as the pieces are usually heirlooms that are parted with only under great duress of circumstances; for the Chinese well know the artistic and intrinsic value of their possessions, and themselves pay enormous prices for rare and choice examples. Here one can trace the development of the potter’s art in China from the slightly fired, unglazed gray clay ware, through the glazed pottery, early stoneware and porcellanous stoneware on to the tech¬ nical perfection of porcelain in the eighteenth century. In bronze are examples of the Chou and Han dynasties showing the archaic superseded by the early naturalistic treatment, and the various phases through which the artists in that medium have passed up to modern times. The sculptor in stone is represented bv several splendid heads and the charming small and intimate Buddhist sculptures, used as me¬ morials to the departed, and called “stele.” Some show a single figure in graceful attitude and flowing robes; others, groups of figures form¬ ing fine compositions—all extremely decorative and bearing witness to the slow development of the sculptor’s knowledge of his medium. The iron heads are exquisite in their refinement of line and model¬ ing, and are the product of a highly perfected technique. For the collector of snuff bottles there are examples in many different materials that have been cunningly wrought into a bewilder¬ ing variety of forms and quaint conceits. The textiles, especially the Imperial velvet throne carpets, are of the greatest rarity and splendor. Never before have so many of these choice pieces been displayed at one time; and without the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty their presence here would have been an im¬ possibility. Nearly every phase of Chinese art is here represented in one form or another, and the whole forms a resume of the life and culture of China that gives one an insight into that great nation which we are coming more and more to understand and to appreciate. 138707 CONDITIONS OF SALE I. Rejection of bids: Any bid which is not commensurate with the value of the article offered or whicli is merely a nominal or fractional advance may be rejected by the auctioneer if in his judgment such bid would be likely to affect the sale injuriously. II. The buyer: The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arises between two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either decide the same or put up for re-sale the lot so in dispute. III. Identification and part payment by buyer: The name of the buyer of each lot shall be given immediately on the sale thereof, and when so required, each buyer shall sign a card giving the lot number, amount for which sold, and his or her name and address. Payment at the actual time of the sale shall be made of all or such part of the purchase prices as may be required. If the two foregoing conditions are not complied with, the lot or lots so purchased may at the option of the auctioneer be put up again and re-sold. IV. Risk after purchase: Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, and thereafter neither the consignor nor the Association is responsible for the loss or any damage to any article occasioned by theft, lire, breakage or any other cause. V. Delivery of purchases: Delivery of any purchases will be made only upon pay¬ ment of the total amount due for all purchases at the sale. Deliveries will be made at the place of sale or at the storage warehouse to which purchases may have been removed. Deliveries at the American Art Galleries will be made only between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M. on sales’ days and on other days—except holidays, when no deliveries will be made—between the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. Deliveries at places of sale other than the American Art Galleries will be made only during the forenoon following the day of sale unless by special notice or arrange¬ ment to the contrary. Deliveries at the storage warehouse to which goods may have been sent will be made on any day other than holidays between the hours of 9 and 5. Deliveries of any purchases of small articles likely to be lost or mislaid may be made at the discretion of the auctioneer during the session of the sale at which they were sold. VI. Storage in default of prompt payment and calling for goods: Articles not paid for in full and either not called for by the purchaser or delivered upon his or her order by noon of the day following that of the sale will be turned over by the Association to some carter to be carried to and stored in some warehouse until the time of the delivery therefrom to the purchaser, and the cost of such cartage and storage will be charged against the purchaser and the risk of loss or damage occasioned by such removal or storage will be upon the purchaser. NOTE: The Limited space of the Delivery Rooms of the Association makes the above requirements necessary, and it is not alone for the benefit of the Association, but also for that of its patrons, whose goods otherwise would have to be so crowded as to be subject to damage and loss. VII. Shipping: Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a business in which the Association is in no wise engaged, and will not be performed by the Association for purchasers. The Association will, however, afford to purchasers every facility for employing at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers; doing so, however, without any assumption of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such service. VIII. Guaranty-: The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot cor¬ rectly and endeavors therein and also at the actual time of sale to point out any error, defect or imperfection, but guaranty is not made either by the owner or the Association of the correctness of the description, genuineness, authenticity or condition of any lot and no sale will be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing or imperfection not noted or pointed out. Every lot is sold “as is” and without recourse. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its sale, and the Association will give consideration to the opinion of any trustworthy expert to the effect that any lot has been incorrectly catalogued and in its judgment may thereafter sell the lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion of such expert, who thereby will become responsible for such damage as might result were his opinion without foundation. IX. Buying on order: Buying or bidding by the Association for responsible parties on orders transmitted to it by mail, telegraph or telephone will be faithfully attended to without charge or commission. Any purchases so made will be subject to the foregoing conditions of sale except that, in the event of a purchase of a lot of one or more books by or for a purchaser who has not through himself or his agent been present at the exhibition or sale, the Association will permit such lot to be returned within ten days from the date of sale and the purchase money will be refunded if the lot in any manner differs from its catalogue description. Orders for execution by the Association should be written and given with such plainness as to leave no room for misunderstanding. Not only should the lot number be given, but also the title, and bids should be stated to be so much for the lot. and when the lot consists of one or more volumes of books or objects of art. the bid per volume or piece should also be stated. If the one transmitting the order is unknown to the Association, a deposit should be sent or references submitted. Shipping directions should also be given. Priced Catalogues: Priced copies of the catalogue or any session thereof, will be furnished by the Association at charges commensurate with the duties involved in copying the necessary information from the records of the Association. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, New American Art Galleries, Block of Madison Avenue, 56th to 57th Street, Entrance, 30 East 57tli Street, New York City. INTELLIGENT APPRAISALS FOR UNITED STATES AND STATE TAX INSURANCE AND OTHER PURPOSES AND CATALOGUES OF PRIVATE COLLECTIONS APPRAISALS AND CATALOGUES. Together with the increase in its exhibition and sales rooms, the American Art Association will expand its service of furnishing appraisements, under expert direction, of art and literary property, jewelry and all personal effects, in the settlement of estates, for in¬ heritance tax, insurance and other purposes. It is prepared also to supplement this work by making catalogues of the contents of homes or of entire estates, such catalogues to be modelled after the finely and intelligently produced catalogues of the Association’s own Sales. The Association will furnish at request the names of many Trust and Insur¬ ance Companies, Executors, Administrators, Trustees, Attorneys and private individuals for whom the Association has made appraisements which have not only been entirely satisfactory to them, but have been accepted by the United States Revenue Department, State Comptroller and others in interest. THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION AT ITS NEW AMERICAN ART GALLERIES THE BLOCK OF MADISON AVENUE, 56th to 57th STREET ENTRANCE, 30 EAST 57th STREET NEW YORK CITY CATALOGUE PERIODS OF CHINESE HISTORY REPRESENTED BY OBJECTS IN THE H. A. E. JAEHNE COLLECTION CHOU DYNASTY. HAN DYNASTY. NORTHERN WEI. WESTERN WEI. EASTERN WEI . NORTHERN CHOU . . . SUI DYNASTY. T’ANG DYNASTY . POSTERIOR CHIN SUNG DYNASTY . YUAN DYNASTY . MING DYNASTY. CH’ING DYNASTY K’ANG-HSI PERIOD . . YUNG CHENG PERIOD CHTEN-LUNG PERIOD CHIA CH’ING PERIOD TAO KUANG PERIOD . _B.C. 1122-256 B.C. 206-A.D. 220 .A.D. 386-534 .535-557 .534-550 .557-581 .589-618 .618-906 .936-947 .960-1279 .1280-1368 .1369-1644 .1644-1910 .1662-1722 .1723-1735 .1736-1795 .1796-1820 .1821-1851 FIRST AFTERNOON’S SALE TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1923 IN THE ASSEMBLY HALL OF THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 2.15 O’CLOCK Catalogue Numbers 1 to 202A, inclusive CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES 1—Pear-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung Stocky, with tapering neck. Covered with a beautiful royal blue glaze. Has stand. Height, 7 inches; diameter, 4% inches. 2 — Glass Snuff Bottle Slender elongated shape. Dense pale yellow glass, suggesting amber. (Has crack.) Silver stopper set with ruby glass. 3 — Decorated Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Oval form, decorated with eighteen Lohans in relief in faviille rose on green ground. Silver and green jade stopper. 1 — Gilt Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Of flattened form, one side bearing an engraved fan and the characters signifying “Prosperous Beginning”; on the other, a basket of flowers. Kindi// rend the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 5 —Snuff Bottle Made out of dark brown bean with blackish brown markings. Lapis-lazuli stopper, surmounted by carved red coral in form of parrot and plum blossoms. (5—Decorated Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Flattened rounded shape. With lion masks in relief as handles. A rich brown crackled glaze, relieved by splashes of deep peacock blue and green, covers the bottle. Lapis-lazuli stopper. 7— Jade Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Of white jade pebble, shaped like a bean. 8— Lacquer Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Pierced loop handles. Covered with black lacquer. Horn band at lip. Silver stopper set with large red coral bead. 9— Soft-paste Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Cylindrical shape, with rounded shoulders, decorated all over in copper red enamel with “Thousand Flower” design. Green jade stopper. 10 — Jade Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Pointed ovoid shape. Greenish-gray jade, carved in low relief with two hydra and crosslike medallion on front and rear. Silver stopper set with green jade. 11 — Black Lacquered Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung In the form of a long slender bud with calyx. Red glass, set in green enameled silver stopper. 12 — Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Bottle made of a bean of soft gray-brown color with beautiful grain, engraved with plum-tree design. Archaic characters on base. Ivory stopper. 13 — Ivory Snuff Bottle Cup Ch'ien-lung Used for filling bottles with snuff. Silver funnel. Rare. First Afternoon 11—Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Cylindrical shape. Covered with a lustrous coffee-brown glaze. 15— Porcelain Snuff Bottle Too Kuang Covered with an olive-green glaze flecked with brown. 16— Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Cylindrical porcelain vase, with a partially concealed dragon in grayish peachbloom and black. 17— Decorated Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Cylindrical shape. Decorated with interlacing diaper of lotus blossoms and scrolled foliage in peachbloom. Five Bats of Hap¬ piness on lip in cobalt blue. 18 — Decorated Porcelain Jar Yung Cheng Squat cylindrical shape. Decorated in peachbloom and blue with dragon pursuing jewel, among clouds and flames, over waves from which springs a large fish. 19 — Decorated Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Cylindrical shape. Decorated with peachbloom dragons of sea and sky in combat among flames, blue clouds and waves. Clouds in blue about neck. Radiating trefoil design on shoulders. 20— Ivory Snuff Tray Ch’ien-lung Circular flat form, the top scooped out to form the mystical Yang Ying. 21— Cinnabar Lacquer Snuff Bottle Ming Elongated ovoid shape. Carved with personages, trees, water, etc. Key fret encircles neck. Jo-i motive bands at shoulder and foot. Latter and lip mounted in brass. Carnelian stopper. Lacquer chipped. 22— Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung In the form of an elongated pepper, covered with coral-red glaze, and having a green stemlike stopper of porcelain. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 23—Decorated Gallipot Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Brownish crackled glaze decorated with “Hundred Antiques” design in deep underglaze blue over which is a transparent white slip. 24— “Soft-paste” Blue and White Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Cylindrical form. Decorated with an all-over design of asters and tendrils. Jo-i border at lip. Yung Cheng mark under foot. Silver-gilt stopper set with red coral. 25— Gilt Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Gilt double gourd-shaped bottle, the lower portion being deco¬ rated with engraved orchid and butterfly. 26— Enameled Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung D ragon among clouds in famille rose colorings on a rich cobalt blue ground. Silver stopper, set with rose quartz. 27— White Jade Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Of flnial form that includes the stopper. 28 — Miniature Silver Pilgrim Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Has center medallion representing a conventionalized peony sur¬ rounded by scroll border with lion mask handles, all in high relief. Silver stopper, set with red coral and malachite. 29 — Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Cylindrical shape, with rounded shoulders covered with a lustrous deep olive green enamel. Cheng Hua mark under foot. 30 — Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Cylindrical shape. Covered with souffle rose enamel forming an interesting and varied monochrome. 31— Decorated Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Cylindrical shape. Decorated in metallic brown with dragon in mist reaching for jewel. The dragon’s tongue and jewel are touched with red. First Afternoon 32— Decorated “Soft-paste” Jar Ch’ien-lung Decorated with two dragon boats filled with people with flags, in underglaze blue. Yung Cheng mark under foot. 33— Decorated Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Cylindrical shape. Decorated in underglaze blue with all-over design of lotus blossoms enclosed by foliated sprays in circular panels. Gilt stopper. 34— -Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Carved biscuit depicting tbe Eight Precious Things amongst floriated scrolls on key-fret ground, and covered with coral red. Key fret at base of neck, jo-i motive bands at shoulder and foot. Inscription in seal characters under foot. Green jade stopper. 35 — Square Tube of Russet-colored Jade Han Square. Has circular center, covered with archaic characters. This was the form of the symbol typifying Earth. Wooden stand. 36— Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Lohans and attendants in relief decorated in famille rose enam¬ els on a ground of green waves. Silver-gilt stopper, set with ruby matrix. Seal on foot. 37— Sapphire-blue Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Of deep rich color and of ovoid form. Coral stopper. 38— Porcelain Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Miniature gallipot vase, with intertwining tendrils containing lotus blossoms incised under a pellucid white glaze. Amethyst stopper. Yung Cheng mark under foot. 39— Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Round, faceted turquoise-blue glass with red coral stopper. 40— Glass Snuff Bottles Ch’ien-lung Round-faceted turquoise-blue glass, with red coral stopper. Kindly rend the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 41— Hi. i k and White “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Decorated with a bird-cage, vase with lotus and leaves, and plants in rich underglaze blue. Cloud motive, in same blue, encircles neck. Silver stopper set with red coral. ( Illustrated) 42— “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Cylindrical form. Decorated in underglaze blue with dragons of sea and sky among clouds and flames. Green and white ivory stopper, with black lacquer ground. ( Illustrated) 43— Tall Decorated Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Decorated with underglaze blue and peachbloom dragon pursuing jewel on a field of peachbloom relieved by blue clouds and flames at top, and wave motive at bottom in blue and white. Jade stopper with red coral knob. ( Illustrated) 44 I orcelain Snuff .Tar and Coaler Ch’ien-lung Decorated in blue with lotus and scrolled foliations on body and shoulder on blue ground. Lotus blossom rosette on blue ground on cover. ( Illustrated) 45—Decorated Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Ovoid, with high shoulders, decorated on neck and body with dragon on ground of peony flowers and leaves, and dragon under foot—all in underglaze blue. ( Illustrated) 4G—Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Ovoid shape. Carved biscuit, with personages in boat, Taoist Immortals and attendants in famille rose enamels. Seal under foot. Rose quartz stopper. 47—Porcelain Snuff Bottle Cli’ien-lung Graceful ovoid, with slightly grooved sides, decorated, in famille rose enamels, with groups of playing children delicately drawn. Coral stopper. Blue and White Snuff Bottles ( Ch’ien-lung) Kindly read the Conditions tinder which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 48— Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Flattened shape. Of green tourmaline colored glass, with hydras carved in high relief clinging to each narrow side. Deep sap¬ phire-blue glass stopper. ( Illustrated ) 49 — Camphor Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Rounded glass shape. Decorated with phoenix, bamboo and rocks in ruby glass carved in high relief. Green jade stopper. ( Illustrated ) 50 — Glass Snuff Bottle Cldien-lung Tall slender shape. Of clear ruby glass. Green glass stopper. ( Illustrated ) 51— Frosted Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Of rounded form, decorated in high relief with carved ruby glass fish, disks, and foot rim. Green jade stopper of fine qual¬ ity. ( Illustrated) 52 — Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Decorated on each side with two hydra encircling the character for longevity, carved in low relief. Silver-gilt stopper set with red coral. ( Illustrated) 53 — Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Pointed pear-shaped, of white jade, with mask handles. Coral stopper. 54 — Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung White jade, of rounded square form. Amethyst-colored glass stopper. 55—Ruby Glass Snuff Bottle Of octagonal form. Green jade stopper. Ch’ien-lung 48 50 51 52 Jade, Glass and Rock-crystal Snuff Bottles Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 56— White Jade Snuff Jar adieu-lung Cylindrical-shaped. Even white jade, carved in low relief with peony, magnolia, peach and cherry trees in flower. Carnelian stopper. ( Illustrated) 57— Tortoise-shell Glass Snuff Bottle C'ldien-lung Miniature jar, interestingly mottled and of fine proportions. The stopper consists of a disk of turquoise-blue glass surmounted bv a button of tortoise-shell glass. ( Illustrated) 58 — Amber Snuff Bottle Cldien-lung Irregular triangular-shaped. Silver stopper, set with green jade. ( Illustrated) 59— White Jade Snuff Bottle Cldien-lung Inverted pear-shape. Of flattened form, made of white jade of even texture, beautifully carved in low relief in arabesque de¬ sign of flowers and leaves. Green jade stopper. ( Illustrated) 60 —Glass Snuff Bottle Cldien-lung Dense terra-cotta red glass, with “wood grain” markings. White jade stopper. An unusual piece of fine quality. ( Illustrated ) 61 — Glass Snuff Bottle Cldien-lung Of clear ruby glass of brilliant hue. Green glass stopper. 