The JAMES A. THOMAS COLLECTION DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DURHAM, N. C. Date YflnttpA i, i9 eg Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Duke University Libraries https ://arch i ve. o rg/detai Is/i 11 ustratedcatal 1921 yama ON FREE PUBLIC VIEW FROM 9 a. m. UNTIL 6 p. m. AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK BEGINNING SATURDAY, JANUARY 29th, 1921 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE DAY OF THE SALE I THE NOTABLE YAMANAKA COLLECTION OF ARTISTIC ORIENTAL OBJECTS AND DECORATIVE ART TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES ON THE AFTERNOONS OF THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 4th AND 5th, AT 2 O’CLOCK, AND ON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4th, AT 8.15 O’CLOCK No. 320 —Nobi.e I,ang-yao Vase ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF AN EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF ARTISTIC ORIENTAL OBJECTS AND DECORATIVE ART WHICH THE OWNERS HAVE BEEN THREE YEARS IN ASSEMBLING TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY DIRECTION OF THE OWNERS THE WELL-KNOWN HOUSE OF YAM AN AKA & CO. NEW YORK—JAPAN—CHINA—LONDON ON THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENING HEREIN STATED 138693 THE SALE TO BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY AND HIS ASSISTANTS, Mr. OtTO BERNET AND Mr. H. H. PaRKE, OF THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK 1921 THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION DESIGNS ITS CATALOGUES AND DIRECTS ALL DETAILS OF ILLUSTRATION TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY y £> 5 / 7< 5 8 J2D ft WITHIN A HOUSE BEAUTIFUL To be amid the tasteful objects here brought together is to be within a house beautiful, though the house itself were not there. Almost one would construct the house for them. Beauty in its eternal principles is here, and speaking in tongues of the ancient Orient is eloquent in the universal language of civilization. With the objects of beauty are others of curiosity, and with masterpieces there are productions less distinguished but of artis¬ tic achievement still. The works of the accomplished artisan accompany those of the inspired artist, with loss of attraction to neither. The delicacy of Japan in the arts makes its own appeal beside the primitive pictorialism of Korea and the refined fictilia of Cathay. The Messrs. Yamanaka and Company',' who have not recently appeared with a collection at auction in the public sales room, have desired to make an exhibition of decorative art along the lines in which the}' specialize, an exhibition of artistic Oriental objects to make a home beautiful, and for the last three years they have been assembling those which are here brought together. Though it is well known that not much has come to the outer world from the interior of China of recent years, yet Yamanaka and Company have been able from time to time to obtain a few pieces. Some other pieces that are seen here have not before been publicly shown. Others still are drawn from the abounding diver¬ sity of the Yamanakas’ New York home, whose museum-like and just faintly mystical atmosphere and aspect hide its range of contents from large numbers of New Yorkers, and others, who would be deeply interested therein could they but know. The result is an esthetical assemblage, including objects unique in their several fields, offered to the appreciative in these galleries of the Amrican Art Association. China, Japan and Chosen (Korea) are represented, in por¬ celain and pottery, painting and sculpture, tapestry and embroid¬ ery, in bronze and pewter, stone and marble, in wood and lacquer and silk and velvet, in enamels, and in fine jades and other precious and semi-precious stones, in woven garments of state and in orna¬ mental hangings, in the minute carvings of snuff bottles and the 138693 grand sculpture of heroic statues, in objects of ritual observance, in coats and furniture-—a notable complex of ornamentation, for individual or for home, for the intimacy of the study or for a spacious exterior environment. There is, too, an informative side to this exhibition, which in its effects will be intensified through the sale distribution. And among its other phases there is a spirituality, emphasized in some of the paintings, and notably in an early drawing of a Lohan in simple black and white. Those of the ancient paintings on silk and canvas which are mounted in modern frames as panels have been carefully mounted so that they cannot split—backed by canvas, then by crossed paper, and this upon broad wooden cradles. The care in tasteful selection and expert classification which has distinguished the Yamanaka sales that heretofore have been held in these galleries has been exercised with equal diligence in presenting the present exhibition. There is an important imperial throne screen in the collection, and an imperial crown. The Tibetan printed velvets are a rarity. Among the birdcages are two of cloisonne enamel on standards, instead of suspended; there are important objects in fei-ts’ui jade, and unusual coral figures; there are glass aquaria and porcelain fishbowls, and there are jardinieres of porcelain and pottery, and potteries of the Ming, Yuan, Sung, T’ang and Han dynasties. There are various examples of Museum dignity. Dana H. Carroll. New York, December, 1920. CONDITIONS OF SALE 1. Any bid which 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. 