62 — Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle Cldien-lung Pear-shaped, with design of house on rock jutting over water with skiff, rocks and pine trees, in low relief. Stopper of ivory and amethyst set with green jade. 56 59 Jade, Tortoise-shell, Amber and Glass Snuff Bottles ( Ch’ien-lung ) Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. (53 —Decorated Snuff Jar Yung Cheng Ovoid shape. Decorated in underglaze blue with conventionalized blossoms and foliage. Cloud motive encircles neck. Yung Cheng mark in blue under foot. (5-1—Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Pebble, carved with encircling hydra in high relief. Russet mark¬ ings. Tourmaline stopper. ( Illustrated ) 65— Porcelain Gallipot Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Displaying a dragon concealed bv and among clouds, on an un¬ dulating cobalt-blue ground. Jo-i border encircles neck. Very fine. ( Illustrated) 66— Decorated “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Tapering cylindrical shape. Decorated with rich cobalt blue design of conventionalized peonies and leaves above a lancet bor¬ der at foot. Band of petals and stamens encircles neck, below which is scalloped trefoil decoration. Yung Cheng mark under foot. ( Illustrated ) 67 — Blue and White “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Cylindrical form. An Empress with attendant looks down from a balcony upon two men walking upon clouds. Amethyst stopper. ( Illustrated) 68 — Decorated Snuff Bottle Yung Clieng Cylindrical shape. Decorated in various shades of peachbloom with dragons of sky and sea contesting for jewel among clouds and flames. ( Illustrated ) 69 — Decorated Porcelain Snuff Jar and Cover Ch’ien-lung Decorated in famille rose enamels with a troop of horsemen being received at a gate in a high wall by an old man in court costume. Figure of courtier on stopper. Soft-paste Blue and White and Decorated Snuff Bottles Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. TO —Biate and White “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Cylindrical shape, with rounded shoulders, decorated in under- glaze blue with dragon among clouds and flames above wave motive at foot. Horn stopper set with red glass. (Chip out of neck.) 71— Decorated “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Cylindrical shape. Decorated in underglaze blue with brocade design of blossoms and foliage above a flamelike band at foot. 72 — Decorated “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Tapering cylindrical shape. Decorated in brilliant cobalt blue with pine tree, bamboo and flowering shrub. Near foot are three engraved ridges simulating bamboo markings. ( Illustrated ) 73 — Decorated Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Cylindrical shape, with creamy crackled glaze over design of dragon pursuing flaming jewel in rich thick cobalt blue. ( Illustrated ) 74— “Soft-paste” Blue and White Snuff Bottle adieu-lung Cylindrical form, decorated in brilliant cobalt blue with moun¬ tainous landscape in which are pavilions and people, one of whom is seated fishing. Ming Cheng Hua mark under foot. Gold stone and ivory tinted stopper. ( Illustrated ) 75 — Decorated Porcelain Snuff Bottle Cldien-lung Gallipot-shape. Decorated in famille rose enamels with numer¬ ous men and women in rich robes on white ground. Coral stopper. ( Illustrated ) 76 — Decorated Snuff Bottle Chia Ch’ing Carved biscuit, portraying a boating party on a river, decorated in famille rose enamels. Key fret in red encircles neck, below which is a band of cloud motive. Chia Ch’ing mark in red under foot. Fine green jade stopper. ( Illustrated ) r» Decorated and Blue and White Snuff Bottles (Yung Cheng, Ch’ien-lung and Chia Ch’ing ) 76 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 77— White Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Rounded oblong shape. White jade of even color relieved by a branch of blossoming plum on one side, and bird, pine and bamboo on the other, carved in low relief. 78— “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Elongated shape. Covered with a creamy white glaze beneath which is an incised decoration of peonies and foliage. Ch’ien-lung With interesting frostlike mark¬ ings in white on cafe-au-lait. Sil¬ ver stopper, set with coral and malachite. ( Illustrated ) 80—Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Bottle made from ancient jade pebble of semicircular form with russet markings relieving the white of the body. Silver-gilt stopper, set with ruby matrix. Gilt metal stand. 81— Quartz Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Oval shape. Rose quartz, with green jade stopper. 82— Agate Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Chalcedony agate, of rounded form and delicate russet tones. Green jade stopper. 83— Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Opaque white glass, with three hydra of dense ruby glass in high relief. Coral stopper. 84— Enamel Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Slender shape. Of flattened form, decorated in enamels with dragons of sky and sea on yellow ground. Rose quartz stopper. First Afternoon 85—Large Black Lacquer Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Used for keeping supply of snuff for smaller bottles. Ivory rim at lip. Horn stopper, inlaid with ivory and silver, and over the latter a glass disk is placed. 86—Mother-of-pearl Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Has bat handles and fungus design in relief on front. Coral stopper. ( Illustrated ) 87— Yellow Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Octagonal-faceted. Of rich dense yellow glass of amber hue. Coral stopper. 88— Hair Crystal Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Of flattened oval form. Carnelian stopper. 89— Stone Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Flattened rounded square shape. Of black stone, with silver markings similar to lapis-lazuli. Blue glass and coral stopper. 90— Amethyst Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Double-gourd shape. Of amethyst glass inlaid with gold stone. Coral stopper, set in silver. 91— Lacquer Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung With two pierced handles, inlaid with many symbols and emblems in ivory on one side, and rice pattern diaper on other. Ivory inlaid stopper. 92— Glass Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Small ovoid flattened shape. Dense amber yellow glass. Coral stopper set with button pearl. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 1).*}—Glass Bottle Ch'ien-lung Clear glass, with gourds and vines in relief in ruby glass. Green jade stoper. ( Illustrated ) 94—Decorated Porcelain Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Elongated ovoid shape. Decorated with various mythological animals disporting themselves on waves. Five bats on shoulder, and cloud band encircles neck. Drawn in underglaze blue of a soft shade. 95—Green Jade Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Ovoid shape. Of flattened, graceful form. The jade is beauti¬ fully marked and of good color. Coral and gilt stopper. ( Illustrated ) 96—Tortoise-shell Glass Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Faceted pear-shape. Tortoise-shell glass, with rich markings. Green jade stopper. ( Illustrated ) 97—Decorated Snuff Bottle K'ang-hsi Tall cylindrical form, with dragon pursuing jewel in blue on peachbloom ground of waves. ( Illustrated ) 98—Decorated Porcelain Bottle Ch'ien-lung Tall cylindrical shape. Decorated with the dragons of the sky and sea fighting for the flaming jewel, in blue on peachbloom ground. Cloud designs in peachbloom on shoulder. Silver top, set with malachite and red coral. ( Illustrated ) Decorated Porcelain, Jade and Glass Snuff Bottles Kindly rend the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 99 —Su.ver Snuff Bottle 100 Ch -ien-lung Ovoid shape, with exterior elaborately pierced and carved in design of lions disporting themselves among scrolled ribbons. Key fret engraved on neck and foot. Silver stopper, inlaid with malachite and carnelians. ( Illustrated) Cinnabar Lacquer Snuff Bottle Chia Ch’ing Of slender form, covered with peonies and foliage. Silver and carnelian stopper. Silver-gilt mouth and foot. 101 — Quartz Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Smoky quartz crystal, of rounded oblong form. Green glass and ivory stopper. 102 — Decorated “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Thick cylindrical form, with all-over design in delicately drawn blue peonies and foliage. Yung Cheng mark under foot. 103 — Glass Snuff Bottle Cldien-lung Green glass, in the form of a fish, with brown markings and en¬ graved scales, eyes, gills, etc. Rose quartz stopper. 104 — Blue and White Snuff Bottle 4 Ch ’ien-lung Each side portraying fishing scenes in circular form bordered by brocade diaper. Ch’ien-lung seal under foot. Silver stopper. 105 — Decorated Gallipot Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Decorated with male and female lions with cub on clouds, flames and a bat, in brilliant cobalt blue. Yung Cheng mark under foot. First Afternoon 106— Porcelain Snuff Bottle Chin Cliing Carved biscuit enameled red. The dragon on one side and the phoenix on the other are portrayed among clouds and flames. Cilia Ch’ing mark in gold under foot. Red biscuit stopper of rosette form. 107— Decorated “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Yung Clung Gallipot shape. Decorated in underglaze blue of fine quality with what is probably a poem, and a rocky landscape through which a peasant in raincoat of straw and wide-brimmed hat is journey¬ ing. Yung C'heng mark under foot. 108— Decorated Snuff Jar and Cover Yung Clieng Decorated with peachbloom dragon on a ground of cobalt blue peonies and foliage. Flaming jewel in peachbloom surrounded by garland of round leaves on cover. Yung Cheng mark under foot. 109— Han Jade Snuff Bottle Ch-ien-lung Thick flattened shape. Of Han jade, with brown markings of various shades. Silver stopper, set with green jade. 110— Decorated Snuff Bottle K’ang-hsi Of compressed ovoid form, decorated with dragon chasing flam¬ ing jewel among clouds in deep blue and peachbloom on lighter blue ground. Green jade, set in silver-gilt stopper. Inscription under foot. Ill —Decorated Porcelain Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Decorated with landscape with figures in deep underglaze blue, over which is a transparent lighter blue glaze. Yung Cheng mark under foot. Silver and agate stopper. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 112— Decorated Miniature Jar Ch'ien-lung Cylindrical shape. Decorated with dragon medallions in rich blue on body. A dragon pursuing the jewel among clouds and dames encircles the shoulders, and a rampant dragon decorates the under side of the foot. A very bne specimen. ( Illustrated) 113— Decorated “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Square shape, with beveled corners, displaying four panels de¬ picting men and boys out of doors amusing themselves in vari¬ ous ways, on a ground of finely drawn asters and leaves, all in delicate underglaze blue. An exquisite specimen. ( Illustrated) 11-1— Decorated “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Slender cylindrical form. Decorated in rich cobalt blue with nobleman and three boys near an open oval window, which dis¬ closes interior with books and screen. Cheng Hua mark under foot. ( Illustrated) 115— Decorated “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Large tapering cylindrical shape. Decorated with plants, a lantern under a shelter attached to a pole, rocks and lotus plants in water, in rich cobalt blue. ( Illustrated ) 116— Decorated “Soft-paste” Snuff Bottle Yung Cheng Tail cylindrical shape, depicting a dragon descending from clouds above a rocky landscape with pine tree, in which are a monkey, squirrel and coiled serpent—all delicately drawn in clear cobalt blue. ( Illustrated) 112 115 113 116 D ecouated Soft-paste Snuff Bottles Kindi// read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 117— Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Round flattened shape. With figures in rocky landscape on one side and peonies springing from rocks on the other, in famille rose enamels. Flotations at neck and narrow sides, and Ch’ien- lung mark on foot. Coral set in gilt stopper. (Illustrated) 118— Camphor Glass Snuff Bottle Cli'ien-lung With decoration of Eight Taoist Immortals, some in boat, on horseback, riding on bat, etc., in carved sapphire-blue glass in high relief. Rose quartz stopper. ( Illustrated ) 119— J ade Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Flattened ovoid shape. Of white jade, of even texture. Amber A T ellow glass stopper. ( Illustrated ) 120— Forcelain Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung In the form of a boy, beautifully modeled, at whose feet leaps the mythical three-legged toad. In front, from the cord en¬ circling his neck, depend strings of cash, and in the rear hangs a bat pendant with streamers. Rich famille rose enamels deco¬ rate the figure. A rose quartz toad forms the stopper. ( Illustrated ) 121—Two Crystal Snuff Bottles Ch'ien-lung One large and one small, carved with hydra and bats holding rings, in relief. Carved coral stoppers with coiled hydra. ( Illustrated) 122— Agate Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Chalcedony agate pebble, with silver stopper set with coral. 123— Quartz Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Hairy quartz crystal, of rounded square form. Silver stopper with rose quartz button. 119 117 120 118 Decorated Porcelain and Semi-precious Stone Snuff Bottles Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 124 — Large Carved Ivory Snuff Bottle With figures of two Lohans, one with the gourd, the other stand¬ ing on the fabulous three-legged toad, among rocks, pine trees and waterfall. Silver stopper, with coral button. 125— Ancient Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Of ovoid form and russet color. Silver stopper, set with dark green button. 126— Enameled Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Slender shape. Decorated on each side, in an oval reserve, with a figure three-quarters length, painted in European style in famille rose enamels. The black ground of the bottle is relieved by colored floral sprigs. Silver stopper, set with moonstone. 127— Agate Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Rounded shape. Of chalcedony agate, one side olive-brown and the other bluish. Silver stopper, set with carnelian button. 128— Gray Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Flat ovoid shape, with pierced handles, decorated with engraved design of poppies on one side and peony tree on other. Stopper of same material. Gilt metal stand. First Afternoon 129 —Agate Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Sturdy bottle of chalcedony agate, in which the deep brown mat- trix is carved in the form of a lady carrying a gourd under a plantain tree, and an ostrich, all in high relief and of fine work¬ manship. Fine green jade stopper. 130 —Decorated “Soft-paste” Jar Yung Cheng Cylindrical shape. Decorated in brilliant underglaze blue with dragon medallions. Yung Cheng mark under foot. 131 — Quartz Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Flattened ovoid shape. Of russet-colored quartz, with thin edges deeply grooved. Rose quartz stopper. 132 — Large Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Green glass, imitating jade in a very clever manner. Silver stopper surmounted by lion decorated with blue enamel. 133 — Hairy Quartz Crystal Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Rounded oblong shape, decorated on one side with lotus blossoms and leaves in low relief and engraved. Green jade stopper, set with pink tourmaline. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 1 .‘54—Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Carved and openwork biscuit, decorated with dragon and phoenix among clouds, in coral red. Coral red porcelain stopper of rosette form. 135— Decorated Snuff Bottle K’ang-hsi Sturdy cylindrical form. Decorated in brilliant rich blue with design of dragon on ground of peonies and leaves. Rampant dragon in blue under foot. Has stand. 136— Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung In carved biscuit, with gods, emperor and personages in a river landscape, decorated with fomille rose enamels. Figures finely modeled and enamels brilliant. Green glass stopper and teak- wood stand. CHINESE GLASS 13 1 Octagonal Pear-shaped \ ase Tao Kuang Of light sapphire-blue glass. Tao Kuang mark incised on foot. Height, 5% inches; diameter. 3 inches. 138 — Globular Bottle Ch’ien-lung With long cylindrical neck made of turquoise-blue glass of bril¬ liant tone. Has stand. Height, 8y 3 inches; diameter, 4y 3 inches. 139— Octagonal Pear-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung With long neck. Made of deep violet blue glass. Ch’ien-lung mark incised under foot. (Slight chip at lip.) Has stand. . Height, 5 y., indies; diameter, 2% inches. 110—Ivory Statuette Ming Of a lady with long flowing robes, holding a jar about which a cloth has been knotted. A charming figure, toned by time to a golden hue. Height, 4% inches First Afternoon 141—I jArge Pear-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung Of dense amber-colored glass of pellucid quality. Ch’ien lung seal incised under foot. Has stand. Height. 11*4 inches; diameter, 7 inches. CHINESE JADE 112—White Jade Vase Ch’ien-lung Small, slender, with tubular bandies, between which are charac¬ ters in low relief. The flattened body has blossoming plants on one side, and bamboo and fungus on the other, in low relief. 143—White Jade Lion Ch’ien-lung With bushy tail curled over haunches and with flowing mane, apparently about to leap on prey. I!eight. 2 inches; length. 4% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 14-4—Elephant of White Jade Ch’ien-lung With head turned to the rear toward a standing boy with floral spray, while another boy with plum branch clings to his back, over which is an elaborate cloth with fringe. 145 — GROur of Seated Doe with Fawn Ch’ien-lung White jade. They hold a branch of blossoming plum in their mouths. Height, 2 1 /, inches; width, 3% inches. 146— Cup of Ancient Jade Ming Flattened, tubular, with dragon coiling about flat bronze-like handle. A raised band, decorated with all-over cloud scrolls, encircles the center of the body, above and below which are two bands of rope pattern, and two concave bands, with another at recessed foot. Teakwood stand, with support for handle. Height, 6% inches; width, 3% inches. 147 — Yellow Jade Group Ch’ien-lung Of reclining boy with bamboo flute resting his arm on a seated phoenix. This is a rare piece, beautifully but simply carved. Height, 2% inches; width, 3 y 2 inches. 148 — White Jade Cup Ch’ien-lung Circular, with straight sides, from which three hydra curve out¬ ward in the round, their heads and forepaws at the lip, and their tails and hind legs near the foot. 149 — White Jade Double-gourd Ch’ien-lung Surrounded bv a vine with small gourds in high relief and in the round. Teakwood stand specially carved. 150 — Bowl and Cover of White Jade Ch’ien-lung Graceful shape. Flecked with green, of great thinness. Inside, the lip is slightly convex so that the cover may fit snugly. Height, 3 inches; diameter, 4 1 /, inches. 151 — Curious White Jade Vase Ch’ien-lung Of pear-shaped form, with handles of bats and characters with ribbon pendants, in high relief, and bronze motives in low relief on body inlaid with green jade, rose quartz, carnelian, lapis- lazuli and turquoise. Has stand. Height, 6 inches; diameter, 3y 4 inches. First Afternoon 152— Ancient Jade Cup and Cover Ming Flattened, in the form of inverted hoof and fetlock. The cover is surmounted bv a hydra, with head turned backward, holding a metal ring which is joined to a chain of jade links. The other end of these is attached by another metal ring to a duck on the rear of the cup. A key-fret border edges the lip of cup and cover. The base of the cup is in the form of a monster head in high relief, above which is a band of archaic cloud scroll in low relief. Two rings hang from front of cup opposite duck. Carved tcakwood stand, with dragon-shaped upright to support cup. Total height , 8% inches ; width of cup , 3% inches . 153— Winepot of White Jade Ch’ien-lung With pointed, lobed body of floral form, covered with inscrip¬ tions above rocks and pine tree in low relief. Key fret engraved at lip. A monster head forms base of spout, which is attached to body at mouth by hydra above clouds in low relief. The handle is surmounted bv a hydra, below which are more clouds. The flower-shaped cover has jo-i heads on each pointed lobe in low relief, and above, carved in the round, a man reclines under a pine tree springing from rocks. The key fret is engraved at lip. Height , 10 inches ; width , 814 inches . 15-1— Pear-shaped Jade Vase of Bronze Form Cli'ien-lung Flattened shape. With neck encircled by dragon and body deco¬ rated with blossoming plum tree, budding peony plant, rocks and fungus, in low relief. Key fret engraved at base of cover, at lip and foot. Cover surmounted by an elephant. Has stand. Height , 10% inches ; width , 5% inches . 155— Four Repousse Silver Plaques Ch'ien-lung With teakwood frames. Decorated with a boy, holding a lotus blossom and a reed organ, astride a kylin surrounded by clouds and symbols with fillets, in aubergine, lapis-lazuli blue, yellow and deep blue-green enamels, through which the silver glistens. Attached to frame, at back, are hinged loops of silver. Height , 7% inches ; width , 9% inches . Kindly raid the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They ore 'printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 156—Ch'ien-h’xg Necklace Composed of thirty green jade beads. Clasp of rose quartz, in design of a frog. CABINET SPECIMENS OF CHINESE PORCELAIN 157 — -Miniature Jar Ming Covered with crackled dull gray glaze. Has stand. Height , 1% inches ; diameter , 1% inches . 158—Small Square Vase Yung Cheng Of finely potted form, covered with a white glaze minutely crack¬ led, giving it a grayish tone. Iieif / ht , 3 inches ; diameter , 2 inches . 159— Thinly Potted Cup Yung Cheng With cylindrical stem resting on flattened flaring foot, covered with a canary-yellow glaze of iridescent quality. (Chip and crack at lip.) Has stand. . Height , 3% inches ; diameter of foot , 2% inches . 160 — Miniature Ovoid Porcelain Jar Ch'ien-lung With cylindrical neck, covered on the exterior with a crackled mustard-vellow glaze and on the interior with a glaze of cucumber green. 161—Round Porcelain Box and Cover Ch'ien-lung The cover decorated in undcrglaze blue with central medallion of conventionalized blossoms and tendrils bordered bv band of cloud motive design with uneven lower edges. The same cloud design appears on lower half of box. Diameter , 4 inches . First Afternoon 162— Small Four-lobed Tray with Openwork Rim K’ang-hsi Covered with turquoise glaze. Length , 4 y s inches ; width , 3 y s inches . 163— Slender Ovoid Vase Ch'ien-lung With short neck. Covered with iron-rust glaze. (Chipped at neck.) Has stand. Height , 5 inches ; diameter , 2% inches . 164— Globular Jar Ch'ien-lung Covered with dark starch-blue glaze of lilac tone. Has stand. Height , 3% inches ; diameter , 3y s inches . 