2. The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either de¬ cide the same or put up for re-sale the lot so in dispute. 3. Payment shall be made of all or such part of the pur¬ chase money as may be required, and the names and addresses of the purchasers shall be given immediately on the sale of every lot, in default of which the lot so purchased shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. Payment of that part of the purchase money not made at the time of sale shall be made within ten days thereafter, in de¬ fault of which the undersigned may either continue to hold the lots at the risk of the purchaser and take such action as may be necessary for the enforcement of the sale, or may at public or private sale, and without other than this notice, re-sell the lots for the benefit of such purchaser, and the deficiency (if any) aris¬ ing from such re-sale shall be a charge against such purchaser. 4. Delivery of any purchase will be made only upon pay¬ ment of the total amount due for all purchases at the sale. Deliveries will be made on sales days between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., and on other days—except holidays— between the hours of 9 A. INI. and 5 P. M. Delivery of any purchase will be made only at the American Art Galleries, or other place of sale, as the case may be, and only on presenting the bill of purchase. Delivery may be made, at the discretion of the Association, of any purchase during the session of the sale at which it was sold. The American art Association MANAGERS SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES Collection of MESSRS. YAMANAKA & CO. Afternoons of February 3, 4 and 5, and Evening of February 4, 1921 To save time and to prevent mistakes each Purchaser will oblige the Manager by filling in this slip and handing it to the Record Clerk or Sales Attendant on making the first purchase. Purchaser’s Name Address in Full Amount of Deposit FIRST AFTERNOON’S SALE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1921 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 2 O’CLOCK BEAUTIFUL SNUFF BOTTLES, JADE AND CORAL CARVINGS 1—Imperial Yellow Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Flattened globular form with delicate foot and short neck. Opaque imperial yellow glass with surface of soft brilliance. Teakwood stand. y 1 Ms- -Soapstone Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Flattened spheroidal form. Dark red-brown soapstone, carved in cavo-rilievo with boys playing under pine trees in a garden, before an imbricated background intricately incised. Seal mark. Has stand. 3— SJO JX- Cameo-glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Flattened flask shape, in snow-flake glass, with horses and bats carved in relief in black and opalescent strata. Teak- wood stand. First Afternoon ~a^w ~ZT -Turquoise Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lwng Flattened ovoid jar form. Turquoise-matrix of dark green¬ ish-turquoise mottlings, in its natural state with soft polish. Has stand. 5 —Ancient Glass Snuff Bottle Sung Flattened globular form. Dense blue glass retaining an ^ vi azure translucence, crackled, and curiously marked by soft gray seams of decay. Teakwood stand. P Q—Glass Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Brilliant white glass shaped as a fruit of the Buddha’s-hand -X citron. ^ , 7— Agate Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung ^q Flattened globular flask form; mottled yellowish sugary agate, with softer tones and notes of deep seal brown, pol¬ ished to a mirror surface, and on one face carved with a bird under a tree. Teakwood stand. y ^ y / ^7/J. 8— Smoke Crystal Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Bulbous flask shape. Dense smoke crystal with mirror-black surface, and a decoration of the wild prunus tree in blossom carved in light relief. Has stand. 9- -Aquamarine Twin Snuff Bottles Ch’ien-lung Double-gourd form, entwined by the parent vine bearing smaller fruits, carved in high relief and undercut; stoppers continuing the motive. Carved stand. X.O..ZA- J 10—Ivory Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung vTo Bulbous flask shape with expanding neck. Deep and bold carving throughout, displaying birds and blossoms—the lotus, peony and other flora. Tinted details and mellow patina. Has stand. Height, 3% inches. First Afternoon '^l^^MaKE^K^TAL SnUFF BoTTLE Ch’ien-lung Ovoidal jar form with bell-shaped stopper. Richly carved decoration m high relief and undercutting, presenting the phoenix and peonies, and swallows in a blossoming plum tree. Teakwood stand. Height, 3*4 inches. // 12—Amber Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Globular-jar form, flattened; opaque amber in dark seal and light tawny-brown marbling, taking a brilliant mirror polish. Teakwood stand. 