165— Dagoba-shaped Bottle Ch'ien-lung Covered with tea-dust green glaze. Ch’ien-lung seal incised under foot. Has stand. Height , 5y s inches ; diameter , 2% inches . 166— Pointed Bottle with Short Neck K’ang-hsi Covered with deep blue glaze. Has stand. Height , 5% inches ; diameter , 3*4 inches . 167— Slender Ovoid Vase Ch'ien-lung With wide cylindrical neck. Covered with iron-rust glaze. Has stand. Height , 8 '/> inches ; diameter , 4 inches . 168— Miniature Gallipot Vase of Porcelain Ch'ien-lung Covered with a deep tea-dust green glaze flecked with metallic brown. Height , Sy 2 inches . 169— Minia ture Water Holder Ch'ien-lung In form of a compressed globular jar covered with cucumber glaze on exterior. Has stand. Height , 1 inch ; diameter , 2% inches . 170— Miniature Jar Ch'ien-lung Of ovoid form, with cylindrical neck, covered on exterior with a crackled mustard-yellow glaze and on the interior with a cucum¬ ber-green glaze. Kindly read flic Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 171— Small Globular Vase CMien-lung With short flaring neck, covered with a pellucid celadon glaze. Has stand. Height, 4% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 172 — Irregular Cup-shaped Water Holder Ch’ien-lumg With branches in relief, covered with coral-red glaze. Has stand. Length, 3 y s inches; width, 2% inches. 173 — Miniature Porcelain Vase Yung Cheng Of squat cylindrical form, covered with a glaze of tea-dust green. 171 —Small Compressed Vase Cldien-lung With “garlic” mouth, covered with mirror-black glaze. Yung Cheng seal incised under foot. Has stand. 175 — Two Cups Ch’ien-lung With high slightly flaring sides, covered with a graduated brown¬ ish crackled glaze suffused with rose. Height, 2y 3 inches; diameter, Sy 4 inches 176 — Miniature Gallipot Porcelain Vase Ch’ien-lung Covered with a glaze of tea-dust green flecked with metallic brown. 177 — Small Drum-shaped Jar Ch’ien-lung With convex sides covered with a thick gray glaze showing large black and brownish crackle, and having two lion-mask han¬ dles unglazed but covered with a ferruginous brown wash. Height, 3 inches; diameter, 4y 2 inches. 178 — Porcelain Water Holder Ch’ien-lung In form of a compressed fruit covered with dull gray glaze with large crackle. Ko yao type. Metal cover of calyx form. Height,, l 1 /, inches; diameter, 3 inches. 179 — Small Ovoid Jar Ch’ien-lung With short neck and flaring lip. Covered with a thick gray glaze with large black and brownish crackle. (Slight fire crack on lip.) Height, 4 x / 3 inches; diameter, 3% inches. First Afternoon 180 — Flattened Semicircular Box Ch’ien-lung The cover is decorated in cobalt blue with a medallion of peony with scroll-like foliage surrounded by border of clouds, and the base with chevron band. Ming Hsiian Te mark in blue under foot. Height, 1 inch; diameter, 2 '/, inches. 181 — Porcelain Rouge Box With Cover Ch’ien-lung Oval shape decorated with two fish modeled in high relief, and lower half having wave motives in relief, the whole covered with a yellow glaze. (Fire crack on cover, and lip of box slightly chipped.) Height, 1% inches; length , 3 1 /, inches; width, 2% inches. 182 — Small Turquoise-blue Bottle K’ang-lisi Covered with basket-weave pattern relieved by a key-fret band and row of palmette leaves on neck, and three medallions, com¬ posed of longevity character, on body. Cut down at lip. Has stand. Height., 3% inches; diameter, 2% inches. 183 — Openwork Porcelain Brush Rest Ming In the form of three peaks encircled by dragons, the base having the Ming Hsiian Te mark, in rich Mohammedan blue of two shades. A genuine piece of this rare period. Height, 3% inches; length, 5 l / 2 inches; width, 1% inches. 181—Porcelain Vase Ch’ien-lung Double-gourd shaped, covered with thick creamy glaze with black and tan crackle. Ko yao type. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 185 — Bottle-shaped Vase Ming Covered with onion-green glaze. (Slight crack at lip.) Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 3 1 /, inches. 186 — Bottle Yung Cheng With “garlic” shaped mouth and flaring foot, covered with even rubv-red glaze. Yung Cheng mark under foot. Has stand. Height. 7y 2 inches; diameter, 3% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 187— Miniature Compressed Globular Vase Ch’ien-lung With cylindrical neck. Covered with a clear starch-blue glaze of great brilliancy. Height, 4 y s inches. 188— Point-bottle Ch’ien-lung Decorated with three lions in peaehbloom tones. Has stand. Height, 7 >/ 2 inches; diameter, 4 1-16 inches. 189— Miniature Bottle Vase Ch’ien-lung With flaring mouth and high foot. Covered with powder blue glaze. (Chip at lip.) Has stand. Height, 4 y s inches; diameter, 2% inches. 190— Slender Ovoid Bottle with Curved Fish Handles Yung Cheng Covered with a fine dense tea-dust glaze. Yung Cheng seal in¬ cised under foot. Has stand. Height, 9 inches; diameter, 3% inches. First Afternoon 191— Miniature Bottle-shaped Vase with Fearing Lip Cli’ien-lung Coved with a blue souffle glaze on the exterior and one of cucum¬ ber-green on the interior. Height, 4 inches. 192 — Bottle-shaped Vase Cli’ien-lung Covered with pale celadon glaze of onion green shade. Has stand. Height, 5y 4 inches; diameter, 3% inches. 193 — Porcelain Sacrificial Cup Cli’ien-lung Of archaic bronze form, supported by three monster-headed legs, and having two gilded handles. Below the exterior of the lip is a key-fret border; beneath this, at, each end, is a bat with pen¬ dent leaves or swastika, and on the body is a wide band of key- fret diaper sustaining monster masks and clouds — all incised under the pale bluish glaze. Mark on base. Height. 3% inches; diameter, 4% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 19-1 —Peak-shaped Vase Modern, of Ts’u Chou type. (Slight crack at side.) Has stand. Height, 11% inches; diameter, 6% inches. 195— Miniature Porcelain Vase Fifteenth Century Of gallipot form, with Ivuangtung glaze of soft gray suffused with purple and finely crackled. Small openings in glaze near foot due to air bubbles. 196 — Bottle-shaped Vase with Trumpet Neck adieu-lung Covered with dappled turquoise blue glaze. (Chip at lip.) Has stand. Height, 6 inches; diameter, 3% inches. 197— Vase K’ang-hsi With globular body, slender flaring neck and small flaring foot, covered with brilliant peacock-blue glaze minutely crackled. (Slightly ground at lip.) Has stand. Height, C inches; diameter, 3% inches. 198 — Elongated Ovoid Vase with Flaring Neck Cldien-lung Covered with deep violet glaze. Has stand. Height, 6 inches; diameter, 2% inches. 199 — Miniature Ovoid Bottle-shaped Porcelain Vase Cldien-lung Decorated in various shades of peachbloom and blue, with an official on a donkey, behind a lady seated in a chariot over whom is held the umbrella of rank, by a boy. Other attendants carry flags on which are inscriptions. 200 — Bottle-shaped Vase Yung Cheng Covered with a deep violet glaze. Has stand. Height, 6 inches; diameter, 3% inches. 201 — Small Double-shaped Vase adieu-lung Covered with deep violet glaze. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 2% inches. First Afternoon 202 —Bottle-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung With sloping sides. Covered with white glaze. Has stand. Height , 13 '/> inches ; diameter , 9 inches . \ 202a—Gold-lacquered Wooden Stand on Four Curved Legs Cli'’ten-lung The top displays a central five-clawed Imperial dragon and cloud medallion and four corner decorations with the “Eight P recious Things” among clouds, framed in archaic monster-head border— all in gold on a brown-gold nashiji ground. The edge of the top has alternate panels of dragons and peony sprays. The shaped apron and feet are covered with swastika fret design on which are scattered large floral sprays—some of the petals being thin sheets of gold—in gold lacquer on brown-gold nashiji ground. Height , 14 inches ; length . 3 feet 9 inches ; diameter , 2 feet 7 inches . SECOND AFTERNOON’S SALE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1923 IN THE ASSEMBLY HALL OF THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 2.15 O’CLOCK Catalogue Numbers 203 to 404, inclusive POTTERY OF THE PRE-HAN DYNASTY (B.C. 206) 203— Prehistoric Face Pre-Han Semicircular in shape, the eyes, nose, and mouth molded in bas- relief. The body is of slightly tired clay. This is of Scythian origin and was found in Inner Mongolia in the Province of Ordos, near where the Hoang-ho River branches to the west. Height, 3'/, inches; length, 9% inches; diameter, 1 inch. 201 —Semiglobular Bowl Pre-Han Of slightly fired gray clay, with glossy black surface. Height, 3 inches; diameter, 7% inches. 205 — Bowl of Bronze Form Pre-Han Made of slightly fired gray clay, decorated with characters in relief and two ridges on shoulder. (Chip at lip.) Height, 3 inches; diameter, 414 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. POTTERY OF THE HAN DYNASTY (B.C. 206-A.D. 220) 206— Dish with Flanged Lip Han Made of reddish buff’ pottery and covered with a green glaze now iridescent. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 8 % inches. 207— Rosy Buff Pottery Miniature Bird-perches Covered with green glaze now beautifully iridescent. Height, 5 inches; width, 1% inches. 208— Vase of Bronze Form Han Made of bricklike pottery, covered with a green glaze now iri¬ descent. About the shoulders is a narrow band of animals in relief. Height, 7% inches; diameter, 6 % inches. 209— Well-head Han Of slightly fired gray clay. On each side is a sunken panel in which are animals, or men and animals, in relief. The four cor¬ ner edges are formed like fluted columns and set in from the edge of the base, which is recessed on the short sides. Height, 4% inches; length, 8 y % inches; diameter, 5% inches. 210— “Hill Jar” and Cover Han Made of bricklike pottery, covered with an olive-green glaze with passages of russet brown. The cone-shaped cover portrays a central mountain surrounded by four smaller ones, between which are animals in relief. About the body, also in relief, is a band of animals and hills interrupted by two lion-mask handles. Three legs in form of bears support the jar. Height, 11% inches; diameter, 9% inches. 211— Well-head with Flanged Rim 'Han Sides project and cross each other at the corners; made of slightly fired gray clay. The four sides are divided into panels containing animals, fish, men, scrolls and geometric designs in bas-relief. The exterior side of the rim has a lattice pattern in panels. Excavated from tombs in the Province of Shensi or Honan. Height, 5 % inches; length, 9y z inches; diameter, 7 inches. Second Afternoon 212 — Tripod of Bronze Form Han With compressed globular body with projecting rim about equator, volute-shaped handles and legs with hoofs, made of buff pottery to which adhere portions of a green glaze now iridescent. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 7 inches. 213 — Well-head with Flanged Rim Han Sides project at the corners and cross each other. The four sides of the well are decorated with impressed square and circle designs. The body is a slightly fired gray clay. Height, 4 7/16 inches; length, 9% inches; width, 6% inches. 214 — Statuette of a Man with Hat Han Kneeling behind a small table on which is a fish, and below, on the square base, rests a dish, made of buff pottery and covered with a green glaze now iridescent. Height, 8 inches; width, 4 '/, inches; diameter, 5% inches. 215 — Rectangular Well-head with Flanged Rim Han Made of slightly fired gray clay, burned a reddish brown. The decoration on the four sides is of Scythian origin and represents men fighting various monsters, the figures being in bas-relief. This is a most unusual specimen and must have been made early in the Han dynasty. Excavated from tombs in the Province of Shensi or Honan. Height, 3% inches; length, 8y 2 inches; diameter, 5% inches. 216 — Tripod Han With compressed globular body, short neck and inverted pear- shaped legs, made of gray pottery decorated with floriated scrolls above body and on legs, outlined in unfired red pigment on what was once a creamy ground. Height, 6% inches; diameter, 9 inches. 217 — “Hill Jar” Han Of cylindrical form, supported by three legs in the form of bears, made of bricklike pottery covered with a green glaze now beau¬ tifully iridescent in gold and silver tones. Under the glaze a band of animals and hills in high relief encircles the jar. Height, 6% inches; diameter, 8% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. POTTERY OF THE WEI DYNASTY 218— Fir. trine of a Woman Wei Slightly fired gray clay, with hands folded in front under long- full dress and coat, wearing a sort of sun-bonnet tied beneath the chin in a bow. Traces of unfired red pigment on dress and lining of long sleeves. A very unusual piece and finely modeled. Height, 10% inches. 219— Amphora-shaped Vase Wei With swelling body and ringed neck expanding at the mouth into a cuplike form. The handles consist of two dragons which rise from the shoulders, their mouths biting the lip of the vase. On the shoulders are various mask and head ornaments that have been applied to the body. The latter is a smooth whitish pottery covered with a creamy slip over which is a close trans¬ parent glaze. This is a very fine example. Height, 7 y s inches; diameter, 9% inches. POTTERY OF THE T’ANG DYNASTY (A.D. 618-906) 220— Buff Pottery Bucket Thing Decorated with green and red enamels. Height, 2 1 /, inches; diameter, 1% inches. 221— Buff Pottery Statuette of a Monkey T'ang Seated on haunches, covered with mottled green and brown glaze. Height, 1% inches. 222— Small Buff Pottery Pillow T'ang In form of a cube, decorated with all-over engraved diaper pat¬ tern of four-petaled blossoms in white with brown centers on grass-green ground. IIeight, 2 inches; width, 4% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 223— Small Buff Pottery Pillow T'ang In form of a cube, decorated with all-over engraved diaper pat¬ tern of four-petaled blossoms in white with brown centers on grass-green ground. The sides have a mottled decoration in green and brown. (Chipped.) Height, 2% inches; width, 4% inches; diameter, 3% inches. Second Afternoon 221—Two Buff Pottery Wine Cups T'ang In form of boots, covered with pale green glaze. Height, 2% inches; length, 3 inches. 225 — Small Buff Pottery Pillow T'ang In form of a cube, decorated with all-over engraved diaper pat¬ tern of four-petaled blossoms in white with brown centers on grass-green ground. Irregular opening in bottom. Height, 1% inches; width, 9% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 226— Small Cure T'ang Made of light buff pottery coated with a pale cream slip over which is a transparent glaze splashed with green and golden brown enamels. On top and bottom is a panel containing a foliated geometric design outlined in dark brown. (Slightlv chipped.) Height, 2 inches; width, 3% inches; diameter, 4 inches. 227 — Small Jar and Cover T'ang Of compressed globular form, made of pale pinkish potterv cov¬ ered with a thin fluid glaze, streaked with greens and browns, on cream ground. (Slight chip on lip of cover.) Height, 2% inches; diameter, 3y 4 inches. 228 — Small Jar and Cover T'ang Of compressed globular form, made of pale pinkish pottery cov¬ ered with a thin fluid glaze, streaked with greens and browns, on cream ground. (Slight chip on lip of cover.) Height, 2% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 229— Buff Pottery Ovoid Vase T'ang Of very fine form, covered with amber yellow glaze that ends in an irregular line well above the foot. Has stand. Height, Gy, inches; diameter, 5% inches. 230 — Buff Pottery Mill 7”er»<7 Of cylindrical form, with projecting flat top having central por¬ tion incised with lines in various directions, on which is a roller. Projecting rim has blue-green glaze, as has also the framework of roller. Height, 4% inches; diameter, 5% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 231 — Graceful Miniature Bottle T’ang Of buff pottery, with ovoid body, slender tapering neck with flanged disk at center, covered with mottled amber yellow and leaf-green enamels. Glaze ends well above foot in an uneven line. Height, 4 y, inches; diameter, 2% inches. 232 — Small Jar with Cover T’ang Made of buff pottery, covered with a transparent glaze streaked with green and amber-colored enamels. This runs down the sides, stopping at uneven distances from the bottom, which is unglazed. Height, 3 inches; diameter, 3y 4 inches. 233 —Cover of Porcellanous Stoneware T’ang In form of a bird with raised wings, standing on a conical dome with flanged rim, to which four loops are attached, covered with a watery greenish blue glaze of the so-called Ch’ai type. Height, 6 ■/> inches; diameter, 4y s inches. 234<— Buff Pottery Statuette T’ang Of a dignified lady wearing long shawl in white over green and golden brown dress reaching to feet. Flesh and hair unglazed, lips and hair indicated in red and black unfired pigments. Height, 8% inches. 235 —Slender Pear-shaped Pottery Bottle T’ang With flaring neck made of intermixed buff and maroon clays forming “mokume” design. (Repaired.) Height, 9% inches; diameter, 4 inches. 236 —Buff Pottery Incense Burner T’ang In the form of a spirited lion on base supporting a cup on its back, over which is a decorated cloth. A harness band of bells and tassels encircles the lion’s shoulders. A varying green and brown glaze covers all but the base. (One ear mended.) Height, 5% inches; length, 5y 4 inches. Second Afternoon 237 — Buff Pottery Bowl T’ang Of bronze form, with rope band at juncture of shoulders and sides, covered with a creamy slip over which is a thick fluid creamy glaze with splashes of leaf green. Has stand. Height, 3% inches; diameter, 6 inches. 238 — Small Figure of a Woman T’ang Seated on a square base. The low-necked, long-sleeved, tightly fitting bodice and voluminous flowing skirt are painted with an unfired red or dark brown pigment. Has stand. Height, 6% inches; diameter, 4 inches. 239 — Buff Pottery Incense Burner T’ang With compressed globular form, short cylindrical neck with flanged lip, supported by three short feet, covered with intermixed cream and maroon slip forming “mokume” design. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 3 y z inches. 240 — Buff Pottery Incense Burner T’ang With compressed globular form, short cylindrical neck with flanged lip, supported by three short feet, covered with blackish brown and cream slip “mokume” pattern. Height, 2y s inches; diameter, 3y 2 inches. 241— B uff Pottery Figure of a Dancer T’ang Seated. The elaborate coiffure rises in two high wings on eacli side of the head. The low-necked, tight-fitting bodice, with close long sleeves reaching to wrist, is painted in unfired vermilion. Height, 7 inches; diameter, 4 y 8 inches. 242 — Brown Glazed Trick Wine-pot T’ang Of buff pottery of globular form surmounted bv a sitting phoenix whose curved tail forms the handle. The decoration, in relief, consists of circlets of disks enclosing incised design on body; a row of leaves is at shoulder below two incised bands, and leaves project from beneath the phoenix, in front of which is a short spout. (Repaired.) Height, 6% inches; diameter, 4 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 243 —Buff Pottery Statue T'ang Of a man holding a lute in a case and standing on a square base, covered with a transparent straw-colored glaze. Height, 8 y s inches. 244 — Pottery Vase T'ang Pinkish white, of ovoid form, with sharp flaring neck and cup¬ shaped mouth, covered with a thin transparent glaze, stopping high above the foot, streaked with greens and browns. (Foot cracked and chipped.) Height, 814 inches; diameter, 5% inches. 245 — Buff Pottery Incense Burner T'ang Of sturdy contour, with compressed ovoid body, trumpet-shaped neck and three slender feet, covered with a “tiger skin” glaze in amber yellow and black. Height, 3% inches; diameter, 4 inches. 246 — Buff Pottery Vase T'ang With compressed globular body, trumpet neck and cup-shaped mouth, covered with a thin fluid glaze mottled with greens and amber browns. (Mouth repaired.) Height, 4% inches; diameter, 4% inches. 247 — Pottery Vase T'ang Of pinkish cream color. Elongated ovoid form with long slender neck, covered with thin transparent glaze, streaked with greens and browns. Neck iridescent. (Lip cut.) Has stand. Height, 8% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 248—Flat Oval Tray T'ang Of pinkish pottery, with pointed scalloped flanged rim and slop¬ ing sides, covered with a transparent thin glaze below which, in low relief, is a peony plant, the blossoms of which are brown, and the leaves green. The rim and exterior are green, and the sides brown. Length, 10% inches; width, 5% inches. Second Afternoon 249 —Bowl with Rounded Sides T’ang Of graceful shape, with slightly flaring rim and straight foot. The strong buff body is covered with a fairly thick, but uneven, minutely crackled glaze that stops at the base of the foot rim. The under side of the latter is unglazed and burnt gray. On the inside bottom of the howl are five spur marks. This is a very early specimen. Height , 3 % inches ; diameter , 6% inches . 250 —Buff Pottery Wine-pot T’ang Of melon form, with short spout, flaring neck and flat ribbed handle, covered with rich glaze of golden brown shading to black, under which are wavelike bands on body and shoulders. (One side has chip.) Has stand. Height , 7 inches ; diameter , 5 inches . 251 — Pottery Plate T'ang Of pinkish cream-color, covered on the inside with a thin trans¬ parent glaze under which, in low relief, are peony blossoms and leaves surrounding a central medallion of wavy lines. The blos¬ soms are covered with brown enamel and the leaves with green, the medallion having a green center with brown outer hand. A brown band is at lip. The exterior is covered with a rich green. Has stand. Height , 1% inches ; diameter , 9 % inches 252 —Buff Pottery Koro T’ang Of sturdy contour, on three pinched feet, with compressed globu¬ lar body, straight cylindrical neck and flanged lip, concave on interior. The glaze of amber yellow above a reddish brown “mokume,” or marbled pattern, ends above the feet and runs down into the interior of the neck. Has stand. Height , 2% inches ; diameter , 31/ 2 inches . Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 253—Buff Pottery Pillow T'ang With tapering sides and curved oblong top, which is superbly decorated in yellow, green, white and Indian red enamels with central panel displaying floral branch and corner pieces, flanked by two narrow panels with blossoms separated by rice grains. Glaze shows passages of iridescence. Teakwood stand. Height, 314 inches; length, 12 inches; diameter, 5y s inches. 254—Large Jar T'ang With short, flaring neck, wide-swelling shoulders and flaring foot. The pale buff body is covered on the outside with an amber-col¬ ored glaze, and on the inside with one of leaf green. At the base of the neck is a narrow border of fleur-de-lis, below which is a wavelike pattern with small oval bosses. Except for three small bare spaces near the foot, the rest of the body is completely covered with irregular oval-shaped knobs, like grains, packed close together. On the inside of the foot, which is unglazed, is a large manv-petaled flower in relief. A very rare specimen. Has stand. Height, 6 inches; diameter, .0 inches. Second Afternoon 255 — Curved Pillow T'ang Of hard buff pottery, with straight sides, the front and back panels sloping inwards. The top rear edge is scalloped, and the panel under this is decorated with an impressed scroll design of lotus flowers and foliage in yellow enamel. The rest of the pillow, except the base, is covered with a pale green glaze. The top, which slopes toward the front, is decorated with a border of lines and an inscription, both of which are incised. In many places the glaze has become silvery iridescent. Height, 4 inches; length, 12% inches; diameter, 7% inches. 256 — Tartar Horse of Buff Pottery T'ang Sturdy in form, with arching neck, saddle-pad and saddle, stand¬ ing on oblong base. Traces of unfired red pigment on body, and harness on head indicated with black pigment. Very fine specimen. Height, 11% inches; length, 10% inches. 257 — Pottery Tartar Horse T'ang Sturdy in form, on square base, with arching neck, saddle and saddle-pad. Traces of unfired pigment on body, and halter on head indicated in black. Height, 11 inches; length, 10% inches. 258 — “Hill Jar” of Brickish Pottery T'ang or Earlier Covered with a brownish green glaze. The decoration, in relief, consists of two animal masks, with rings, and various hills, be¬ tween which are many animals. The three short legs are shaped like bears. A Han type. Height, 7 inches; diameter, 9 inches. POTTERY OF THE SUNG DYNASTY (A.D. 960-1279) 259 — Small Gray Stoneware Vase Sung Of ovoid form with trumpet-shaped neck, covered with gray glaze with lavender tinge on exterior and creamy white on inside of neck. Height, 4% inches; diameter, % inch. 260 — Small Porcellanoits Stoneware Bowl Sung Of “soft” Chun ware, covered with a dull gray glaze. Height. 2 inches; diameter, 3% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 2(51—Ts’u Chou Stoneware Plate Sung Reddish in color, covered with a creamy slip, decorated in rich browns with bands about a central “mokuine” design, over which is a transparent glaze. Diameter, 6% inches. 2(52—Small Cup of Buff Stoneware Sung Covered with a bluish black glaze, splashed with reddish brown, which stops above the base. At the rim, where the glaze has run thin, the buff body is visible. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 3y 2 inches. 2(53 — Chien-yao Bowl Sung Of graceful conical shape. Made of buff gray stoneware covered with a thick lustrous dark brown glaze with four russet splashes radiating from bottom on interior. Has stand. Height, 3 1 / l inches; diameter, 6% inches. 261—Low Chien-yao Bowl Sung Of fine grayish buff stoneware, covered with a lustrous blue- black glaze with five petal-shaped splashes in iron-rust brown on interior. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 5% inches. 265—Gray Stoneware Incense Holder Sung In form of monster crouching, covered with olive-green glaze. Height, 3y 4 inches; length, 5 inches 266 Buff Stoneware Chien-yao Lamp Sung Covered with a black glaze which is covered in turn by metallic flecks. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 3 inches. 267—Semi-globular Ts’u Chou Bowl Sung Gray stoneware, with semicircular grooves, covered with creamy slip painted dark brown, under a transparent glaze. (Cracks and fire cracks at edge.) Has stand. Height, 3y 4 inches; diameter, 5 inches. Second Afternoon 268—Conical Chien-yao Bowl Sung With contracting lip, of reddish buff stoneware, covered with a thick lustrous glaze of blue-black flecked with iron-rust brown. Has stand. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 5y s inches. 269— Gray Stoneware Miniature Vase Sung Of ovoid form with slender neck, covered with creamy slip over which is a transparent creamy glaze. Ts’u Chou ware. A fine specimen. Has stand. Height, 5 inches; diameter, 2y e inches. 270—Stoneware Statuette of a Lion Sung Color grayish buff. Seated on haunches on circular base, covered with a bard dense white glaze of creamlike consistency. Height, 8% inches; diameter, 4% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 271— Six-lobed Plate Sung Of fine buff stoneware, covered with a thick reddish brown glaze of silvery iridescence and having passages of green and bluish black. The foot rim and part of the inside of the foot are un¬ glazed. Has stand. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 7% inches. 272— Large Ting Bowl Sung Of flower shape, of porcellanous stoneware, covered with a creamy glaze under which, in relief, at the bottom, is a floral medallion from which radiate lines joining the petal-shaped rim, the latter being encased in copper. (Cracks at foot.) Has stand. Height, 3y 8 inches; diameter, 8y s inches. 273— Ts’u Chou Ovoid Jar Sung Of buff stoneware with wide mouth, covered with a grayish creamy slip, decorated on shoulders with a band of rosettes and leaves, and on the body with three medallions containing floral sprays separated by leaves pointing upwards and downwards in blackish brown, the veins, petals, etc., formed by incised lines through which the creamy slip appears, all covered with a transparent colorless glaze. Has stand. Height, 6 inches; diameter, Cy 3 inches. Second Afternoon 274 — Baluster-shaped Vase Sung Made of intermixed reddish brown buff clays forming “mokume” design, covered with a transparent white glaze. Ts’u Chou ware. Has stand. Height, 9% inches; diameter, 6 inches. 275 — Graceful Ovoid Jar Sung With pierced handles, of reddish stoneware finely potted, covered with gray slip over which is a tea-dust green glaze. Has stand. Height, 6 inches; diameter, 7 inches. 276 — Shallow Ting Bowl Sung Of porcellanous stoneware covered with a creamv glaze under which, on the interior, in relief, is a decoration of peony blossoms alternating with scrolled foliage enclosing a central floral medal¬ lion. Edge encased in copper rim. (Fire crack on exterior.) Height, 1% inches; diameter, 7 y s inches. 277 — Shallow Ting Bowl Sung Of porcellanous stoneware covered with a creamy glaze under which, on the interior, in relief, is a decoration of peony blos¬ soms alternating with scrolled foliage enclosing a central flora] medallion. Edge encased in copper rim. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 7 y s inches. 278 — Graceful Lotus Cup Sung Of gray stoneware, covered with a gray-green glaze. The wide neck is decorated with palm leaves, and tl ie body is covered with a flower and foliage design, also carved, and beneath the glaze. The lip is divided into six petal-like divisions, the central parts of which curve outward. Whitish lines divide the inside of the cup into six panels. The base of the foot rim is unglazed and slightly burned. Honan celadon. Height, 4% inches; diameter, 5 l / s inches. 279 — Globular Jar with Projecting Cover Sung Of Chiin-yao, made of gray stoneware and covered with a laven¬ der blue glaze, relieved bv splashes of purple, green and deep blue. (The rim of the foot has been cut away.) Base of foot has patch of blue glaze beneath. Height, 3% inches; diameter, 3 y a inches. Kindly rend the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They arc printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 280 — Small Chun Jar Sung With flowerlike cover. Covered with brilliant sky-blue glaze re¬ lieved by amethystine splash. This was apparently used as a water dropper, as one side lias been pierced near the base. (SI iglit chip at lip of jar.) Height, 2% inches; diameter, 2y 2 inches. 281— Lung Chuan Semi-globular Bowl Sung Of gray stoneware, covered with a rich gray-green glaze suffused with buff tones. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 4% inches. 282— Small Compressed Globular Chun Jar with Cover Sung Of a greenish gray glaze relieved by crimson splashes. Glaze under foot. (Rim of cover chipped, and two cracks on sides.) Height, 1 y 2 inches; diameter, 2% inches. 283 — Ch’ien Yao Bowl Sung Of fine close stoneware, covered with rich blue-black glaze dap¬ pled with iron-rust brown. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 284 — Lung Ch’uan Incense Burner Sung Of porcellanous stoneware of cylindrical form supported on three legs, and covered with a rich celadon glaze. The “Pa-kua” in relief decorate the sides. (Repaired with gold lacquer.) Height, 3% inches; diameter, 6 inches. 285 — Bowl of Porcellanous Stoneware Sung Finely potted, decorated with molded design of flowers and sprays on inside and radiating lines on exterior, covered with olive-green celadon glaze. Has stand. Height, 2 inches; diameter, 4% inches. 286 — Buff Stoneware Bottle Sung Of slender tapering cylindrical form, decorated with incised de¬ sign of lotus on seeded ground, with band of pointed leaves at top and bottom, covered with cream-colored glaze of yellowish tone. Height, 11 inches; diameter, 3 y 2 inches. Second lifter noon 287 —Bowl of Buff Stoneware Finely potted, covered with soft-toned celadon glaze roded by burial in earth. Sung slightly cor- Height, 2% inches; diameter, 6% inches. 288 — Gray Stoneware Bowl of Chun-yao Sung Beautifully potted, of semi-globular form, covered with a sky- blue glaze of slightly lavender tone. Glaze under foot. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 6% inches. 289 — Chun Gray Stoneware Bowl Sung Thinly potted, of semi-globular form, covered with a sky-blue glaze, slightly curdled, to which the gray body gives a lavender tone. Glaze under foot. (Has a crack.) Height, 3y i inches; diameter, 7% inches. 290 — Shallow Chun Bowl of Gray Stoneware Sung Covered with a thick grav-blue glaze inside and outside, and under foot. (Slight chip at rim.) Height, l 1 /, inches; diameter, 6% inches. 291 — Pear-shaped Chun Vase Sung Of buff stoneware, covered with a crackled grayish blue glaze. The vase has been cut away so as to form four pointed feet. Glaze on foot. Height, 6 inches; diameter, 3 1/ 2 inches. 292 — Lung Ch’uan Vase Sung Of flattened pear-shaped form, with tubular handles, decorated with band of monster masks between handles and foliated scrolls on shoulder, incised under unctuous bluish-green celadon glaze with crackle. (Repaired at mouth with gold lacquer.) Unglazed patch on side shows where it adhered to another vessel in the kiln. (Foot rim chipped.) Has stand. Height, 6 inches; width, 3 y 2 inches. 298 —Gray Stoneware Cylindrical Vase Sung Tapering, with sloping shoulders and cylindrical neck, covered with creamy slip decorated with band of floral medallions about body, and band of rosettes and leaves on shoulders, in dark brown. (Chips at neck.) Height, C inches; diameter. 3% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They arc printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 294— Pottery Wine-pot Sung Rare. With compressed globular body, flaring trumpet-shaped neck, and pointed bulbous spout, covered with rich leaf-green glaze. The decoration, in relief, on one side, consists of two drag¬ ons, facing, with flame like jewel between ; and on the other, of a dragon and disk among clouds. A row of pointed petals deco¬ rates the shoulders and a scrolled band encircles the spout. (Small hole in bottom.) Height, 714 inches; diameter, 5 % inches. 295 — Vase of Gray Stoneware Sung Ovoid-shaped. Covered with a gray slip, on which flowers and foliage are sketched in a free and spirited manner in a blackish brown pigment under a transparent colorless glaze. A collar of radiating lines surrounds the neck, and a similar treatment is used at the base of the vase. The neck, which has been broken, is encased in a copper band. Has stand. Height, 10 inches; diameter, 7% inches. 296 — Shallow Ting Bowl Sung Of porcellanous stoneware, covered with a creamy glaze under which, in relief on interior, is a gracefully drawn decoration of phoenixes flying among lotus plants enclosing central floral me¬ dallion. Key-fret border inside lip. Copper rim. Height, iy» inches; diameter, 7 % inches. 297— Ts’u Chou Gallipot Vase Sung Of gray stoneware, covered with a rich, creamy slip over which is a transparent glaze of a slightly creamy tinge. The decora¬ tion, painted in a grayish black under the glaze, consists of two floral sprays below which, and widely separated from each other, are two pairs of parallel lines. Has stand. Height, 11 y 3 inches; diameter, 6%' inches. 298 — Graceful Ovoid Jar of Chien-yao Sung With reddish brown stoneware body, covered with a thin brown glaze over which is a thick striped glaze of russet-brown and blue-black, which ends in an uneven line of tears. (Chip at lip.) Height, 4 y z inches; diameter, 6 inches Second Afternoon 299— Lung Ch’uan Jar with Projecting Coyer Sung Of gray stoneware covered with celadon glaze. The cover is in the form of a scalloped leaf, the center of which is convex, with modeled chrysanthemum in relief. Height, 7 Vs inches; diameter, 8 inches. 300— Buff Stoneware Jar Sung Ovoid shape. Covered with a lustrous black glaze flecked all over with varying sized metallic disks, known as ‘"boiling water” variety. Glaze stops above foot. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 5% inches. 301— Chien-yao Globular Jar Sung Of buff stoneware, covered with a thick dark blue glaze, splashed with reddish brown, which ends in an uneven line slightly below the center of the jar. At the lip, where the glaze has run thin, the buff body is visible. Has stand. Height, 3% inches; diameter, 4% inches. 302 — Chien-yao Jar with Projecting Cover Sung Of graceful shape. Fine buff stoneware, covered with a russet- brown glaze having metallic luster. Glaze under foot. Height, 4y 3 inches; diameter, 4% inches. 303 — Low Chien-yao Bowl Sung Of fine grayish stoneware, covered with a brownish black glaze stippled with metallic disks of varying sizes, known as “boiling water” variety, and very rare. Height, 1 y, inches; diameter, 4% inches. 301 —Small Ovoid Jar Sung Of buff stoneware, covered with black glaze with passages of russet brown, which has been cut away displaying plum branch on buff body. Ground lip covered with metal rim. Has stand. Height, 3 y 4 inches; diameter, 3 inches. 305—Ts’u Chou Buff Pottery Figurine Sung Of a woman seated, covered with creamy slip over which is a transparent colorless glaze, decorated with red, green and black enamels. Height, 4 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They arc printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 306— Ts’r Chou Buff Pottery Figure of a Woman Sung Covered with creamy slip over which is a transparent colorless glaze decorated with rich red, green and black enamels. Height, 5% inches. 307— Ts’u Chou Buff Pottery Jar Sung Covered with creamy slip decorated in rich dark brown with band of floral sprays separated by leaves at top and bottom, over which is a transparent creamy white glaze minutely crackled. Height, 4% inches; diameter, 5 inches. 308— Lung Ch’uan Incense Burner Sung With compressed globular body, cylindrical neck and flanged lip, on three feet, covered with a fine celadon glaze of unctuous quality. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 309— Shallow Ting Bowl Sung Of porcellanous stoneware, covered with a creamy glaze under which, on interior in relief, is a beautifully drawn decoration of flying phoenixes, blossoms and scrolled foliation enclosing a cen¬ tral floral medallion. Copper rim. (Slightly cracked.) Height, 1% inches; diameter, 7% inches. 310— Shallow Ting Dish Sung Of porcellanous stoneware, on three monster-headed feet, covered with a grayish cream glaze under which, on the interior, is a deco¬ ration in relief consisting of a peony meander surrounding a cen¬ tral medallion with peony blossom. Height, 2y g inches; diameter, G % inches. 311— Graceful Ts’u Chou Buff Pottery Vase Sung Of inverted pear shape, with flaring neck and cusped lip, covered with creamy glaze, under which, on the body, are beautifully de¬ signed peony branches in relief, and on the neck are floral sprays, also in relief. Two floriated handles are attached to the neck. (Crack on neck.) Height, 10% inches; diameter, 4% inches. Second Afternoon 312— Deep Ting Bowl Sung Of porcellanous stoneware, covered with a creamy glaze under which, on the exterior, is an engraved design of lotus and scrolled foliations executed with great freedom. Copper rim at lip. Has stand. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 6% inches. 313— Ts’u Chou Peak-shaped Vase Sung With flaring neck, made of maroon-colored pottery covered with a white slip decorated with floral sprays in reddish brown, over which is a thin transparent glaze. Has stand. Height, 7% inches; diameter, 4% inches. 314 — Three Lung Ch’uan Gray Porcellanous Bowls Sung Of semi-globular form, covered with clear unctuous celadon glaze of varying shades. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 3 y 4 inches. 315 — Lung Ch’uan Compressed Globular Wine-pot Sung Of gray stoneware, with cover, decorated with incised underglaze design of foliated scrolls on body and petal band on shoulder, covered with sea-green glaze. Height, 4 inches; diameter, 5 1 /, inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 316— Conical Chien-yao Bowl with Upright Rim Sung Of buff stoneware, covered with an iron-rust glaze through which passages of blue-black are visible. Has stand. Height, 3% inches; diameter, inches. 317— Gray Stoneware Jar Sung With tapering sides, sloping shoulders and thick lip, covered with bluish-gray glaze splashed with maroon. Height, 7 inches; diameter, 6% inches. 318— Buff Stoneware Vase Sung Of elongated ovoid form and cup-shaped mouth, covered with a seal-brown glaze, splashed and streaked with a bluish-white glaze that ends in an uneven line well above the foot. Height, 8% inches; diameter, 4% inches. 319— Fine Ting Porcellanous Stoneware Box Sung Of circular bronze form, with convex cover surmounted by a disk¬ shaped knob, ribbed straight sides and contracted foot, covered with creamy glaze of fine quality. Height , 4 inches; diameter, 5% inches. Second Afternoon 320 — Jar with Swelling Shoulders Sung On the shoulders are placed four grotesque grinning heads mod¬ eled in full relief. The grayish stoneware is covered with a creamy slip over which is a crackled transparent glaze. The eyes of the grotesques are black and their cheeks brown. Has stand. Height, 6y 4 inches; diameter, 8% inches. 321 — Conical Chien-yao Bowl Sung With straight vertical lip of buff-gray stoneware, covered on in¬ terior with rich blue-black glaze with russet streaks, and on ex¬ terior with russet and blue-black glaze. Height, 3 inches; diameter, 7 inches. 322 — Jar of Gray Porcellanous Stoneware Sung Covered with a creamy slip on which is sketched, in iron black, a Lohan seated on a deer. The transparent glaze is covered with a mesh of accidental crackle which is stained brown in places. The inside of the base is also glazed and the lip lias been ground down. Height. 9y s inches; diameter, 6y 2 inches. 323 — Gray Stoneware Jar Sung Of ovoid form with wide mouth, covered with a creamy slip, deco¬ rated with running deer in reddish brown and dark brown color¬ ing under a thick transparent gray glaze minutely crackled. Height, 4 inches; diameter, 4% inches. 324 — Buff Pottery Incense Holder Sung In the form of a lion seated on a decorated pedestal, covered with a buff glaze, showing passages of olive brown and russet hues. A cup for holding incense sticks is attached to lion’s back. Lotus blossoms and medallions alternately decorate sides of pedes¬ tal, the cornice of which has band of chevrons. Height, 9% inches; length, 5% inches. 325 — Buff Pottery Ts’u Chou Vase Sung Of ovoid form, with contracting neck to which two grass shaped handles are attached, covered with white slip decorated with bands of floral sprays in dark brown, over which is a transparent creamy glaze. Has stand. Height, 9 y s inches; diameter, 6% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They arc printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 326— Ts’u Chou Oviform Vase Sung With short neck and thick flaring lip, four small handles being attached at the neck. The huff body is covered on the upper half with a creamy slip, decorated in blue-black with two rings and three birdlike designs, covered with a frosted transparent glaze of a creamy tone. The lower half is covered with a soft seal- brown glaze that stops at the base of the foot. The bottom of the latter is bare, but the inside of the foot is glazed brown. Height, 10y 3 inches; diameter, 6 inches. 327 — Buff Stoneware Statuette of Kuan Yin Sting Holding standing child; seated on lotus pedestal, behind which arises pointed nimbus decorated with lotus sprays. The whole is covered with brilliant grayish glaze, showing passages of yel¬ low. A very beautiful conception, well executed. Height, 12 inches; width, 7 inches; diameter, 3% inches. 328— Ovoid Jar of Ts’u Chou Ware Sung Large, wide-swelling, of buff pottery, covered with a creamy slip over which is a transparent, colorless glaze. The decoration consists of two bands of ornament painted in a brownish black under the glaze. The upper of these, at the neck, consists of radiating lotus petals, between which are stamen-like lines. The lower, wider band contains phoenixes flying among clouds. The feathers, etc., and scrolls on the clouds are indicated by white lines made by scratching through the black and exposing the slip. Height, 12% inches; diameter, 13% inches. 