4 13—Inlaid Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Hexagonal, somewhat flattened, diapered in mother-of-pearl and gilt inlay in bronze, in delicate floral design, with chrysanthemum sprays on the shoulder. Teakwood stand. Height, 3 inches. tf* * " 11—Ivory Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Large flask form with retired foot and broad shoulder. Ex¬ quisitely carved in cavo-rilievo with garden trees and grace¬ ful ladies. Rich mellow patina and traces of soft vermilion lacquering. Seal mark. Has stand. Height, 3% inches. 15—Ivory Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Elliptical cone-shaped, with the imperial emblems, the dragon and phoenix, in flat-carving, the bodies and plumage ornamented by delicate incision and the whole toned in soft vermilion lacquer. Silver mounted coral stopper. Has stand. 16—Aquamarine Snuff Bottle and Stopper Ch’ien-lung In form of an ovoid jar with dome cover, embraced by the branches of a pine tree carved in high relief and undercut¬ ting, a stork and a song bird adding to the adornment. Teakwood stand. First Afternoon - ' uj Amber Snuff 18- Bottle Ch’ieti-lung Full-bodied flask shape, with monster-head and ring handles in low relief. Dense opaque amber of light yellowish-brown tones and marbleized structure, brightly polished. Silver <>ilt stopper. Teakwood stand. Height, 3 inch Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’i yyUo. JA Pure white jade with softly brilliant polish, carved i Has stand. ng form of an egg. 19— Gl ass Snuff Bottle White glass of ground glass aspect and dim lustre, fash¬ ioned as an egg. H as stand. 20— Amber Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Ovoidal flask shape, the entire surface below the neck carved in relief with Fu-lions at sport with the brocaded ball. Fine brown amber with golden translucence. Teakwood stand. Height, 3 inches. 0 ' flA. - / 21— Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Fresh fig shape. Pure white jade, carved in relief with Shou-lao afoot and a traveler riding an ass, both attended, in a landscape of mountains and pines. Soft polish. Teak¬ wood stand. , / Mu, 22— Fei-ts’ui Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-jCunt Flattened flask shape, with pink tourmaline stopper and ivory spoon. White jade with rarely beautiful and abund¬ ant markings of rich emerald-green, a fine and delicate trans¬ lucence and brilliant polish. Teakwood stand. 23— Fei-ts’ui Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Flask shape, one face flat, the other rounded; the flattened face a delicate tone of soft emerald-green, the rounded side of pure white jade, and both brightly polished. Teakwood stand. J^0 . ?■ r> 24- First Afternoon ~w ~ J4T -Sea-pine Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Bulbous flask form, with retired foot and beaded lip; both foot and lip carrying incised fret-scroll. Body finely carved, deeply and in bold relief, with figures of five Lohan, one of them with ju-i sceptre commanding even the power of the dragon. Of pine long buried in the sea, with a rich black patina. Teakwood stand. Height , 3 inches . 25— Coral Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Pear shape with delicate foot. Dextrouslv fashioned with a fine sense of proportion, in richly mottled soft pink coral taking a polish of veiled mirror lustre. Teakwood stand. Mu 26— Ivory Snuff Bottle - Ch'ien-luni Large flask form. Boldly carved in cavo-rilievo with numer¬ ous figures in and about pavilions, and saddled horses teth¬ ered to trees. Details delicately tinted. Mellow patina. Has stand. Height , 3 % inches . 27— Smoke Crystal Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Fresh-fig shape enclosed within the embracing branches of pine trees on which birds are perched, and beneath which are seen a boy on a buffalo, a man fishing (successfully) and other figures, carved in hold relief and undercut. Stopper of Chinese ruby carved with bird and branch. Teakwood stand. Fei-ts’ui Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Oviform, slightly flattened, the entire surface given to fine bas-relief carving, representing a female immortal carrying a branch of peonies, and birds flying about her. Richly toned fei-ts’ui jade brightly polished, with pink tourmaline stopper. Teakwood stand. First Afternoon 2 -P 29—Imperial Yellow Glass Snuff Bott ,e Cli’ien-lung Flattened pear shape. Translucent imperial yellow glass of . brilliant surface, finely carved in low relief with four many (land dragons) in symmetrical arrangement. Teakwood stand - O ■ iUf. 30 — Ivory Snuff Bottle Clfien-lung J Deep inverted bell shape, oval in contour, with powerfully conceived and vigorous^ executed carving of the dragon- horse galloping over waves. Rich patina in reds and warm brown. Has stand. Height, 3 inches. 31- -Amber Snuff Bottle Cli'ien-lung Flattened flask shape, carved in relief with female figures surrounded by boys. Brown amber with golden trans- lucence. Incised seal mark. Has staad. (S) pS'- 32—Amber Snuff Bottle Clitfien-lung Flask shape, carved in relief with young ladies and playful boys in a garden. Brown, with golden translucence. Incised seal mark. Has stand. First Afternoon Flask shape with retired foot and broad and flattened shoulder, the entire circumference carved in deep intaglio- cameo and undercutting with forest trees, rocks and brush, and sages afoot and in pavilions. Has stand. 