329— Ts’u Chou Globular Jar Sung With short, slightly flaring neck, ending in a lip that curls back like a cuff. The body of a coarse buff stoneware is covered with a crackled slip over which is a transparent pale gray glaze. The decoration consists of a wide band of flowers and leaves incised under the glaze and rendered in a bold but naturalistic manner. The background is painted a dark reddish brown. Above this band are two lines between which are sets of whisp-like lines, all incised under the glaze. The flat base is covered with a creamy slip. Has stand. Height, 14% inches; diameter, 12% inches. Second Afternoon 330 — Chien-yao Vase Sung Elongated, of inverted pear-shaped form with short neck and flanged lip, of buff stoneware, covered with a deep brown glaze showing russet tones on shoulders. Upper half of body has many- reeded bands close together. Height, 13 1 /, inches; diameter, 4% inches. POTTERY OF THE YUAN DYNASTY (A.D. 1280-1368) 331 — Small Buff Stoneware Bowl Yuan Covered with bistre colored glaze. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 332 — Small Buff Stoneware Bowl Yuan Covered with buff glaze with reddish brown splash at lip. Height, I*/!, inches; diameter, 3 inches 333 — Graceful Ovoid Chun Vase Yuan With contracting and thin, flaring neck and two scrolled handles, made of gray stoneware and covered with blue glaze tinged with purple. (Ground slightly at lip; foot chipped.) Height, 8 inches; diameter, 4% inches. 334 — Small Chun Bowl Yuan Of buff stoneware, covered with a brilliant grayish blue glaze with purple splashes on interior. (Repaired with gold lacquer at lip.) Two uneven patches on exterior show where it adhered to an¬ other vessel in firing. 335 — Small Chun Gray Stoneware Jar Yuan Of globular form with loop handles, covered with a transparent sky-blue glaze, on both exterior and interior, through which the body appears in olive-brown tones. (Chipped at foot.) Height, 4 inches; diameter, 4% inches 336 —Chun Buff Stoneware Bowl Yuan Of conical form, covered with a transparent sky-blue glaze with splash of deep blue and purple. Glaze partially ground at bot¬ tom on interior. Height, 3 y s inches; diameter, 7y 8 inches. Kindly trad the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 337— Small Semi-globular Chun Bowl Yuan Of buff stoneware, covered with a gray-green glaze showing splashes of maroon and green on the interior. (Slight chip at lip.) Has stand. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 338 — Small Chun Buff Pottery Bowl Yuan Covered with a transparent blue glaze having maroon splashes on interior. Ground lip encased in gilded metal rim. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 4% inches. 339— Small Chun Bowl Yuan Of buff stoneware, covered with a grayish-blue glaze having green¬ ish-blue and maroon splash on interior. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 4y s inches. 340 — Small Chun Semi-globular Bowl Yuan Of buff pottery, covered with a transparent sky-blue glaze with maroon and green splashes on exterior and interior. (Repaired at lip with gold lacquer.) Has stand. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 341 — Chun Rosy Buff Pottery Bowl Yuan Covered with a curdled light blue glaze having red splash on interior. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 6% inches. 342 — Conical Chun Bowl Yuan With small foot and slightly contracting mouth. The body of pale buff stoneware, burned reddish where exposed, is covered with a thick blue glaze, that stops short of the foot in an uneven line, and is relieved by a splash of purple and green near the rim. The buff body is visible at the mouth, where the glaze has run thin. (Lip repaired with gold lacquer.) Height, 2% inches; diameter, 6% inches. 343 — Chun Buff Pottery Bowl Yuan Of conical form, covered with a thick sky-blue glaze ending in a roll above the foot. Splashes of deep blue, maroon and green on interior. (Repaired with gold lacquer.) Height, 3% inches; diameter, 7% inches. Second Afternoon 344 — Chun Buff Pottery Bowl Yuan Of conical form, covered with transparent blue glaze forming a deep pool in the bottom. Near the edges the tone is a light olive- brown. On the interior is a splash of maroon. (Repaired with gold lacquer; foot partially chipped away.) Height, 3% inches; diameter, 8% inches. 345 — Chun Grayish Stoneware Bowl Yuan Of conical form, covered with a brilliant sky-blue glaze that ends in a roll above the foot. Deep mulberry splash on the interior. (Repaired with gold lacquer.) Height, 3 inches; diameter, 7% inches. 346 — Conical Chun Bowl Yuan Of buff stoneware, covered with a beautiful pale greenish-blue glaze relieved, on the interior, by two green and purple splashes. The glaze stops short of the foot, which is covered with a light brown slip. A copper rim encloses the lip, and the exterior of the bowl has been stripped of most of its glaze. (Repaired with gold lacquer.) Height, 2% inches; diameter, 7 inches. 34T —Chun Plate with Rim Yuan Of gray stoneware, covered with a bluish-gray glaze having a purple splash with green center on interior. (Repaired.) Height, iy 2 inches; diameter, 6% inches. 348 — Large Ovoid Jar Yuan Wide-swelling, with straight lip. The body is a heavy brown stoneware over which is a thick metallic dark brown glaze both outside and inside. The upper half of the former is decorated with two hands of ornament, the one at the neck containing radi¬ ating petals, and the lower one a scrolled foliated pattern. The glaze has been cut away to expose the biscuit, which acts as a background for the design. Has stand. Height, 14% inches; diameter, 14% inches. 349 — Gray Ciiun Stoneware Bowl Yuan Of semi-globular shape, covered with a thick sky-blue glaze end¬ ing in a heavy roll above the foot. (Lip repaired.) Height, 3% inches; diameter, 7 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They arc printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 350— Tall Ovoid Jar Yuan With four loop handles near the neck, made of fine buff stone¬ ware covered with a seal-brown glaze over which, at irregular intervals, are large splashes of partially transparent glaze vary¬ ing in color from creamy white to lavender blue. The brown glaze stops in an uneven line well above the foot. Height, 15% inches; diameter, 13% i’nches. 351— Large Ovoid Jar of Ts’u Chou Ware Yuan With reddish brown stoneware body, covered with a thick dark brown glaze. The latter has been cut away to form two bands, at shoulders and equator, of foliated meander with ground of stoneware exposed. Height, 13 inches; diameter, 14% inches. Second Afternoon POTTERY AND STONEWARE OF THE EARLY MING DYNASTY (A.D. 1369-1644) 352 Three-color Table Sckeen Early Ming Of buff stoneware, with central turquoise-blue panel with foli¬ ated edges in amber yellow showing passages of green, surrounded by two bands, divided into similar panels. Height, 13 ] / 2 inches; width, 13 inches. 353 — Tall Inverted Pear-shaped Pottery Vase Early Ming With pierced square handles and trumpet-shaped neck. Deco¬ rated in high relief with floral sprays, covered with deep tur¬ quoise glaze. Height, lSy 4 inches; diameter, 7% inches. 354— Early Buff Stoneware Pillow In the form of a crouching lion covered with a buff glaze with passages of gray. Height, 6 inches; length, 11 inches 355— Early Buff Pottery .Tar Of globular form, covered with creamy slip, decorated with phoenix and poem in black and brown, over which is a transparent colorless glaze. Height, 7 y s inches; diameter, 8 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are 'printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 356 —Semi-globular Gray Stoneware Bowl Ming Covered with an unctuous celadon glaze with small brownish crackle. Ko-yao type. Has stand. Height, 3 1 /, inches; diameter, 6 inches. 357 —Gray' Stoneware Incense Burner Ming Of cylindrical form, supported on three short legs and covered with a clear celadon glaze of fine quality, under which is an incised design of lattice and hud diaper. Height, 5 inches; diameter, 7% inches. 358 —Hsuan Te Pottery' Bottle With handles. Decorated in relief under aubergine and tur¬ quoise glaze. At top and bottom of neck, and at foot, are key- fret bands, while on the body are peony and chrysanthemum sprays. Height, 7 y 4 inches; diameter, 3% inches. 359 — Three-color Incense Burner Ming Of brown pottery in form of a fabulous beast. The head, deco¬ rated with aubergine and turquoise-blue, forms the cover. Height, 7 1 /, inches; length, 6 inches. 360 — Compressed Globular Water Jar Early Ming Of buff pottery, covered with a brilliant aubergine glaze. Has stand. Height, 2 inches; diameter, 3% inches. 361 — Lung Ch’uan Censer with Cover Early Ming In the form of a finely modeled rooster, the lower half having the rooster’s feet in relief. (Repaired.) Height, 8% inches; length, 8% inches 362 — Gray Stoneware Figure Ming Of a seated official covered with creamy slip. The garments and decorations are in a lustrous deep brown over which is a trans¬ parent colorless glaze. Ts’u Chou type of ware. Has stand. Height, 8% inches; width, 5’/, inches. 363 — Figure of Kuan Yin Holding Child Ming Buff pottery, covered with creamy slip over which is a trans¬ parent colorless glaze decorated with red and light blue-green enamels. Ts’u Chou type. Height, 5y a inches; width, 2y s inches. Second Afternoon 364— Gilded Wooden Figure Ming Gracefully carved, possibly Buddha, with flowing robes, seated on a jointed wooden stand covered with red lacquer. A golden fillet encircles the curly head, and a mantle covers the shoulders. Elaborate necklace adorns the bare chest. The right forearm rests upon the right knee and the foot rests on stand. The left arm rigidly supports the weight of the body, while the left leg hangs over the edge of the stand. The lining of the garment is painted a dull red. The face has an unworldly sweet expres¬ sion, and the whole figure suggests repose and peace. (Tips of two fingers on right hand are missing.) Total height, 17 inches; width, 13 inches. 365— Wooden Statuette of Buddhist Figure T’ang With flowing robes and crown, standing on lotus base. Traces of red and green decoration remain. Both hands and part of base missing. Height, 8% inches. 366— Wooden Statuette of a Monk T’ang With folded hands, and standing on circular lotus-crowned ped¬ estal, parts of which are missing. Height, 10 inches; diameter, 3% inches. BRONZES OF THE CHOU, HAN, T’ANG AND SUNG DYNASTIES 367— Bronze Tazza-shaped Ohject without Bottom T’ang Inlaid in gold and silver at lip with cloud motive, below which is a wide band of foliated meander separated by two reeded fillets from a wide band of peony scroll. At the foot is a wide band of animals in clouds, above which are two grooves with a thin gold line between them. Height, 3% inches; diameter, 5% inches. 368— Bronze Statue T’ang Of a man with court hat, standing on a four-legged base; his hands evidently once held something, as there is an opening in each. The bronze is encrusted with malachite green and russet- brown patina. Height, 10% inches; diameter, 2% inches. 369— Bronze Finial Ornament Sung Used for flag end, in the form of a mountain goat perched on the edge of a truncated cone having loop handles. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 4y 2 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 370— Bronze Vessel Chou With wide mouth, short neck and sloping shoulders, semi-globu¬ lar body and flaring foot, decorated with monster heads on body and shoulder in low relief, and beautifully cast. Three ox-heads are in high relief on shoulders, and the eyes of the monsters on the body are in the form of semi-globular knobs. Reeded bands at neck and foot. The whole is covered with a rich green patina at places, like malachite in its brilliancy. Height, G% inches; diameter, 7 inches. 371— Small Bronze Jar Han Of sturdy contour, with high foot and flaring neck, decorated on shoulder with key-fret, band in low relief, on which are three rams’ heads in high relief, beautifully cast and coated with malachite green patina. Has stand. Height, 3% inches; diameter, 3y s inches. 372— Oval-shaped Bronze Bowl Han With two loops projecting from long sides, and cover with two loops at each narrow end and one smaller one in center, covered with a rich malachite patina. Hole in one side. Height, 14 inches; width, 6% inches; diameter, 5% inches. Second Afternoon 373 — Glorttlar Bronze Vase Han With sloping shoulders, cylindrical neck and straight foot, deco¬ rated on neck and body by alternate bands of human figures and animals, and double rows of chevrons with foliations. The background is sunken and the design is in relief. Two monster- head handles are on opposite sides of the vase. A mottled red and green patina covers the rich brown of the bronze. Foot has small section of edge missing and there is a small hole in one side. An extremely interesting specimen typical of the period in which naturalistic treatment of designs first appeared in China. Height, 14% inches; diameter, 10 inches. 374 — Gilded Bronze Statue of Buddha Sung Seated, resting his chin on hands folded over knee, in an attitude of meditation. The face and form are of Hindu type. Height, 5% inches; width, 4 y z inches; diameter, 4 inches. 375— Iron Head or Buddha T’ang Exquisitely cast, with pointed headdress covered with knobs re¬ lieved by a flat disk at front. A band forms a neat frame that separates the hair from the face. The features are modeled with Indian delicacy and refinement, and wavy lines suggest the mus¬ tache, while a spiral indicates the beard. Has stand. Total height, 18 inches; width, 12% inches. 376— Important Iron Head T’ang Exquisitely modeled cast-iron head of a woman, probably Kuan Yin. Her hair, neatly drawn back, is formed into a high roll on the top of the head and bound with fillets studded with rosettes in high relief. The arched eyebrows, eyelids and small full mouth are indicated by slender lines in relief. The nose, delicately but slightly modeled, is of almost Grecian straightness. The texture of the iron is smooth and even and of a toft tone. The head has a great sense of dignity, breeding and repose, and is one of the rare and choice examples of the iron forger’s art of this great epoch. I eakwood base. Height of head, 13% inches; depth, 6 inches. ( Illustrated—See Frontispiece ) Second Afternoon 377 —Cast-iron Head of Kuan Yin T’ang Large, gilded, wearing openwork crown of lotus petal form, each petal containing a seated figure in trefoil frame above a lotus blossom. Has stand. Total height, 18 inches; diameter, 12% inches. 378 —Bronze Group of Buddha Sung Seated on lotus throne, flanked by two saints standing, all being supported by a branching tree rising from a hexagonal base joined by bands to two other hexagonal bases, on which stand the saints, pierced haloes rising behind the figures. Traces of gold visible here and there. (Part of halo behind Buddha missing.) Height, 3V 2 inches; width, 4% inches; diameter, 1% inches. Kindly raid the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They arc printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. BUDDHISTIC SCULPTURED STONE STELE AND MARBLE OF THE HAN, WEI, CHOU, SUI, T’ANG AND LATER DYNASTIES The following group of sculptured stone stele are from the collection of the celebrated Viceroy of the Province of Chili, named Tuan Fang, whose fame in China as a collector of Chinese antiquities of the highest quality is as great as that of the late Mr. Freer. Tuan Fang was assassinated during the troublous times of the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty, and his famous collection was dispersed. These stones are nearly all dated and belong to periods of which examples of sculpture are rare. They are of artistic merit as well as of historical value, and have a definite place in the art history of China. 3T9 —Prehistoric Face Semicircular in shape, with eyes, nose and mouth molded in bas- relief. The body varies from a gray to a brick-colored clay which has been slightly fired. This is of Scythian origin, and was found in Inner Mongolia in the province of Ordos, near where the Hoang-ho River branches to the west. Average height, S]/ 4 inches; length, 9i/ s inches; diameter, 1 inch. 379a—Prehistoric Face Similar to the preceding. 379b—Prehistoric Face Similar to the preceding. 379c— Prehistoric Face Similar to the preceding. 379d—Prehistoric Face Similar to the preceding. 380 — Convex Disk Han Made of bricklike pottery, decorated with two archaic dragons and a small animal in relief. The glaze is a yellowish-green with passages of a darker green. Diameter, 5% inches; width, 1 inch. 381 — Convex Disk Han Made of bricklike pottery, decorated with two archaic dragons and a small animal in relief. The glaze is greenish yellow and much decomposed. Diameter, 5% inches; width, 1 inch. Second Afternoon 382—Stone Head of Buddha Wei Gray in color, with slightly modeled but exquisitely formed fea¬ tures, the nose of which is chipped on the left side. The hair is conventionally treated with rows of disks in relief. Indian influence is here very marked, although the simplicity of treat¬ ment is Chinese. Height, 9 inches; diameter, 6y z inches 383—Rectangular. Stone Stele Wei Gray in tone, with rounded niche in front containing seated Buddhist figure in high relief. Columns and an arched band decorate face of opening. Inscription on rear of stone. Height, 7y 2 inches; width, 4% inches; diameter, 3y 2 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 384— Marble Stele Northern Wei With two standing figures in flowing robes in relief on lotus bases on block with inscription. The top of the stele is divided into two arches. Dated A.D. 489. Height, 9 inches; 'width, 4 1 /i inches; diameter, 3% inches. Second Afternoon 385— Flat Stone Stele Northern Wei Gray in tone, with central concave niche containing seated Bud¬ dhist figure in flowing robes, in high relief. Flanking this, on the face of the stone, in low relief, are two tall slender figures; above are six seated figures in sunken panels; below, a figure kneels to the left of a large censer. Various inscriptions are carved in face of stone. Dated 519 A.D. Height, 13% inches; width, 10% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 386—Stone Stele Northern Wei Gray in tone, with rectangular base and arched top. A quaint seated figure with stiff pleated skirt and flaring sleeves and folding hands—almost like a Velasquez—is flanked by two figures standing on flat bases, while overhead two intertwisting dragons complete the composition. The seated figure is in very high relief, the others in low relief. Inscriptions on base in front. Dated 424 A.D. Has stand. Height, 16% inches; width, 1 % inches; diameter, 3% inches. Second Afternoon 387 —Stone Stele Representing Buddha Western Wei Gray in color, seated, flanked by two semi-kneeling figures. Above are two children and two facing dragons. The rear has beautifully foliated medallion with lotus center. Height, 1 0y 2 inches; •width, 9y„ inches; diameter, 4 inches. 388 —Stone Head of Kuan Yin Wei Gray in color, with smiling countenance. Her hair is parted in center by two scrolled locks, and is massed high in a knot at the rear, tied with fillets. A tiara of high semicircular form displays a statue of a Buddha seated on a lotus. The whole is covered with creamy pigment, traces only of the blue of the hair being now visible. Height, 13*4 inches; diameter, 8 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 389— Stone Sculpture in Relief of Kuan Yin Eastern Wei Gray in color, standing on lotus on a high base flanked by two attendants holding lotus buds in front of a pointed oval nimbus with flamelike border and floral band enclosing medallion behind Kuan Yin’s head. The goddess holds a lotus bud in her right hand and a vase in her left, and a diadem with fillets crowns her head. On the base, in low relief, is a censer on stand flanked by two personages over whose heads attendants hold canopies. On the rear, also in low relief, is a seated figure, probably Kuan Yin, with attendant under a ginko tree above the base, on which are two seated figures facing an elaborate floral decoration. Inscription on left side of base. Top of nimbus broken off. Dated 538 A.D. Height, 21 inches; width, 13% inches; diameter, 6% inches. ( Illustrated) 390— Marble Statuette Northern Chou Of smiling Buddha, with beautifully flowing robes, seated on tapering rectangular base, from which, behind him, rises a pointed nimbus with flame border and lotus medallion. Inscrip¬ tions on front and sides of base giving date, 559 A.D. (Fingers of right hand and peak of nimbus are broken.) Height, 6 1 / 2 inches; width, 3% inches; diameter, 1% inches. No. 389 —Stone Sculpture in Relief of Kuan Yin ( Eastern Wei) Kindly rend the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 391—Marble Stele with Plain Square Base Eastern Wet Very beautiful, surmounted by a lotus on which stands a lovely figure in ample flowing robes covered with dark red pigment, while behind rises a pointed oval nimbus. (Nimbus repaired.) Inscriptions on rear of base. Dated 537 A.D. Height, l(>y 4 inches; •width, 6% inches; diameter, 4% inches. Second Afternoon 392 — Gray Stone Stele Sui Rectangular shape. The face has six sunken square panels, each enclosing a seated Buddhist figure in high relief. Engraved above each is a flattened pointed arch. Inscription on right side. Has stand. Height, 11 inches; width, 6'/, inches; diameter, 2 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 393 —Square M ahble Stele Tfang With sculptured relief representing Buddha seated between two standing figures, above a censer on each side of which kneels a figure. On the rear is engraved a deity in flowing robes and two attendants. Inscriptions on each side. Height, 9 inches; width, 4 1 /> inches; diameter, Sy 2 inches Second Afternoon 391—Gray Stone Head of Kuan Yin T’ang With hair parted in the middle by two scrolled curls, support¬ ing a high, peaked crown with jo-i-shaped crest, interrupted by petal-like projections and decorated with a lotus base, on either side of which are lotus buds, half rosettes and tendrils, while on the base is a tablet bearing the Chinese character for “Buddha,” in relief, backed by a flaming nimbus. The features of the face are exceptionally well executed and in perfect condition. Height, 12% inches; diameter, S l / 2 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 395—Gray Granite Head of Kuan Yin T'ang W earing a high-peaked crown, with jo-i-shaped divisions con¬ taining a figure of Buddha seated on a lotus, flanked bv floral rosettes with foliated sprays. Height, 14% inches; diameter, 10% inches. 396—Gray Stone Head of Kuan Yin With undulating hair massed high in a roll on the top of the head, wearing a high shaped diadem in the form of attenuated phoenixes above which are flying birds. This suggests the style of decoration of Han tomb sculptural reliefs. Height, 15% inches; diameter, 8 inches. 