34—Jade Snuff Bottle Height, Sy 4 inches. Ch’ien-lung Palmate, carved as a hag gathered at the neck, and with delicate flowers in relief at the foot. Pui’e white jade with soft polish. Silver stopper. 35—Jade Snuff Bottle £>. d'f'* Ch’ien-lung Flattened pear shape with delicate foot. Pure white jade brightly polished. Has stand. Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Angular, the sides fashioned in three planes, and the faces carved in relief with broadly facetted medallions. Pure white jade brilliantly polished. Has stand. First Afternoon 37— Fei-ts’ui Jade Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Flattened flask shape with delicate foot. Fei-ts’ui jade of rich and tine emerald-green, lightly mottled, and brilliantly polished. Has stand. (Q 38— Glass Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Flattened pear shape with all sides broadly facetted. In / 2 - brilliant hues of crimson and light orange-yellow. Has stand. Height, 3y s inches. Has 39— Cameo-glass Snuff Bottle ' (JH ten-lung 0 0 Flattened pear shape, in brilliant white glass, with relief carvings of a gourd vine in bearing in wine red. Mu- 40— Ameer Snuff Bottle CS Ch’ien-lwfy Flask shape, with animal-mask and ring handles in light relief. Opaque amber of mottled orange-yellow, brightly polished. Has stand. 41— Amber Snuff Bottle Ch’ien-lung Bulbous flask form, with lion-mask and ring handles in relief. Opaque yellowish-brown amber mottled with rich seal brown, and brightly polished. Has stand. First Afternoon b 42- -Amber Snuff Flask form, the entire surface carved in relief with birds, flowers and figures, the figure composition on one face pictur¬ ing the youthful Sze Ma Kuang, later the famous eleventh century statesman, saving his comrade from drowning in the fish jar. Brown amber with golden translucence and brilliant polish. Incised seal mark. Has stand. inches. 43- Pair Jade Wine Cups ' Ch’ien-lung Bell shape with delicately expanding rim and short foot. Delicate white jade with snowy translucence and luminous polish. Teakwood stands. >et of Three White Jade Seals Ch’ien-lung Blocks of fine translucent white jade brilliantly polished, all quadrilateral, one oblong and two square the former carved with a dragon handle, the latter having handles in the form of lions carved in high relief and undercut. Have stands. Heights, 3Vi and 3~/ 8 inches. First Afternoon 415—Jade Wine Cup Ch’ien-lung Ovoid with low foot; pure white jade of snow-flake translu- cence, unadorned and with soft polish. ^ACeakwopd stand. 46—Sea-pine Snuff Bottle Cli ’ ien-lung !c 0 . Deep elliptical contour with flat shoulder and low foot. Its substance, pine which has been long- under the sea, and now in the protuberant surfaces of the carving showing a patina as of highly polished ebony. The carving on one face pre¬ sents the incident of Chang Liang, who later was instru¬ mental in the founding of the Han dynasty and became one of its ministers, picking up the fallen sandal of Hwang Shi Kung the Yellow Stone Elder. Chang Liang is known as one of the Three Heroes of China (his name in Japanese, Chorio), and the shoe incident is a favorite one in art, the story of it too long to tell here. The carving of the oppo¬ site face also relates to a legend, that of the Four Sleepers, and pictures two of them, Shih Te and Hanzan, the latter expounding a scroll to his friend. The two lived like mad¬ men in the kitchen of Kuo Ching Ssu monastery (their Jap¬ anese names, Jittoku and Kanzan). Has stand. Heigh 47— White Jade Parrot ^ Curling over its perch, with wings folded, the plumage in delicate relief and lightly incised. Ivory perch stand in lotus motive. t t) y/Ud. yyis- 48— Lapis-lazuli Bird A parrot with wings raised and feathers incised and carved in light relief, in lapis-lazuli of dull lustre. Green tinted ivory perch stand. *s Length, 3 inches. 49 — Soapstone Figure Group C/i’ ien-lung Monju, goddess of wisdom, seated on a recumbent lion; the borders of her embroidered robes incised and jeweled, and the lion’s eyes jeweled. In waxen soapstone, with chicken’s- blood flushes at the back. Teakwood stand. Height, 3 inches 50—Amethyst Bird First Afternoon &O. A parrot with wings partly spread, and feathers carved in delicate relief and incised, in amethyst of varying tone. On an ivory rustic perch stand, with cruciform base. 51—Fei-ts’ui Jade Parrot With wings raised and inquiring head turned back over its shoulder; carved in fei-ts’ui jade with fine emerald markings, and soft polish. Green tinted ivory perch stand. 52—Agate Ornament Length, 3 inches. PH**' efo. Figm*e of a peacock with tail erect and wings partly spread, carved in dark green and dark reddish agate. On teakwood perch stand carved in openwork in plum-tree motive. Height. 314 inches. 53—Rock Crystal Ornament <$ O Figure of a peacock perched, with head turned to one side, its feathers lightly incised. On teakwood perch. Length, 3 inches. 