397—Gray Stone Stele with Rounded Top Ninth Century From a ledge near the base springs a lotus on which stands the graceful form of Kuan Yin wearing a diadem, holding a fly whisk in her left hand and a loop of drapery in her right. A nimbus behind the head displays a lotus medallion in low relief. The figure itself is in high relief, only the rear touching the stele, and is beautifully modeled, the drapery clinging in fine lines to the body. An inscription covers the right side of the stone. Height, 13 inches; •width, 7 inches; diameter, 4 inches. 398 — Marble Head of Kuan Yin Ming Of soft tan tones. Her diadem of Cao t'ieh masks, flanked by phoenixes, rests on wavy hair piled high into a coil at the top of her head. Fillets that hold the diadem close to the base of the coil are tied in a loose knot at the rear. Height, 10% inches; diameter, 6% inches. Second Afternoon 399 —Small Marble Stele Posterior Chin, A.D. 936-94*7 Rectangular, with sunken panels. In front, Buddha seated is flanked by two figures, while at his feet are two lions. On the sides are seated figures on pedestals—all in high l’elief. The composition of the group is extremely fine. Has stand. Height> 6 "\/> inches; width, 5% inches; diameter, 3 y 2 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 400— Important Marble Stele Sui With oblong base on which is a tapering shaft crowned, by a beveled roof-shaped cap. The face of the shaft is sculptured with three figures—Buddha seated on throne flanked by two atten¬ dants standing on lotus bases—in concave niche whose upper edge is bordered by an engraved band of acanthus leaves. The panel below the group displays a lotus flanked by lions, with raised paws, facing outward. Inscriptions on sides and rear of shaft and base. Dated 584 A.D. Height, 17 inches; width, 5y 2 inches; diameter, 4% inches. Second Afternoon 401 — Square Tapering Stele Posterior Chin With pointed arched top, of polished gray stone. The front and two sides have sunken concave panels in which, in high relief, are Buddh a seated on lotus throne and two Bodhisatvas on lotus bases. In front in low relief, beneath Buddha, are two seated facing lions, with censer between them, above a band with central foliated design and two floral sprays. A kneeling figure is be¬ neath each Bodhisatva — probably donors — accompanied by in¬ scriptions. Dated 937 A.D. Height, I t inches; xcidth, 5y z inches; diameter, 4% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 402—Gray Brick Stele T’ang Of rectangular form, decorated in high relief with a stupa rest¬ ing on lotus base, above which are inscriptions. Height, 14-% inches; width, 7 1/ 2 inches; diameter, 1% inches. Second Afternoon 403 —Stone Head of Kuan Yin Ming With earrings and high petal-shaped crown displaying five seated Buddhas in various attitudes in high relief. Traces of poly¬ chrome are visible. Height, 13 inches; diameter, 8 inches. 404 —Pair of Pottery Lions One with ball and other with cub, covered with tan and blue- green glazes. Fillets with rosettes are held in their mouths, and flamelike knobs cover tails. Height, 1 foot 8 inches; length. 2 feet. THIRD AND LAST AFTERNOON’S SALE THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1923 IIV THE ASSEMBLY HALL OF THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 2.15 O’CLOCK Catalogue Numbers 405 to 623, inclusive SINGLE-COLOR CHINESE PORCELAINS 405 — Square-shaped Vase of Bronze Form Ch’ien-lung With beveled corners and tubular handles, covered with an unc¬ tuous pearl-gray glaze with dark-brownish crackle. Ch’ien- lung seal in blue under foot. (Chip at foot.) Height, .5% inches; width, 3'/ 2 inches. 406— Bottle-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung Of fine form, covered with a gray glaze showing large black and brownish crackle. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 407 — Slender Ovoid Vase Ch’ien-lung With wide flaring neck, covered with a deep violet glaze. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 3 inches. Kindly read the Conditions unde, which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 408— Small Bottle-shaped Vase Of fine form covered with a rich cherry-red glaze. Ch'ien-lung Has stand. Height, 6 1 /, inches; diameter, 3% inches. 409— Miniature Elongated Ovoid Vase Ch'ien-lung With flaring lip, covered with a clear mustard-yellow crackled glaze. 410— Globular Rouge Box Ch'ien-lung Covered with rich cherry-red glaze. (Cover slightly cracked.) Height, 2% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 411— Graceful Elongated Vase Ch'ien-lung With short neck, covered with iridescent coral-red glaze, deco¬ rated with floral sprays in gold. Has stand. Height, 5 inches; diameter, 2% inches 412— Boti rLE-sHAPED Vase Yung Cheng Covered with soft bluish-gray glaze with brownish crackle. Yung Cheng mark under foot. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 3% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 413— Bottle-shaped Vase Ch'ien-lung Of sturdy contour, covered with pale greenish-gray glaze with caf e-au-lait crackle. Ch’ien-lung mark in seal characters under foot. Has stand. Height, 5 inches; diameter, 3y s inches. 414— Miniature Porcelain Bottle Ming Covered with aubergine glaze of line quality. Engraved char¬ acters on under side of foot. Height, 3 1 /, inches. 415— Rose-du-Barry Plate Yung Clieng Of floral form, with scalloped edges. Yung Cheng mark in blue under foot. Diameter, (i '/ 2 inches. 416— Inverted Pear-shaped Vase Ch'ien-lung With sloping shoulders and flaring lip, covered with iron-rust glaze. (Slight repair at lip.) Has stand. Height, 7y s inches; diameter, 3y„ inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 417— Miniature Gallipot Porcelain Vase Ch’ien-lung Covered with an even glaze of tea-dust green. Height, 414 inches. 418— Small Ovoid Bottle Ch’ien-lung With slightly flaring long neck, covered with watermelon green glaze minutely crackled. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 2% inches. 419— Slender Ovoid-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung With short trumpet neck, covered with even cucumber-green glaze minutely crackled. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 2% inches. 420— Double-gourd-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung Covered with a cucumber-green glaze minutely crackled. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 2% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 421— Small Pointed Bottle Ch’ien-lung Covered with ruby-red glaze showing passages of “ash-of-roses” tones. Has stand. Height, 4% inches; diameter, 2% inches 422— Compressed Pear-shaped Incense Burner Yung Clicng With flaring lip, covered with a peachbloom glaze of rich red suf¬ fused with “ash-of-roses” tones. Has stand. Height, 2 inches; diameter, 3 y 2 inches. 423— Deep Dish Ch’ien-lung Decorated on exterior with scrolled peony sprays in relief under a red glaze showing passages of “ash-of-roses.” Inside also red. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 6% inches. 424 — Gallipot Vase K’ang-lisi Covered with brilliant midnight-blue glaze. Height, 7 y s inches; diameter, 4% inches. 425 — Small Bottle-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi Of fine form, covered with onion-green glaze having brownish crackle. Glaze stops short of the foot, which is covered with thin coating of ferruginous clay. Has stand. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 4 inches. 426 — Water Coupe Yung Clicng Of compressed round shape, with straight sides of “soft paste.” The shoulder is decorated with a border of jo-i heads, the sides with the Eight Trigrams, and the bottom with petal border—all in underglaze blue of two shades. Under the foot are Chinese characters meaning “Precious Jewel.” Has stand. Diameter, 2y 2 inches. 427 — Sturdy Compressed Bottle Ch’ien-lung With short straight neck, covered with a gray glaze having large crackle. Ch’ien-lung seal under foot. Has stand. Height. 3% inches; diameter, 2% inches. 428 — Slender Point-dottle Ch’ien-lung Covered with robin’s-egg blue glaze. Has stand. Height, 8 inches; diameter. 4 % inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 429— Cherry-red Gallipot Ch'ien-lung Of very fine proportions. Ch’ien-lung mark in seal form in blue under foot. Height, 9 inches; diameter, 5 y 3 inches. 430 — White Pear-shaped “Soft-paste” Bottle Ch'ien-lung Decorated in low relief with wide peony band at center, jo-i bands and pointed leaves at neck, and petal band above key fret at foot. Has stand. Height, 8 inches; diameter, 5% inches. 431— White Wine-pot Ch'ien-lung Of compressed ovoid body, trumpet-shaped neck and curving spout rising from head of fish. The incised underglaze decora¬ tion consists of two raised bands on neck flanked by rows of shaped leaves, which appear again on lower half of body in pendent form. The shoulders display the “Eight Precious Things,” with fillets and sprays of peony scroll, below which are two bands in relief. Height, 7% inches; diameter, 4% inches 432— Ovoid Bottle with Long Flaring Neck Ch'ien-lung Decorated in underglaze blue with sweet flag leaves and cloud band at base of neck, trefoil band on shoulder, and wide brocade design of chrysanthemum and leaves on body. Band of pointed petals above foot. Has stand. Height, 6 inches; diameter, 3 inches. 433— Hexagonal Inverted Pear-shaped Pottery Vase Yung Cheng Slender in form, with trumpet neck and scalloped lip. Covered wi th creamy glaze over which brown and greenish enamels hjive run. (Slight crack at neck.) Height, 13y 2 inches; diameter, 4% inches. 434 — White Bottle-shaped Vase Yung Cheng Of “soft paste,” decorated with incised underglaze design of dragon and phoenix. (Chip at lip.) Has stand. Height, 12% inches; diameter, 7% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 435— White Peak-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung With flaring mouth. Decorated with incised underglaze design of bands of wave motive, peony scroll and foliage, plantain leaves and scrolled foliage. Has stand. Height, 11% inches; diameter, 7 inches. 436— White Pear-shaped Vase Ch'ien-lung With flaring mouth. Decorated with incised underglaze design of dragon among clouds pursuing jewel. Edge of lip unglazed and covered with wash of fired ferruginous clay. Has stand. Height, 11% inches; diameter, 7 inches. 437— White Bottle-shaped Vase Ch'ien-lung Decorated with incised underglaze design of dragon among spiral clouds pursuing flaming jewel. Has stand. Height, 13 inches; diameter, 8 inches. 438— Blanc-de-Chine Figure of Kuan Yin Ming In loose flowing robes, standing on wave-beaten rock. Her man¬ tle covers the high coiled hair and falls over the shoulders. Her right hand holds a wand, now broken, and one finger on right hand and two on left are partially missing. The modeling of this figure is especially fine, and the facial expression is calm and serene. Height, 14% inches. 439— Fine Bottle-shaped Vase Ch'ien-lung Covered with robin’s-egg blue glaze with purplish crackle. Has stand. Height, 12 inches; diameter, 7% inches. 440— Compressed Pear-shaped Vase Ch'ien-lung With trumpet mouth. Covered with a peachbloom glaze of vary¬ ing tones. Height, 9 inches; diameter, 7% inches. 441— Pointed Bottle of Bronze Form Yung Cheng With lotus shaped mouth, raised band about center of neck, and two lion masks with pendent rings in relief on body, covered with a robin’s-egg blue souffle glaze over a deep blue. Has stand. Height, 13 inches; diameter, 6% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 442 — Bottle with Flaring Mouth Ch’ien-lung Slightly compressed as to form. Covered with turquoise glaze of light tones. Has stand. Height, 13 >/, inches; diameter, 8 % inches. 443 — Tall Slender Bottle with Sloping Shoulders Ch’ien-lung Covered with cadet blue glaze of even tone. (Glaze slightly chipped at lip.) Has stand. Height, 16' y 2 inches; diameter, 8 inches. 444 — Pointed Pear-shaped Bottle Yung Cheng With a trumpet mouth. Covered with an olive-brown glaze mottled with tea-dust green. Yung Cheng seal in black under foot. Has stand. Height, 13% inches; diameter, 7% inches. 445 — Compressed Bottle with Flaring Lip Cldien-lung Covered with clear even glaze of midnight blue. Has stand. Height, 13 inches; diameter, 7y 2 inches. Third and Last Afternoon 446 — Bottle-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung Covered with crackled peacock-blue glaze relieved by large splashes of lapis-lazuli blue. Has stand. Height, It inches; diameter, 7 1 / 2 inches 447 — Vase with Ovoid Body Ch’ien-lung Wide, cylindrical, flaring, trumpet-shaped neck. Covered with finely crackled deep peacock-blue glaze. Has stand. Height, 14 y 4 inches; diameter, 7 y„ inches. 448 — Bottle-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung Covered with a clear lapis-lazuli blue glaze of even tone. Has stand. Height, 13 inches; diameter, 7 y 2 inches. 449 — Pointed Ovoid Bottle Tao Kuang With trumpet-shaped neck. Covered with a rich rubv-red glaze on exterior, the interior being white. (Glaze at lip slightly chipped.) Tao Kuang seal in blue under foot. Has stand. Height, 12 inches; diameter, 7 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 450— Bottle-shaped Vase C'h’ien-lung Covered with rich ruby-red glaze. Height, 12% inches; diameter, 6% inches. 451— Bottle-shaped Yasf. Yung Cheng Covered with deep purple glaze. (Slight crack at lip.) Has stand. Height. 11 inches; diameter, 7 inches 452— Globular Vase Yung Cheng In form of a pomegranate. Covered with even cucumber glaze finely crackled. Has stand. Height, 7% inches; diameter, 7 inches. 453— Barrel-shaped Vase Yung Cheng Tapering sharply at each end. Covered with a cucumber-green glaze. (Minute chip at lip and foot.) Height, 4% inches; diameter, 2% inches. 454— Gallipot Vase Ch’ien-lung Covered with iron-rust glaze. (Slight crack on white lip.) Height, 8 inches; diameter, 4% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 455— Bottle with “Garlic”-shaped Mouth Yung Cheng Covered with a brilliant ruby-red glaze of clear quality. Ming Hsiian Te mark under foot. Height, 7 y s inches; diameter, 5 inches. 456— Bottle-shaped Vase Yung Cheng Covered with rich ruby-red glaze of various tones. Ming Hsiian Te mark incised under foot. Has stand. Height, 8 inches; diameter, 4% inches. 457— Pointed Ovoid Vase with Trumpet-shaped Neck Yung Cheng Of graceful form. Covered with a ruby-red glaze of even tone. Has stand. Height, 9 inches; diameter, 5 inches. 458—Pointed Ovoid Bottle with Trumpet-shaped Neck Covered with rich ruby-red glaze, foot. Ch’ien-lung Ch’ien-lung seal in blue under Height, 12 inches; diameter, 7y 2 inches. 459— Pear-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung Covered with ruby-red glaze of orange-peel variety. (Glaze chipped at lip.) Has stand. Height, 7 inches; diameter, 5 1 / 2 inches. 460—Globular Bottle with Short Slender Flaring Neck Ch’ien-lung Covered with rich ruby-red glaze. Ch’ien-lung seal in blue under foot. (Slightly ground at lip.) Has stand. Height, 7% inches; diameter, 4% inches. 461 — “Soft-paste” Vase in Form of a Pomegranate Ch’ien-lung Decorated, in high relief with wide band, at center, of floral scroll with leaves and cloud band; key-fret border and lancet leaves on neck; and petal band at foot. Has stand. Height, 7 inches; diameter, 5% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 4(52—Finely Potted Bottle-shaped Vase adieu-lung Decorated with a rose souffle glaze interestingly mottled. Has stand. Height, 9y s inches; diameter, 5y s inches. 463—Bottle with Slightly Expanding Neck Yung Cheng Covered with rich ruby-red glaze of transparent quality. (Slight chip out of lip.) Height, 9% inches; diameter, 5 % inches. 464—Graceful Pear-shaped Vase Yung Cheng With two pierced elephant-head handles with pendent rings in relief, connected by a raised band, covered with a streaked sky- blue ffambe glaze over a crimson purple. Yung Cheng seal in¬ cised under foot, under gray and brown glaze. Has stand. Height, 8 inches; diameter, 5% inches. 465—Rounded Octagonal Bottle Ch'ien-lung With flaring flanged lip, the neck divided by two raised bands, and the faces of the body by raised vertical bands, covered with a pellucid clair-cle-lune glaze. Ch’ien-lung seal under foot. Height, 8% inches; diameter, 5% inches. 466—Ovoid Celadon Vase Ch'ien-lung With cylindrical neck and “garlic”-shaped mouth and two mon¬ ster-head handles with pendent rings in relief. At the lip is a band of jo-i heads; at the base of the neck, a row of jo-i head leaves above a band of key-fret design; on the body, sprays of conventionalized peony and foliage; and at the foot, a row of petals—all in low relief under a clear celadon glaze of soft tone. Ch’ien-lung mark under foot. Height, 8 y i inches; diameter, 5% inches. 467—Pear-shaped Vase with Ear-shaped Handles Ch'ien-lung Covered with a brilliant even clair-de-lune glaze. Ch’ien-lung mark in seal characters under foot. Height, 7y 4 inches; diameter, 5 inches Third and Last Afternoon 468— Celadon Pilgrim Bottle Ch’ien-lung With “garlic” mouth and arched handles. Decorated in low relief with dragon and jewel among clouds, bats and flames, with water below, jo-i border at lip, and bats and clouds on neck. Ch’ien-lung mark in relief on foot. Has stand. Height, 8y 2 inches; width, 7 y„ inches. 469— Pear-shaped Vase of Bronze Form With two elephant-head handles, holding rings in relief, con¬ nected by two reeded bands, covered with rich clair-de-lune glaze with deep bluish shades where the glaze is thickest. (Lip slightly chipped.) Height, 7 1 /, inches; diameter, 4% inches. 470 — Finely Potted Bowl of Brown Pottery Ch’ien-lung With two loop handles with loose rings, and convex cover having three loops, surrounding elephant in relief, covered with melon- green glaze on exterior and grayish white crackle on interior. Unusually fine. Copy of a Han bronze. Height, 4y 2 inches; diameter, 7 inches. 471 — Flattened Bottle-shaped “Soft-paste” Vase Cli’ien-lung With “garlic” mouth. Decorated at neck with delicately modeled grapevine and squirrels in the round and in relief, covered with white glaze. Height, 6% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 472 — Superi! Blanc-de-Chine Incense Burner Ming Of bronze form, covered with an unctuous creamy glaze. The body is of compressed globular form with cylindrical neck, two outward curving handles and three monster-headed claw feet. Height, 4 y s inches; diameter, 5 inches. 473 — Cheng Hua “Soft-paste” Circular Box Ming With cover that is engraved with central medallion containing character for longevity surrounded bv Five Bats of Happiness and covered with a rich creamy glaze, minutely crackled. Cheng Hua mark incised under glaze on foot. Height, 2 inches; diameter, 4*4 inches. Kindly rend the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 474 — Ovoid Jar with Cover Yung Cheng Covered with clear celadon glaze of soft tone. Yung Cheng mark under foot. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 4% inches. 475— Bottle-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi Covered with brilliant turquoise-blue glaze minutely crackled. (Cracked at lip.) Height, 7% inches; diameter, 414 inches. 476 — Compressed Pear-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi With long slender neck and flaring mouth. Decorated with three exotic fish penciled in blue in incised lines under the glaze, giving a very delicate finish to the design. Ming Cheng Hua mark under foot. (Slight crack at lip.) Height, 7 1 /, inches; diameter, 4% inches. 477 — Bottle with Sloping Shoulders and Short Neck K’ang-hsi Decorated, in underglaze blue, at lip with wave band, below which, on a net ground, are four-lobed foliated medallions; a narrow border of lozenges and flowers encircles the shoulder; and an elaborate design of shaped floral medallions connected by bands, bordered at top and bottom by jo-i head motives, decorates the bottom. A wave border completes the design at foot. Lozenge with fillet in blue under glaze on foot. Height, 7 inches; diameter, 4 inches. 478 — Bowl of Compressed Globular Form K’ang-hsi Covered with sang-de-boeuf glaze. This was a bottle that has been cut down, and a copper band covers the ground lip. Has stand. Height, 514 inches; diameter, 9 inches. 479 — Sturdy Bottle K’ang-hsi Covered with sang-de-bocuf glaze. Has stand. Height, 5 inches; diameter, 14 inch. 480 — Beaker-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi With flaring mouth and foot and bulbous center. Covered with rich powder-blue glaze. Has stand. Height, 9 7-16 inches; diameter, 5% inches at lip. Third and Last Afternoon 481—Cylindrical Incense Burner K’ang-hsi With three shaped feet. Covered on exterior with iridescent coral-red glaze of fine even quality. Has stand. Height, 3 % inches; diameter, 4 inches. 482—Koro of Cylindrical Form Ming On three short legs. Covered with a rich sang-de-hocuf glaze showing passages of ruby-red and grayish-green. The glaze continues under the foot, the central sunken part of which has Ming Hsiian Te mark in blue. (Slight crack at lip.) Teakwood stand. A most rare and unusual piece. Height, 3 % inches; diameter, 4 1 / 8 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 483— Lower Half of a Rounded Rouge Box K’ang-hsi Covered with peachbloom glaze of varying tints, mounted on a wooden base and having a carved and gilded wooden top cover¬ ing the box, the foot of which is penciled in blue with K’ang-hsi mark. (Slight crack on bottom.) Diameter, 2y 8 inches. 484— Lower Half of a Rounded Rouge Box K’ang-hsi Covered with peachbloom glaze of soft shades flecked with green, mounted on a gilded wooden base and having a carved and gilded wooden top covering the box, the foot of which is penciled in blue with K’ang-hsi mark. (Slight crack on bottom.) Diameter, 2% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 485—Rouge Box with Flattened Globular Cover K’ang-hsi Covered with peachbloom glaze of “ashes-of-roses” shade flecked with green. K’ang-hsi mark in blue under foot. Diameter, 2% inches. 486—Rouge Box with Flattened Globular Cover K’ang-hsi Covered with peachbloom glaze flecked with green. K’ang-hsi mark in blue under foot, which has a slight crack. Diameter, 2% inches. 