54—Fei-ts’iti Jade Ornament Ch’ien-lung Figure of a cow lying down, with a boy climbing upon its back, and in front of him a long curling leaf in richly mottled fei-ts’ui green. Teakwood stand. Length, 3 inches. $/ / 55—Jade Rouge Box with Cover Ch’ien-lung White jade of liquescent mutton-fat aspect, translucent and with soft polish, carved as a split cross-section of a tree trunk, conventionalized, and adorned in delicate relief. Seal inscription incised. 56— Jade Dragon Box and Cover Ch’ien-lung J-o Oval and shallow, the cover carved in relief and pierced, its decoration a lung and two mang. Translucent white jade with soft polish. Diameter. 3'/ 2 inches. First Afternoon o i Ch'ien-lung /?' /j^Cameo-glass Box and Cover Cylindrical; ruby exterior, with cover medallion in white carved with a blossoming plum tree in the red. stand. Teakwood 4o * 7 , 58—Agate Cup Cli'ien-lung Semi-globular with ju-i loop and loose-ring handle. Highly polished, thin agate, with opaque notes of rich seal brown and transparent areas of pale amber brown. Teakwood stand. Diameter, 4 inches. V 59 — Aquamarine Vase with Cover Cliien-lung Ovoid, resting within the embrace of pine trees carved in relief and undercutting, on rocks among the pines appearing Hotei and other figures. Dome cover with bird finial. Has stand. Id o. 60— Agate Incense Burner and Cover Quatrefoil, on four cabriole legs. Delicately mottled trans¬ lucent agate. Surrounding the body, crested birds, flowers and fungus, carved in high relief and undercut. Dome cover similarly adorned. Teakwood stand. . Length* 4 y 2 inches. 61— Fei-ts’ui Jade Box and Cover Ch'ien-lung Circular; finely incised in floral and wave motives and with two fret borders. Fei-ts'ui jade of rich tones, with soft polish. Teakwood stand. / 00 62 — Coral Ornament in Openwork Ch'ien-lung Carved in the round in coral of rich pink hue and brilliant polish, a lady carrying an infant in her arms, at her feet a boy holding a peach of longevity, and back of her a dragon supporting a branch of the tree peony in blossom. Carved wood stand. < s\ Heif/ht, 3% inches. First Afternoon 63- Jtt'. -Coral Figure Group Ch'ien-lung Monju, goddess of wisdom, is represented seated on a lion (her emblem) whose ferocity is emphasized by dragon char¬ acteristics, which she readily subdues; the lion rests its fore paws on a cub; on the goddess’s knee is a smiling infant who raises aloft a flower, attached to a chain of twelve freely- playing links which is held by the goddess in an upraised hand. Teakwood stand. Height, 3% inches. 61 /*fo 7TU, Pair Fei-ts’ui Jade Vases Amphora shape; carved with delicate perfection of form and slender proportions, in fei-ts’ui jade of soft tints of green and a foggy gray. Polish of soft brilliancy. Have stands. Heigltf, 4 y 4 inches. 65—White Jade Statuette Ch'ien-lung Standing figure of a female deity in flowing robes, a floral branch held at her shoulder in her right hand, and a ju-i sceptre held in her left hand at her breast. Translucent jade with a soft unctuous polish. On teakwood stand. yx/w 66—Jadeite Chrysanthemum Dish C/ti/ien-lung Deep saucer form, executed in chrysanthemum motive throughout both exterior and interior surfaces, including the delicately-defined foot, the whole being carved in slender petals in successive concentric tiers, in Tibetan fashion. Translucent grayish-white jadeite with soft polish. Teak¬ wood stand. Diameter, 4 1 /, inches. 1t 89 — Patinated Glass Dish Sung Saucer form with mounded center. Colorless transparent glass, now softly translucent with the dense white patina and silvery iridescence of long inhumation, the silvery quality more apparent on the under side. Has stand. Diameter , 5y s niches . 90 — Soapstone Carving Ch’ien-lung Statuette of a Lohan, seated, hands resting on knees, one of which is raised. The rich lotus embroidery of his robes is finely incised, and retains traces of gold. Carved in wax¬ like soapstone. On a pierced rockery base of chicken’s- blood soapstone. Height with base , 5y 2 inches . O'. 91— Pair Jade Bowls Cli’ien-lung Inverted bell shape with delicate lip and bold foot; finely carved in perfect form in translucent spinach-green jade of rich note and clear musical tone. Unadorned. Brilliant mirror polish. Incised Ch’ien-lung seal mark. Have teak- wood stands. Diameter , (i'/s inches . First A fternoon 92—Pair Jade Bowls Ch’ien-lung ^ 0 £> Inverted bell shape with low foot. Carved in fine white translucent jade, with clear bell tone, unornamented, and brightly polished. Teakwood table-stands. Diameter, 5% inches. ytr.'M : 93—White Jade Hanging Vase Ch'ien^ung Carved as a finely woven and ribbed basket, of globular • form, flattened, with dome cover in rope motive, and sus¬ pended from a yoke by two chains of nine links each, the whole carved from a single block of pure white jade. In elaborately carved pylon stand of teakwood. Height, including chain, 5 inches. £c3 94—Coral Figure Group Cliien-lung Young woman standing, holding in her arms a boy, both of them smiling; rock peony growing at her feet, where a bird is perched, and the peony blossoms contributing general adornment. In pink coral. Has stand. Height, 5% inches. First Afternoon 95—Coral Statuette Ch'ien-lung Standing female figure, holding at her shoulder a peony £/ / O ■ branch, a peony flower surmounting her high headdress; she stands at the back of a widely brandling shelf of rock¬ ery which supports a jar and a box, and peaches of immor¬ tality, and below this is a growth of pine. Beside the pine a lion stands looking upward, suggesting that the figure may be intended as a representation of the goddess of wisdom, Mon ju, whose emblem is the lion. Carved in fine, heavy pink coral, lightly mottled and highly polished. Wooden stand carved in openwork in pine tree motive. Height , 6 y 4 inches . Ja'o _ 96 — Coral Statuette Ch'ien-lung Figure of Kuan-yin smiling, standing beside a rock, carry¬ ing at her right shoulder a branch of the sacred fungus and in her left hand a ju-i sceptre. Light pink coral with bright polish. Tinted ivory stand. Height , (i inches . d tt »/ /' / ' 97—Pink Coral Ornament Ch'ien-lung Slender and sinuous figure of a smiling young woman, stand¬ ing on the back of a goose and carrying a vase of flowers. Carved in finely mottled pink coral, with bright polish. Tinted ivory stand. Height , (i '/> inches . 98—Coral Statuette Ch'ien-lung Joo Figure of a slender and smiling female, laden with lotus dow¬ ers and standing upon a growth of the sacred fungus, both the figure and fungus also upborne by a lion, the whole expressively carved in pink coral brightly polished. Has stand. Height , 7 y a inches . First Afternoon 99—White Jade Bowl Cli’ien-lung Inverted bell shape with lightly flaring lip, the foot formed of the stems of flowers wiiich in highly conventionalized design extend up the sides of the bowl and branch into loop handles. Under the foot and surrounding it, a medallion and border in floral design, carved in fine and delicate relief in Tibetan fashion—the upper sides and the interior of the bowd plain. Pure white, semi-transparent musical jade, brilliantly polished. Carved tealcwood table-stand. Diameter (with handles), 6% inches. h 100—Green Jade Tripod Incense Burner with Cover Ch’ien-lung Globular, on cabriole legs with elephant-head knees; two dragon-head loop and loose-ring handles; dome-disc cover surmounted by a lion on its haunches holding in its jaws a peony branch. Body carved in relief with a band of archaic dragon-scroll decoration after the manner of ancient bronzes. The whole in dense green jade of rich hue, en¬ hanced by a fine mirror polish. Carved teakwood stand. Height, G inches. First Afternoon 101 - J!*• White Jade Statuette Standing figure of a fisherman, line wound around his bam¬ boo pole which lie is holding upright, his hat poised upon its tip; on his arm is slung his basket. Pure white trans¬ lucent jade brilliantly polished. Teakwood stand. / 02—^VVhite Jade Equine Ornament Height, 7 y 2 inches. Ch’ien-lung Figure group of two horses standing shoulder to shoulder and facing in opposite directions, each nosing the other’s back, carved in the round in pure white translucent jade and brilliantly polished. Teakwood stand. 103—Rock Crystal Vase and Cover , A cylindrical jar with incurvate neck and two fungus-loop and loose-ring handles, and dome cover with knob finial and three fungus-loop handles, borne upon the back of a phoenix having a loose-ring pendant at its throat, the whole in brightly polished rock crystal. Teakwood stand. Jjfngth, 7 % inchef. Ch’ien-lung Height, 7 inches. Ch’ien-lung Beaker-shaped urn form, resting upon openwork rockery from whose caves three mang or land dragons emerge. Two more of the mang carved iii relief and undercut mount near the lip of the vase, above the two dragon-head loop and loose-ring handles. Translucent white jade of fine quality, with a mirror polish. Teakwood stand. Height, 7% inches. 104—White 4 IDE \ 1 Jadi // 105 — Pink Coral Statuary Group Ch’ien-lung Standing figure of a female immortal holding a lotus above her high headdress, and holding in leash by a loose-link chain a tiger which curls at her feet, the adornment includ¬ ing the eight Buddhistic emblems of happy augury ingeni¬ ously worked in in the carving. Tinted ivory stand. Height, 8 inches. First Afternoon Cli fen-lung 106 —Malachite Vase with Cover Ovoid with broad shoulder and neck and two S-scroll handles. Finely stratified and conglomerated malachite, in rich notes, with soft polish and dull lustre. Surrounded bv nine dogs Fu, carved in high relief and undercut, at sport with the filleted ball. Dome cover with standing Fu finial. Teak- ’’>/ wopd stand. Height, 8 inches. 107—White Ornamental Dish Ch’ien-lung Elongated quatrefoil on four ju-i feet. Carved in high relief on the bottom, within, a land dragon guarding the sacred jewel of omnipotence. Translucent fog-white jade with whiter strata, brilliantly polished. Imperial seal mark: “Made by order of the Emperor.” Teakwood stand. Length, 7% inches. First Afternoon 108 —Jade Ritual Carving Han Two dragons carved in greenish-white jade with varied "mottlings of inhumation, in form of an interrupted pierced disc or flat ring, their bodies conceived as coiled, with fish¬ tails upcurling beneath their jaws, and springing from a fan-like center adorned with archaic types of the phoenix, and with a seal medallion and calligraphic inscription. Laid upon the altar and used in invoking the dragon as a deity representing the fertilizing power of rain, in times of drought—a jade prayer for rain. Carved teakwood stand. Diameter , 7 % inches . ORIENTAL PENDANTS AND NECKLACES 109 —Chinese Amethyst Pendant Carved as two peaches of longevity, with a ladybug on one of them, and leaves and stem in relief and undercut. Rich deep color and of fine translucenee, with high polish. 