487—Coupe of Flattened Globular Form K’ang-lisi Covered with rich red peachbloom glaze flecked with green. (Small place on lip repaired with gold lacquer.) K’ang-hsi mark beautifully penciled in blue under foot. Diameter, 4% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 48S—Compressed Globular Coupe K’ang-hsi Covered with peachbloom glaze of “ashes-of-roses” shade, suf¬ fused with green. (Crack at lip and small hole in bottom re¬ paired with gold lacquer.) Delicately penciled K’ang-hsi mark in blue under foot. Diameter, 4y 2 inches. 489—Compressed Globular Dish Covered with peachbloom glaze of various shades flecked with brilliant green. Carved ivory cover and gilded wood stand. K’ang-hsi mark in blue under foot. (Slight crack at lip.) Diameter, 4 l /> inches. 490—Miniature Bottle-shaped Vase with Long Neck K’ang-hsi Covered with a rich coral-red glaze. Third and Last Afternoon 491—Small Bottle K’ang-hsi Covered with brilliant, crackled apple-green glaze. This is a very fine example of the celebrated Avare called green Lang yao. Height, 5y 4 inches; diameter, 3 y 2 inches. 492—Large Boavl K’ang-hsi Covered Avith peachbloom glaze of various tones flecked Avith green. This is an extremely rare specimen. Concentric ring in blue under foot. (Crack at lip repaired Avith gold lacquer.) Has stand. Height, 3% inches; diameter, 7% inches. 493—Vase avith Equally Sloping Neck and Foot K’ang-hsi Covered Avith rich apple-green glaze. Height, 5% inches; diameter, 3% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 494— Amphora K'ang-lisi Covered with peachbloom glaze of “ashes-of-roses” shade suf¬ fused with rose tones and dapplings. Fleckings of green inside and outside of neck. (Restored at lip and at foot.) A very lovely specimen of this rarest of collector’s delights. K’ang-hsi mark in blue penciled under foot. Has stand. 495— Inverted Pear-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi Covered with rich sang-de-bcewf glaze of the “strawberry” va¬ riety. (The neck is replaced by a metal band.) Has stand. Height, G 1 /, inches; diameter, 4y 2 inches. Third and Last Afternoon 496 — “Chrysanthemum” Bottle K’ang-hsi Covered with peach-bloom glaze of “ashes-of-roses” and ripened- peach shades. A beautifully designed metal mouth is added to the neck of the bottle, K’ang-hsi mark in blue under foot. Has stand. Height, 8y s inches; diameter, 3i/ 2 inches Kindly read the Conditions under xvliich every item is offered and sold, They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 497— Compressed Laxg-yao Bottle K'ang-hsi With tall flaring neck. Covered with rich sang-de-bceuf glaze with passages of “ash-of-roses” tones. Height, 15 inches; diameter, 7y„ inches. 498— Bottle with Flaring Lip K'ang-hsi Covered with sang-de-bceuf glaze showing passages of “ash-of- roses” shades. (Edge of lip ground and slightly repaired.) Finely crackled creamy glaze under foot. Height, 11% inches; diameter, 7% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 499— Important Tall and Slender Lang-yao Vase K’ang-hsi Of inverted pear-shaped form, covered with a rich sang-de-hoeuf crackled glaze, flecked with “ash-of-roses.” A rare specimen. Has stand. Height,, 16 y A inches; diameter, 6% inches. 500— Tall Compressed Lang-yao Bottle K’ang-lisi With si ightly flaring lip. Covered with rich sang-de-hoeuf glaze of strawberry variety. Gray-green glaze under foot. (Repaired at lip.) Has stand. Height, 11 x /> inches; diameter, 8% inches. Kindly read flic Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 501— Tall Point-bottle K’ang-lisi Covered witli sang-de-bceuf glaze of “strawberry” variety. Foot covered with creamy crackled glaze. (Has crack.) Has stand. Height, 16% inches; diameter, 8 y 2 inches. Third and Last Afternoon 502— Tall Point-bottle K’cmg-hsi Covered with rich sang-de-boeuf glaze of “strawberry” variety. Foot covered with creamy crackled glaze. Has stand. Height, 16% inches; diameter, 8% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They arc printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 503— Tall Compressed Lang-yao Ya.,e v "h Long Neck K’ang-hsi Covered with olive-gray glaze sufl d with red and finely crackled. (Slight crack at lip and fi rack under foot.) Has stand. Height, K / 2 inches; diameter, 8 inches. 504 — Compressed Lang-yao Bottle Ming On high flaring foot, the neck and shoulders being covered with a rich coagulated sang-de-basuf glaze which becomes ruby red, with strawberry markings, on body, and again coagulated on foot, the under side of which has apple-green glaze. Has stand. Height, 13 inches; diameter, 7y 2 inches. 505—Pair of Semi-globular Inverted Pear-shaped Vases With straight cylindrical neck. Covered with deep rose-du-Barry glaze. Height, 8% inches; diameter, 4% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 506 —Ovoid Bottle with Covered with an e under foot. A veri hinder Neck and Flaking Mouth Yung Cheng 1 by-red glaze. Ming Hsiian Te mark usual form. Has stand. Height, 11% inches; diameter, 5% inches. 507 —Beaker-shaped Vase of Bronze Form K’ang-hsi Covered with rich peacock-blue glaze. The flattened bulbous center and foot have four projecting flanges, between which is an incised fret ground interrupted bv archaic motives in relief. The flaring neck has same motives enclosed in a row of tall leaves. (Slight era ck in lip.) Height, 13% inches; diameter, 8 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. •508 — Tall Bottle-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi Covered with brilliant powder-blue glaze. Has stand. Height, 18 inches; diameter, 8% inches. 509 — Bottle-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi Covered with rich midnight blue glaze that stops in an even line above the foot. Metal rim encircles lip. Has stand. Height, 14% inches; diameter, 9 inches. 510 — Slender Pear-shaped Vase Yung Cheng With many-lobed sides and two free standing dragon handles. Covered with a brilliant and pellucid clair-de-lune glaze. ( Slight chip out of glaze at lip.) Height, 10 inches; diameter, 4% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 511—Jar with Hat-shaped Cover K’ang-hsi With slight shoulders and wide mouth. Decorated with incised design under bluish clair-de-lune glaze. On the jar, at the neck, is a band of rose sprays, and a band of scrolls, while the body is covered with large finely drawn peony sprays on cloudlike ground, a similar motive decorating the cover. H as stand. Height, 1 5 1 /, inches; diameter, 9 y 2 inches. 512 — Flamhe Bottle Ch’ien-lung With rich red, greenish brown and creamy markings of chevron pattern. Has stand. Height, 15 inches; diameter, 9 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 513—Flambe Bottle Ch’ien-lung With splashed flamelike markings in luscious mulberry, pale blue and deep brown. Has stand. Height, 15% inches; diameter, 9% inches. 514 -Bottle-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi Covered with a liquid bright turquoise-blue glaze. (Lip slightly chipped.) Has stand. Height, 14% inches; diameter, 8% inches. 515 — Tall Ovoid Jar K’ang-hsi With hat-shaped projecting cover, and wide slightly tapering neck. Covered with an Imperial yellow glaze. Height. 15 inches; diameter, 10 inches. 51G—Large Bottle-shaped Vase Ch’ien-lung Covered with a pale celadon glaze of brilliant quality. Ch’ien- lung in blue under celadon glaze on foot. Height, 20% inches; diameter, 15% inches. 517 — Bottle of Unusual Form K’ang-hsi With slightly tapering sides and contracting neck with very flaring lip, covered with clair-de-lune glaze under which are in¬ cised various plants, a chevroned border, foliations and lancet leaf band. Height, 8% inches; diameter, 2% inches. 518 — White Inverted Pear-shaped Jar K’ang-hsi Of “soft paste,” with wide mouth. Decorated in relief with band of archaic bronze cloud forms about equator, with borders of petals at base of neck and above foot. Has stand. Height, 4% inches; diameter, 0 inches. Third and Last Afternoon 519 — Double-gourd-shaped “Soft-paste” Vase K’ang-hsi Of bronze form, with handles terminating in heart-shaped orna¬ ment, covered with thick creamy white glaze. (Slight crack at waist.) Height, 7 inches; diameter, 3% inches. 520—Slender Ovoid Vase K’ang-Jisi With flaring foot and cylindrical neck. Covered with a beautiful soft blue-gray glaze under which are incised, at the base of neck, lancet-leaf and wave borders, below which are scrolled peony sprays covering the body, and a wave band at foot. Cheng Hua mark under foot. (Ground at lip.) Has stand. Height, 7% inches; diameter, 3% inches. BLUE AND WHITE CHINESE PORCELAINS 521— Miniature “Soft-paste” Water Holder Yung Cheng Of compressed globular form, decorated in blue with various floral sprays. Has stand. 522— Low Cylindrical “Soft-paste” Box With projecting cover. Decorated in blue of asters with leaves and tendrils. Height, % inch; diameter, 2% inches. K’ang-hsi with all-over pattern 523— Compressed Circular Box Yung Clung With outward curving sides, small foot and projecting cover. Decorated in brilliant blue with figure in rocky landscape, and cloud band on both sides. Has stand. Height, % inch; diameter, 2% inches 521— Circular Box K’ang-hsi With decoration in blue, on cover, of peony with scrolled foliage enclosed in concentric circles; petal band encircles foot. Has stand. Height, 1 inch; diameter, 2% inches. Kindly raid the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 525 —Cylindrical “Soft-paste” Box K’ang-hsi With fiat cover. Decorated in blue with two men, a lady and a horse standing under pine tree; the sides display various land¬ scapes. Height, 1 '■/. inches; diameter, 3 inches. •526 —Cylindrical Box of “Soft-paste” K’ang-hsi With flat cover. Decorated in blue with scholar seated with three attendants in rocky landscape. Various landscapes decorate the sides of box. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 3 y s inches. 527 —Circular Box of “Soft-paste” with Cover K’ang-hsi Decorated with medallion of peony blossoms, leaves and tendrils, a row of circlets and a band of key fret; and sides, with peony blossoms, leaves and tendrils—all in fine clear blue. Ming Chia Clung mark in blue under foot. (Slight crack on cover.) Has stand. Height, 2 inches; diameter, 2 3/1G inches. •528 —Drum-shaped Box with Cover K’ang-hsi Decoration in brilliant clear blue of lion with “cash” among clouds on blue ground; and on sides, symbols of good luck sepa¬ rated by clouds. A row of miniature bosses in white encircles both cover and bottom. Height, 1% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 529 — “Soft-paste” Box K’ang-hsi Of compressed globular form, decorated in blue with rocky land¬ scapes, bridge, two figures and tavern with flag sign attached to tall pole. 530 — Small Pointed Bottle-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi With trumpet neck and flaring foot. Covered with a deep dark blue glaze relieved by inscriptions in white. A very unusual piece. Has stand. Height, 4% inches; diameter, 2% inches. 531 — Pilgrim Bottle Yung Cheng Decorated in rich blue with central phoenix medallion on brocade ground of conventionalized peonies and foliage. (Repaired at foot.) Height, 5% inches; width, 3% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 532 —Circular Box K’ang-hsi With projecting cover and body contracting towards foot. Dec¬ orated in blue with all-over design of peonies and foliage. Char¬ acters meaning “Precious Jewel” in blue under foot. Height, % inch; diameter, 3 y 8 inches. 533 —Graceful “Marriage” Vase K’ang-hsi Of elongated ovoid form, decorated all over in rich cobalt-blue with many different characters signifying longevity. Cheng Hua mark, surrounded by concentric circles in blue, under foot. A rare specimen. Has stand. Height, 10 inches; diameter, 4y s inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 53d -COMPRESSED BoTTIE-SHAPED VASE WITH LONG CYLINDRICAL NeCK K’ang-h si The body and lower half of neck are decorated in blue with bro¬ cade design of lotus blossoms and conventionalized foliage that terminate in chevroned band with half-blossoms, above which is a wide band of plantain leaves, while just below the lip is an¬ other chevroned band. Has stand. Height, 1 -I y, inches; diameter, 7y s inches. 535 —Gallipot Vase K’ang-hsi Completely covered with design of scrolled tendrils in white on undulating blue ground. Artemisia leaf in blue under foot. (Chip at lip and slight fire crack inside neck.) Has stand. Height, 8% inches; diameter, 4% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 536 — Inverted Pear-shaped Vase Displaying “blob” design of plum blossoms on a brilliant blue ground of “cracking ice” pattern, reciprocal denticulated bands at base of neck and above foot, row of disks on neck, and ir¬ regular scalloped border below lip. (Neck slightly cracked.) Has stand and cover. Height, 9'/> inches; diameter, 5 inches. 537 — Elongated “Soft-paste” Ovoid Vase with Contracting Neck Ch’ien-lung Decorated in brilliant blue with lion beneath pine tree about to spring at bird above rocks. (Repaired at foot and neck.) Height, 10 l / 2 inches; diameter, 5 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 538 —Superb Beaker-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi Decorated on body and neck, in brilliant clear cobalt-blue, with “blob” design of plum blossoms in solid color on an outlined “cracking ice” ground; at lip and foot, with reciprocal denti¬ culated band, and at base of neck with band of key fret bordered by white. Has stand. Height, 17% inches; diameter, 8y s inches at lip, Third and Last Afternoon 539 —Tall “Soft-paste” Bottle-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi Decorated in blue with mountainous landscape, rippling lake on which sails a junk, and a pavilion by the shore with temple en¬ closure nearby. The blue is especially fine and the drawing excellent. (Slightly chipped lip has short crack.) Has stand. Height , 15 1 /. inches ; diameter , 8 y 4 inches . Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 540 —Tall Compressed Bottle K’ang-hsi With long cylindrical neck, slightly flaring at lip, relieved by convex white band below center. The body and neck are covered with a beautifully drawn brocade design of lotus blossoms and conventionalized foliage. At the base of the neck is a chevroned band with half-blossoms, and a similar, but wider one, appears again below lip. The design is in rich cobalt-blue under a fine white glaze. Has stand. Height, 17 inches; diameter, 8y g inches. Third and Last Afternoon 541—T ALL PoiNT-LOTTLE-SHAPED VASE K'dlig-llSl Decorated in underglaze blue with lions, disks and fillets, on body ; brocade band relieved bv peonies, on shoulder; dragon pur¬ suing jewel, on neck; and two circles at lip. Has stand. Height, 17 inches; diameter, 7% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 542 — Important Tall Ovoid Vase with Flaring Cylindrical Neck K’ang-hsi Decorated in clear brilliant cobalt-blue with double cherry, mag¬ nolia and peony trees in full bloom, rocks, golden pheasant and other birds. Has stand. Height , 18 inches ; diameter , 7 1 /, inches . 543— Plate K'ang-h si Decorated in center with blue and white fish swimming among wa¬ ter plants; on rim, with pairs of white fish and scrolls on ground of deep blue spirals. Exterior decorated in blue with crawfish, crab, emblems, etc. Ming Cheng Hua mark in blue under foot. (Slight crack on rim.) Has stand. Diameter, 10 % inches. Third and Last Afternoon DECORATED CHINESE PORCELAIN 544— Circular Box with Cover K’ang-hsi With beveled sides. A dragon among waves in green decorates the medallion on the cover, the sides, of pale iridescent yellow, having incised bands of chevrons with half-blossoms. K’ang-hsi mark under foot. Has stand. Height, 1 y 4 inches; diameter, 2% inches. 545—Miniature Porcelain Vase Of compressed bottle-shaped form, decorated coral-red enamel with underglaze blue foliage, under foot. Yung Cheng with peonies in Dragon in blue 546—Porcelain Bowl Tno Kuang With white bamboo trees on coral-red ground. Tao Kuang seal in blue under foot. Height. 2 inches; diameter, 4% inches. 547— Elongated Ovoid Bottle with Short Xeck K’ang-hsi Decorated all over with peony brocade design in peachbloom. Has stand. Height. 4 Y t inches; diameter, 2 % inches. 548— Ovoid Coupe with Incurving Lip K’ang-hsi Decorated with bands of lotus and scrolled foliage and waves, at lip, peony sprays on body, and pointed band of leaves at foot, in rich peachbloom and blue lines. K’ang-hsi mark in blue on foot. Has stand. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 4 inches. 549— Body and Foot of Bronze-shaped Vase with Four Oblong Flanges Ming Covered with rich green glaze displaying incised floral sprays in red, blue and yellow enamels. Scrolled foliations at foot in green on yellow ground. Ming Wan Li mark under foot. Height. 3% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 550— Famille Rose Bowl Ch’icn-lung With decorations of cherry tree and orchids in gold. Hall mark in red under foot. Height. 2% inches; diameter. 5% indies. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 551—Ovoid Jab and Coveb Tao Kuang Decorated in famille rose enamels. Red Tao Kuang seal under foot on turquoise-blue ground. Has stand. Height, 3 inches; diameter, 2% inches. 552 — Four-lored Biscitit Tray K’ang-hsi Covered with thin, emerald-green glaze, the rim and center deco¬ rated with gold peonies. Length, 5% inches; width, 4% inches. 553—Luxe; Chi'ax Tray Sung In the form of a leaf. Covered with a liquid green glaze, sup¬ ported by a base in the form of a lizard in iron-brown wash. Extremely rare. Length, 6 inches; width, 2% inches. 551 — Urn-shaped Wine-pot K’ang-hsi With handle and spout missing. Decorated in rich famille verte enamels with the double-headed Russian eagle, whose feet clutch a sword and scepter, enclosed in a rose-tree panel. Very rare. Has stand. Height,, 8 1 /, inches; diameter, 5% inches. 555 — Pair of Bowls K’ang-hsi Decorated on exterior with various blossoming plants, exquisitely drawn in brilliant famille verte coloring, on a lustrous coral-red ground. Height, 2% inches; diameter, 4% inches. 556— Petal-shaped Tray with Concave Sides and Flanged Lip K’ang-hsi Decorated in aubergine, yellow and green enamels on the bis¬ cuit, with a scene in which an emperor, surrounded by nobles, looks out from a room overhanging a pool with blossoming lotus plants. The lip has floral band; and the exterior displays floral branches in greens and aubergine on a yellow ground. (Repaired with gold lacquer.) Height, 6]/ 2 inches; width, 5% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 557 —Pair of Bowls K’ang-hsi Decorated on exterior with various blossoming plants, exquisitely drawn in brilliant famille verte coloring, on a lustrous coral-red ground. Inside white. K’ang-hsi mark under foot. Height, 2*4 inches; diameter, 4% inches. 558 —Club-shaped Famille Verte Vase K’ang-hsi Decorated on neck with orchid blossoms, on shoulders with band of plum blossoms on ground of “cracking ice,” and on body with bird and tree among chrysanthemums and peonies. The ground lip is encased in silver band. Height, 7% inches; diameter, 3 y 2 inches. 559 —Graceful Amphora-shaped Copper Vase Cli’ien-lung Covered with enamel. The decoration consists of personages seated in rocky landscape with sheep, painted in beautiful tones of famille rose colorings. Key fret at lip and foot, and foliated scroll band at base of neck. Turquoise-blue enamel covers inside of neck. (Repaired slightly at shoulder.) Height, 9% inches; diameter, 3% inches. 560 — Porcelain Cat K’ang-hsi Covered with green enamel on the biscuit, the hairs and markings in black, and the eyes yellow. (One ear repaired.) Teakwood stand. Height, 5]/ 2 inches; length, 6 inches. 561 — Porcelain Wine-pot Yung Cheng Of slender pear-shaped form, decorated in rich famille rose color¬ ings with phoenix, peonies, asters and rocks on each side, and characters on neck. (Handle missing.) Has stand. Height, 7% inches; diameter, 4 inches. 562 — Pair of Bowls K’ang-hsi Decorated on exterior with various blossoming plants, exquisitely drawn in brilliant famille verte coloring, on a lustrous coral-red ground. Height, 2 1 / i inches; diameter, 4% inches. Kindi// read the Conditions under zchich every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 563 —Graceful Pear-shaped Vase with Flaring Lid Yung Cheng Decorated with prancing lion cubs in rich peachblooni colorings, showing passages of green, on a very pale celadon ground. Height , 5 inches : diameter . 3 inches . 564— Bowl Yung Cheng Decorated on exterior with branch of peacli blossoms, five peaches and two bats; on the interior, by a branch of peach-blossoms curving over from exterior, and three bats—all in rich famille rose enamels. Height. 2% inches: diameter, 5% inches. 565— Jardiniere of Flowerlike Form Ch’ien-lung The petals raised, decorated with flowers, rocks and fence in famille rose enamels. Border at inside of lip has shell, foliated scrolls and blossoms in deep rose enamels. Has stand. Height, 6y. } inches; diameter, 10% inches. 566 — Small Club-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi Decorated in famille verte enamels with two delicately drawn ladies before a bamboo fence, outside and inside of which are rocks, trees and blossoming plants. Below the lip is a line of dots above jo-i and key-fret bands. Below is a brocade band of hexagons and blossoms ending at the shoulders, on which are bands of chevrons, cloud and jo-i motives. Key fret above foot. Gilt metal cover and base. (Lip chipped.) Height, 11 inches; diameter, 3% inches. 567 — Jardiniere with Flanged Lip K’ang-hsi Covered with pale celadon glaze, decorated with famille verte enamels, with a pheasant, peonies and rocks. Floral sprays on flat lip. Height, 7 % inches; diameter, 9 inches. 568 — Ovoid Ginger Jar K’ang-hsi Decorated in famille verte enamels with women anti children in an interior anti out of doors. Brocade band relieved by reserves containing emblems, encircles the shoulders. (Slight crack.) Teakwood cover. Height, 7 1 /, inches; diameter, 6 % inches. Third and Last Afternoon 569— Plate K’ang-hsi With incised underglaze dragons and Haines on exterior and in¬ terior, over which, in brilliant aubergine, green and yellow enam¬ els, are chrysanthemums and mallow plants on interior, and ca¬ mellia sprays on exterior. K’ang-hsi mark in blue under foot. Diameter , 9% inches . 570— Two Plates Ch’ien-lung With sumptuous gold ground relieved, on interior, by foliated scrolls, with floral medallion center, in red, blue and green enam¬ els; and on the exterior, bv a scrolled peony brocade design in red. The foot is covered with gold and in the center is a floral medallion with scrolled leaves. Diameter , 7% inches . Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 571— Deep Dish with Wide Rim Yung Cheng Decorated in famille rose enamels. The center portrays a lady in gorgeous robes carrying two brocade-covered rolls. On her right, a crane offers her a fungus spray in its beak; to the left are rocks, from which arises a tree with overhanging branch, and clouds. On the rim are displayed the Four Accomplishments of a Gentleman, i.e., a flute, books, paintings and a chessboard with containers for counters, among leaves, fruit, fungus and jo-i scepter. Groups of floral sprays decorate the exterior. Has stand. Height, 3 1 /, inches; diameter, 16% inches. 572— Chrysanthemum-shaped Plate Yung Cheng With scalloped edges, center medallion in famille rose enamels of peonies, magnolias and asters beautifully drawn and of finest quality. Yung Cheng mark in blue under foot. Height, ly 2 inches; diameter, 7 inches. Third and Last Afternoon 573— Deep Dish with Wide Rim Ch’ien-lung Decorated in famille rose enamels. The center depicts Si Wang- mu, Empress of the Western Paradise, and a phoenix and three attendants, one holding fan behind her; the other two, in front, carrying a peach and a censer. They stand among clouds and waves. The rim is divided by shaped medallions and half me¬ dallions, displaying various fruits, flowers and butterflies on a brocaded ground. A jo-i motive surrounds the center. Has stand. Height, S'/ 2 inches; diameter, 4 y 2 inches. 574— Important “Three-color on Biscuit” Jar Ming Of tapering square form, originally a wine-pot, whose spout has disappeared. Three of the sides display a panel with dragons and waves, and the fourth depicts the transformation of the sturgeon into a sky dragon, all being surrounded by “wood grain” borders in aubergine edged with yellow. The flat shoul¬ ders are decorated with blossoms at corners separated by jo-i motive on “wood grain” ground. The low cylindrical neck is encircled by a lancet leaf border in greens. The spout fracture is now painted over to form a complete design. A sunken Hsiian Te seal mark in black is on flat base with four “I.” shaped feet. Height, Gy, inches; diameter, 4 % inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 575 —Two Plates K’ang-hsi With incised underglaze decorations in center and sides of drag¬ ons among flames, over which, in brilliant greens, yellow and au¬ bergine enamels, are peonies springing from rocks in center, sur¬ rounded by peony scroll border. Sprays of chrysanthemums and peonies, in same colorings, over incised dragon design, decorate exterior. K’ang-hsi mark in blue under foot. Diameter, 9% inches. ( Illustrated ) 576 — Large Plate Ch’ien-lung Decorated in famille rose enamels with phoenixes flying among peony sprays on a scrolled ground. Exterior displays five red bats. Metal band rim encases lip. Has stand. Diameter, 13% inches. 577 — Pair of Plates ' K’ang-hsi With incised underglaze decoration of dragons, flames, etc., over which, in brilliant green, aubergine and yellow enamels, are branches of pomegranates and quinces on interior, and rose and camellia sprays on exterior. K’ang-hsi mark in blue under foot. (Slight crack at edge of one plate.) Diameter, 9% inches. (Illustrated ) Kindly read the Conditions under which ever” " 'm is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart te Catalogue. 578—Elongated Ovoid Vase K’ang-hsi With slender cylindrical neck and mouth, covered with brilliant powder-blue glaze of thick r 3 , over which is a par¬ tially obliterated decoration in gold , ysanthemums and bird. Has stand. Heigh , 1C inches; diameter, 4% inches. 579—Important Famille Verte Club-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi With enamels of great richness and brilliancy. From a group of rocks, on which are two pheasants, spring magnolia, peony and double cherry trees in full blossom, about which birds fly. On the shoulder is a wide brocade band of octagons, with blos¬ soms, joined by squares, interwoven circles of rice grain design containing blossoms, hexagons with blossoms and “cash” diaper, separated by blossom-shaped reserves displaying four of the “Eight Precious Things.” On the neck, rocks, flowering cherry and a bird appear. About the exterior of the lip is a band of cloud motive in black under a liquid rich green. The overglaze blue in this piece is of exceptional clearness, depth and richness. (Slight crack at side.) Concentric circles in underglaze blue under foot. Has stand. Height, 17 l f, inches; diameter, 7 1 / l inches. ( Illustrated ) No. 579 —Important Famille Verte Ci.ub-siiaped Vase ( K’ang-hsi ) Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 580— Square Famille Rose “Four Season” Vase Yung Cheng The four panels on the body are decorated with plum, peon}', lotus and chrysanthemum and other seasonal flowers in brilliant famille rose enamels, the rose color predominating. The foot and shoulders are covered with a swastika fret design in green on a rose ground, relieved by shaped reserves depicting fruit, flowers, vases with flowers, scroll paintings, books, etc. The flaring neck is separated from the sloping shoulders by a projecting band decorated on the sides by key fret in black under blue glaze, and on top by reciprocal denticulated bands in yellow and green. The sides of the square lip sustain a key-fret pattern in rose on a green ground. Has stand. Height, 23% inches; diameter at base, 7 inches. ( Illustrated ) No. 580 —Square Famille Hose “Four Season” Vase (Yung Cheng ) Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 581 — Famille Verte Square-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi With cylindrical neck and flaring lip. Two of the sides each depict a tall graceful lady with fan standing under a tree. Be¬ hind her is a garden fence, beyond which grows a peony. In the foreground are rocks and plants. The other two sides contain respectively a rose mallow, asters and bird; and a red plum branch, on which are two birds, and scrub bamboo. The flat shoulders, rounded at the corners, have a seeded green ground on which are scattered plum blossoms in yellow. At the base of the neck is a band of jo-i heads, one of which is in each corner, in red and green. On the neck are four shaped oblong reserves, displaying flowers on a seeded ground relieved by butterflies and various blossoms with leaves. Height, 18% inches; diameter, 5% inches. ( Illustrated) No. 581 —Famille Verte Square-shaped Vase ( K’ang-hsi ) Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 582—Famille Yerte Square-shaped Vase Kmng-hsi Same as the preceding in design. (Neck repaired.) Height, 18 % inches; diameter, 5 % inches. 583—Tall Vase K’ang-hsi With long flaring cylindrical neck and pointed ovoid body merg¬ ing into wide flaring foot, covered with a rich coral-red glaze, with blue iridescence, decorated in gold with dragon pursuing jewel among flames. (Slightly ground at lip and cracked on one side.) Height. 20 % inches; diameter, 8 inches. 584 — Large Pilgrim Bottle Ch’ien-lung With straight cylindrical neck and jo-i shaped handles. Deco¬ rated with peachbloom dragon and flaming jewel among blue clouds and water. Cloud scrolls in blue on handles. Very fine. Height, 13 inches; width, 11 inches. 585 — Large Pilgrim Bottle Ch’ien-lung With short cylindrical neck and arched handles. Decorated with peachbloom dragon and flaming jewel among clouds and waves on a pea-green ground. Blue band below lip. Ch’ien-lung seal in blue under foot. Height, 15 % inches; width, 13 % inches. 586— Pair of Fisii K’ang-hsi With curved tails and open jaws, resting upon a rocklike base, decorated in blue, brown, red, green and black enamels. One has a blue and the other a lustrous golden brown back. The fish are extremely lifelike, and seem to be about to spring upward. (One fin repaired.) From the Wasserman Collection. Height, 12 inches; base, 5 % inches by 1 % inches. Third and hast Afternoon 587 — Large Copper Vase Ch’ien-lung Of ovoid form, with flaring neck and foot. Covered with enamel on which is depicted in brilliant colors, in European style, a mountainous landscape with castle and church, surrounded by a wall, men and horses, etc., while above float fleecy clouds in a gradated blue sky. A row of shaped plantain leaves and a band of blossoms, separated by scrolled foliage, decorate neck and foot. This is the finest Chinese enameled vase known. Has stand. Height, 19 inches; diameter, 10 inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 588— Extremely Rare Black Bottle Yung Cheng Decorated in relief with sky dragon, in red, among white clouds, pursuing gilded jewel with red flames. Below: Rocks and water in green, blue and aubergine enamels. Yung Cheng mark under foot. Higli carved teakwood stand. Height, 12y 3 inches; diameter, 8% inches. 589— Chrysanthemum-shaped Plate Yung Cheng With scalloped edges, center medallion in famille rose enamels of peonies, magnolias and asters beautifully drawn and of finest quality. Yung Cheng mark in blue under foot. Height, iy 2 inches; diameter. 7 inches Third and Last Afternoon 590— Chrysanthemum-shaped Plate Yung Cheng With, scalloped edges, center medallion in famille rose enamels of peonies, magnolias and asters beautifully drawn and of finest quality. Yung Cheng mark in blue under foot. Height, l 1 /, inches; diameter, 7 inches. 591— Bottle with Slightly Flaring Neck Ch'ien-lung Decorated, in famille rose enamels, with blossoming rose mallow, chrysanthemum and rose branches, a bird and butterflies. H as stand. Height. 13 inches; diameter, 7% inches. 592— Vase of Inverted Pear-shape Ming With small flaring neck. Covered with a lustrous coffee-colored glaze decorated in white slip with cranes flying among flames and clouds. Height. 10 inches; diameter, 5% inches. 593— Vase of Bronze Form Ch'ien-lung Covered with brilliant turquoise-blue glaze, decorated with gilded designs in relief and red and gold dragon handles. About the center is a wide hand displaying the “Eight Precious Things” among clouds. At neck are hands of key fret, jo-i heads and petals, bats and clouds. At foot are archaic dragon fret band, key fret and row of jo-i shaped leaves. Ch’ien-lung seal in gold under foot. Height, 9 inches; diameter. 6 inches. 594— Gallipot Vase K'ang-hsi Covered with brilliant powder-blue glaze over which, in gold, are two landscape panels separated by branches of plum, bamboo, peony, etc. (Slight chip at lip.) Height, 9i/ s inches; diameter, 5 % inches. Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. CHINESE FABRICS: MING AND CHING PERIODS 595 — Square of Soft Red Velvet Ming In two breadths, with green cloud and dragon border enclosing dragon medallion surrounded by clouds. Gold and yellow bro¬ cade lining. Length, 3 feet 1% inches; width, 2 feet 10% inches. 596 — Brocade Cover for Cushion for Back of Throne Ch'ien-lung Displaying Imperial five-clawed dragon and flaming jewel sur¬ rounded by field of intermingling clouds, below which are waves with “Eight Precious Things” in gold and various shades of rose, green, blue and brown. Creamy white brocade lining. Length, 1 foot 10y s inches; width, 2 feet 1 inch. 597 — Imperial Gray-green Velvet Square Ch'ien-lung In two breadths, with outer border of swastika fret design, and inner border displaying red peonies with gray-green scrolled foliage surrounding field with central lotus blossom in red, pink and gray green, from which numerous gray scrolled foliations radiate. A red, pink and gray green bat decorates each corner. Entire design outlined in gold. Imperial yellow brocade lining. Length , 4 feet 2 inches; width, 4 feet 1 inch. 598 — Imperial Gray-green Velvet Square Ch'ien-lung In two widths, with outer border of swastika fret design, and inner border displaying red peonies with gray green scrolled foliage surrounding field with central lotus blossom in red, pink and gray green, from which numerous gray scrolled foliations radiate. A red, pink and gray-green bat decorates each corner. Entire design outlined in gold. Length, 4 feet 2y, inches; width, 4 feet 1% inches. 599 — Imperial Yellow Brocade Cover to Throne Seat Cushion Ch'ien-lung With central medallion of five-clawed dragon and gold dragon at each corner, on ground of all-over diaper pattern of floral sprays in greens, blues, reds, and gold. Length, 3 feet 7 inches; width, 4 feet 4 inches Third and Last Afternoon 600—Blue Silk Cushion Cover Chien-lung With rounded corners. Decorated with embroidered central floral medallion with bats, enclosed in oblong panel edged with gold, displaying scattered floral sprays, peaches, bats and jo-i heads, surrounded by outer border of similar design. The em¬ broidery is of the finest execution. An Imperial piece. Length, 4 feet 4'4 inches; width, 3 feet 5% inches. 601 — Velvet Cover Ch’ien-lung With swastika covered field relieved by flying bats, and peach branches, bordered by a band of swastika fret, in soft grav- green and red. Length, 9 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 8 inches. 602 — Long Strip of Imperial Brocade Ch’ien-lung Of soft gray-green with all-over design of lotus sprays. A su¬ perb piece. Length, 24 feet; width, 2 feet 7 inches. 603 — Roll of Brocade Chien-lung With blue-black ground, covered with an all-over design of six- pointed stars and hexagons. A stellated medallion and a rosette, surrounded by circlet of dots, are alternately enclosed in each star whose points are overlapped by jo-i heads; while jo-i heads with scrolls and foliations are alternately enclosed in the hexa¬ gons. The colors are of various shades of red, green, blue, brown and gold. Length, 27 feet 4 inches; width, 2 feet 5% inches. 604 — Imperial Yellow Silk Cushion Cover Chien-lung With rounded corners, displaying embroidered central medallion of lotus surrounded by blossoms, foliage and volutes, enclosed in oblong panel edged with cloud band and covered with lotus and peony sprays and bats with pendent swastikas, hanging musical jade pieces being in each corner. This is, in turn, surrounded by wide border with ground of lotus and peony sprays with bats, edged by key fret motive. The embroidery, most skilfully exe¬ cuted, is in shades of blue, rose, green, aubergine and gold. Length, 4 feet 4 ■,/, inches; width, 3 feet 5% inches. Kindly read the Conditions under rollick every item, is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 605— Loxg Strip of Imperial Velvet Ch’ien-lung With deep blue ground. At each end are three borders, of key fret, lotus with scrolled foliage, and archaic dragon fret patterns respectively. The field displays large lotus blossoms with scrolled foliage among which are Hying bats. The colors are red, rose, green, blue and gold. Length, 19 feet 4y 2 inches; width, 2 feet 1% inches. 606—Superb Imperial Blue Brocade Ch'ien-lung In three breadths, with outer border of swastika fret, middle border of peonies with scrolled foliage, and inner border of archaic key fret. The field displays a large central peony blos¬ som and six smaller blossoms with scrolled foliage among which bats fly. Two shades of green, rose and pink are used in con¬ junction with the dark blue ground. Length, 11 feet 4 inches; width, 6 feet. 607—Gorgeous Uncut Velvet Hanging K’ang-hsi With rich dark garnet-red ground displaying a Chinese adapta¬ tion of Louis XV Baroque design of floral sprays in reds, blues, greens, cream and gold. In three widths. Length, 7 feet 10 inches; width, 5 feet 5 inches. ( Illustrated ) No. 607 —Gorgeous Uncut Velvet Hanging ( K ’ ang - hsi ) Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. CHINESE RUGS (508—Four Chinese Tent-pole Rugs Ch’ien-lung With design of dragons among clouds, etc., in blues, white, peach pink and yellow on a pomegranate field. At top arc fleur-de-lis and disk bands, with wide alternating lion-mask and fleur-de-lis border, from which hang bat pendants holding tassels, and at bot¬ tom, rocks and waves—all in same coloring as decoration of field. Length. 10 feet 10 inches; width, 2 feet 2% inches. (509—Tent-pole Rug Ch'ien-lung Displaying a yellow and cream dragon among clouds and symbols in peach-pink, blues, yellows, and creamy white on toned pome¬ granate ground. At top is a reciprocal band with jewel pendants, and at bottom are waves and rocks in same colorings as field decoration. Length, 9 feet 6y 2 inches; width, 2 feet liy 3 inches. 610 — Woolen Rug in Form of a Runner Ch’ien-lung Has “carved” decorations of clouds on plain field, enclosed by a foliated meander border in white, blues, yellow, dark brown and soft pomegranate red, on a soft grayish brown ground. Lined. Length, 15 feet; width, 2 feet 5 inches. ( Illustrated ) 611—Woolen Rug in Form of a Runner Ch’ien-lung Has “carved” decorations of clouds on plain field, enclosed by a foliated meander border in white, blues, yellow, dark brown and soft pomegranate red, on soft gray brown ground. Lined. Length, 15 feet; width, 2 feet 5 inches. ( Illustrated ) 610 (ill Woolen Rugs in Form of Runners ( Ch’ien-lung ) Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. (512 — Woolen Runner Ch'ien-lutig With subdued pomegranate red field covered with set floral de¬ sign in blue, yellow, salmon-pink and pomegranate-red enclosed in blue border with white disks suggesting bronze decoration. Length. 15 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. (513—Antique Samarkand Rug Old red field, covered with floral branches in green, blues, tan and white, enclosed by a narrow leaf band, a wide band with two rows of octagons containing rosettes, and another narrow foli¬ ated band in same colorings. Length. 10 feet 4 inches; width. 0 feet 2 inches. 614—Rare R ug Ming With golden tan ground, the field displaying tree and bush peony blossoms in two shades of blue, yellow and pale pomegranate, separated by beautifully drawn foliated spirals in deep blue. A deep blue line separates the field from the border, which displays a deep blue swastika fret band on a light blue ground. Length, 10 feet 3 y 2 inches; width, 5 feet 5 inches. ( Illustrated ) 615—Superb Large Velvet Throne Carpet Ch'ien-lung In four breadths, of grayish yellow tone. The design, in uncut velvet, consists of alternate rows of large and small lotus sprays framed bjr an inner narrow border of peony sprays, and an outer, wide border with pairs of dragons facing each other, with flaming jewel between, among scrolled foliations. Length, 12 feet G inches; width, 7 feet 8 inches. No. 614 —Rare Rug ( Ming ) Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 016—Splendid Large Throne Carpet K’ang-hsi In three widths, of deep blue velvet with three borders, the outer displaying dragons and tendril-like clouds; the middle, peonies and scrolled foliage; and the inner, a key-fret pattern. The central four-lobed medallion and field are decorated with the “Hundred Antiques” design. The coloring throughout is in gold, soft reddish brown and shades of blue. Yellow lining. An Im- perial piece. Length, 11 feet 8 inches; width, 6 feet 2 inches. 617 — Splendid Large Throne Carpet Ch’ien-lung In three breadths, of rich blue velvet with three borders, the outer displaying dragons and tendril-like clouds; the middle, peonies and scrolled foliage; and the inner a key-fret pattern. The cen¬ tral four-lobed medallion and field are decorated with the “Hun¬ dred Antiques” design. The coloring throughout is in gold, soft red and deep blue. Length, 11 feet 9% inches; width, 6 feet iy 2 inches. {Illustrated) 618—Sumptuous Imperial Blue Velvet Throne Carpet Cldien-lung In three breadths, with outer border of swastika fret, middle bor¬ der of peonies with scrolled foliage, and inner border of archaic key fret. The field displays a large central peony blossom and six smaller blossoms among scrolled foliage. Gold and a soft reddish brown are the only colors used in conjunction with the deep sapphire-blue ground. Length, 11 feet 8 inches; width, 6 feet 2 inches. No. 617 —Splendid Large Throne Carpet ( Ch’ien-lung ) Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They arc printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. (ill)— Sumptuous Imperial Cixxahar-red Velvet Throxe Carpet Ch ’ ien-lung In three breadths, with outer border of swastika fret, middle border of peonies with scrolled foliage and inner border of archaic fret. The field displays a large central peony blossom and six smaller blossoms among scrolled foliage. Gold and sea-green are the onlv colors used in conjunction with the cinnabar-red ground. Length, 11 feet 4y 2 inches; width, 6 feet. 020—Sumptuous Imperial Yellow Velvet Throxe Carpet C If ien-lung In three breadths, with outer border of swastika fret, middle border of peonies with scrolled foliage, and inner border of archaic key fret. The field displays a large central peony blos¬ som and six smaller blossoms among scrolled foliage. Gold and a soft gray-green are the only colors used in conjunction with the Imperial yellow ground. Length, 11 feet 9 inches; width, 6 feet 2 1 /, inches 621 —Sumptuous Imperial Cixxabar-red Velvet Throxe Carpet Ch’ien-lung In three breadths, with outer border of swastika fret, middle border of peonies with scrolled foliage, and inner border of archaic key fret. The field displays a large central peony blos¬ som and six smaller blossoms among scrolled foliage. Gold and a gray-green are the only colors used in conjunction with the cinnabar-red ground. A superb piece. Length, 11 feet 2 inches; width, 6 feet. ( Illustrated ) No. 621 Sumptuous Imperial Cinnabar-red Velvet Throne Carpet ( Ch’ien-lung ) Third and Last Afternoon 022 —Important Large Rug with Blue Ground K’ang-hsi The field displays an all-over peony spray design enclosed by a narrow diaper band, outside of which is a border decorated with the “Eight Precious Things,” plants, floral sprays, etc., all in soft blue, tan, yellow, reddish brown and creamy white colorings. Length, 11 feet 9 inches; width, 6 feet 2% inches. ( Illustrated ) 023 —Splendid Large Throne Carpet Ch’ien-lung In three breadths, of rich cinnabar-red velvet with three borders, the outer displaying dragons and tendril-like clouds; the middle, peonies and scrolled foliage; and the inner, a key-fret pattern. The central four-lobed medallion and field are decorated with the “Hundred Antiques” design. The coloring throughout is in gold, cinnabar-red and soft gray-green. Length, 11 feet 8% inches; width, 0 feet 2% inches. No. (522 —Important Large Rug with Blue Ground ( K ’ ang - hsi ) I Date Due Library Bureau Cat.no. 1137 « 70S.51 K58B 138707