110 —Korean Amber Pendant Oval; obverse delicately carved with birds and blossoms in low relief, the reverse left plain and brilliantly polished. Clouded amber of soft brownish-yellow notes. 111— Pink Tourmaline Pendant Carved as a bag, flattened, in heart or ju-i shape, and gath¬ ered at the neck or top. Crystalline and scintillant tourma¬ line, or “Chinese ruby,” brilliantly polished. 112 — Pin k Tourmaline Pendant Brilliant “Chinese rubv,” finelv carved as a cluster of three llo of the peaches of longevity, with stems and leaves, and a bird perched at one side. First Afternoon 113 a -Ji //•£ —Fki-ts’ui Jade Pendant Pure emerald-green with light vaporous cloudings, a delicate translucence and brilliant polish; carved and pierced in the motive of three melons growing on the vine, and a butterfly alighting on them. 114- //A -Fei-ts’ui Jade Pendant Fei-ts’ui jade with fine markings, delicate translucence and bright polish, carved as a square with indented corners and ornamented with bats and gourds, surmounted by a pierced cresting. 115 116 ■ip Fei-ts’ui Jade Pendant The stone exhibiting three colors, a delicate fei-ts’ui green in which are carved a lotus bud and seed-pod, at the center, a deeper green in which a lotus leaf is carved below, and an adjacent carnelian layer above in which a catfish is carved. The whole in oval form, and pierced. -p , T T> Q-; CO . —Pei-tsui Jade Pendant / Oblong, with rounded corners; obverse carved in relief with stags and a bat, reverse with a bird, pine tree and fungus. Rich fei-ts’ui jade brilliantly polished. ts’ui Jade Necklace Formed of eighty-seven graduated beads of dense fei-ts’ui jade, of fine light tone. Gold clasp. Length, 20y, inches. 118 — Chinese Garnet Necklace . /*- Formed of one hundred and eight garnet beads, lightly graduated. Gold clasp. Length, 23 inches. 'LAAsCldLCyls'' 119 — Chinese Fei-ts’ui Jade Necklace Formed of seventy-nine graduated beads of fei-ts’ui jade of delicate emerald-green, interbeaded with faceted crystals. Gold filigree clasp. Length, 22 inches. First Afternoon 120 — /jJo- 121 - w 122 - ft> 123- 3o. 124- ilo- 125- JLlO- Chinese Turquoise Necklace Formed of eighty-one graduated beads of turquois^, almost uniform in delicate color. Gold clasp. Length, 24 % inches. £ Cj / Chinese Chloromelanite Necklace Formed of one hundred and eight carefully graduated chloromelanite beads, of rich tone and soft polish. Gold clasp. Length, 26 inches. f r • ^ Chinese Amethyst Necklace Formed of seventy-nine graduated beads of amethyst o^rich tone. Gold clasp. Length, 26 % inches. Chinese Glass Necklace ^ Formed of eighty-one beads of brilliant sapphire-blue glass, graduated. Gold clasp. Length, 26 inches. r , „ _ XT 'c Chinese ?jioke Crystal .Necklace Formed of carefully matched and graduated beads of fine, clear smoke crystal, to the number of seventy-five, bri ghtlv polished. Gold clasp. Length, 28 inches. .. , v -Chinese .Iade Necklace Formed of seventy-three graduated and finely matched beads of pure white translucent jade, brightly polished. Gold clasp. Length, 28 inches 126—Chinese Smoke Crystal Necklace Formed of sixty-three graduated beads of dense and dark smoke crystal, with soft polish. Gold clasp. Length, 28 inches. 121 J'T- -Chinese Glass Necklace Formed of one hundred and five three-eighths inch beads of clear azure glass of delicate tone. Length. 48 inches. First Afternoon 128 —Chinese Amber Necklace One hundred beads of clear dark amber, brilliantly ished, their diameter substantially uniform at practically one-half inch, and all very evenly matched in color. Length, 48 inches. 129 — Chinese Coral Necklace Cluj/en-lung Formed of one hundred and eight spheres of pink coral, O s' - ; carved with incised Shou medallions and pierced dragon scrolls. Length, 51 inches. 0—Chinese Amber Necklace One hundred and eight beads of opaque, clouded amber, rich in tone, which varies lightly. >Hu. 131—Chinese Amber Necklace One hundred and nine beads of clear amber with golden translucence, brilliantly polished. Length, 52 inches. ^j. fa -Chinese Rock Crystal Necklace Formed of one hundred and ten beads of fine, clear, brilliant rock crystal, substantially uniform in size, with a diameter of one-half inch. Length, 58 inches. 133 —Chinese Fei-ts’ui Jade Mandarin Necklace Ch’ien-lung One hundred beads of fine translucent fei-ts’ui jade, richly marked and uniform in size, besides large globes of pink tourmaline or “Chinese ruby” and pendants of the same in smaller beads, and gold filigree mountings with kingfishers’ feathers. Length, exclusive of pendants, 60 inches. First Afternoon / r' 04 0 . 134—Pair Fei-ts’i t i Jade Bird Statuettes Two pigeons, standing, one with its head lightly cocked to one side, their plumage carved in relief and lightly incised. Considerable portions of the bodies white, with broad areas of the rich fei-ts’ui. Light polish over the incised surfaces, the smooth portions brilliantly polished. Have stands. Length , 9 inches . (f'cj4 135- -Rock Crystal Vase and Cover Ch'ien-lung Flask shape with bold foot; two ling chili loop and loose¬ ring handles. Narrow sides carved with mounting land dragons in relief; balance of vase and the dome cover plain, and brilliantly polished. Teakwood stand. Height , 9% inches . 136—Carved Ivory Statuette Standing figure of the King of the East carrying in hand / ^ a and at his girdle peaches of immortality, and smiling. Rich and mellow patina, and traces of early polychrome painting. Height , 9% inches . First Afternoon 137 —Turquoise-blue Bottle Ch’ien-lung Ovoid with cylindrical neck. Dense and heavy opaque glass in a pure and even tone of fine light turquoise-blue, with a subdued mirror surface. Teakwood stand. Height , 9% inches . Bottle Ch’ien-lung Companion to the preceding. With stand. // 139 —Turquoise-glass Bottle Ch’ien-lung Bell shape with straight neck and molded lip. Heavy and dense opaque glass of soft and delicate turquoise-blue of fine quality, with subdued mirror surface. Incised mark. Has stand. Height , 7 % inches . 138 —Turquoise-b*] 140 —Rttby Glass Bottle Cli’ien-lung Bell shape with cylindrical neck and molded lip. Fine semi¬ transparent glass of brilliant mirror surface, deep wine-red with the light on it, and against the light showing a ruby translucence. Incised mark. Has stand. Height , 7% inches . First Afternoon Uo .Globular body on low foot, with tall wide neck and spread¬ ing lip. Dense and heavy sapphire-blue glass, semi-trans¬ parent and with a brilliant mirror surface. Incised mark. Has stand. ^ Height , 10 34 inches . 7?;%. L 1-12 —Pair Blue Glass Bowls Ch'ien-lung Flaring-ovoidal form on bold foot, the rim given a hexafoil & . . . & character bv delicately cut indentions. Dense translucent glass of musical tone, in rich and deep azure with mirror surface. Incised seal mark. Have stands. Diameter , 8 inches . 113 —Imperial'Yellow Glass Bottle Ch'ien-lung Globular with spreading foot and straight tubular neck. Light imperial yellow glass, dense and opaque, with subdued mirror surface. Incised mark. Has stand. Height , 8% inches . First Afternoon Bottle Ch’ien-lung Spherical with straight cylindrical neck and short foot. Transparent sapphire-blue glass with brilliant mirror sur¬ face. Incised mark. Has stand. Height, 8 1 /, inches. /' 145—Imperial Cameo-glass Vase Cli'ien-lung Ovoidal, expanding lightly from a bold foot to a high and narrow shoulder which is heavily molded at the root of the incurvate neck, which expands to a lightly molded and flat¬ tened lip. Cameo carving of two archaic dragons, one with the phoenix head, in rose glass of du-Barry note on a yellow¬ ish-white ground, and borders of ju-i heads, lotus petals and plantain leaves also in the rose. Incised four-character mark. Has stand. Globular with cylindrical neck and low spreading foot. Dense and heavy opaque glass of a rich pistache-green color and a mirror surface of soft reflections. Incised mark. Has stand. Height, 8 1 /, inches. Cjo. 148 f*. Iridescent White Glass Bowl Sung Ovoid on molded foot. Colorless transparent glass now white with the frosted-decay of long burial and touched with a delicate silvery iridescence. Has stand. Diameter, 9 % inches. -P.'m. Imperial Yellow Glass Bottle Cii'ien-tung Spherical with straight and slender tubular neck, and low foot lightly spreading. Rich imperial yellow glass of fine tone, dense and opaque, with softly lustrous surface. In¬ cised mark. Has stand. Height, 8 % inches. First Afternoon 1^9—^rMPERi^^S^LLoV Glass Bottle Ch’ien-lung Spherical with straight tubular neck and bold spreading- foot. Dense opaque glass of light imperial yellow with soft lustre. Incised mark. Has stand. Height, 8% inches. 150—Blue Glass Bowl Sung Ovoidal on a bold round foot. Transparent glass of rich J ’ azure note, lightly flecked on the outer surface and broadly coated on the interior with a soft and delicate silvery iri¬ descence. Has stand. Diameter, 9% inches. 151—CarveVTvory Sceptre Ming Conventional flat design, carved in the natural curve of an elephant’s tusk, and unornamented, save for a rich and beau¬ tiful patina that time has given it. Boldly incised on the concave surface with an inscription in seventeen characters, reciting that this ivory sceptre was respectfully presented to the W ai Wu shrine of the Emperor Kuan bv Feng Hsiu- Feng of Liao-Hua-Ch’i. Has stand. Length, 25% inches. /£. 152—White Jade Hanging Vase with Cover Ch’ien-lung Ovoidal form, flattened, with broad neck; borne upon the 00. back of a phoenix resting on a highly conventional base of openwork; dome cover suspended by a chain of freely-play¬ ing links attached to a bail handle, which swings in looped lip-handles with angular-scroll drops. The phoenix’s plumage in relief and incised, and the vase further decorated with conventional ornamentation in relief. White jade with liquescent mutton-fat aspect and soft polish. In carved teakwood arched stand. Height. 9 inches: with stand, 15% inches. First Afternoon 7%L. 7._ 153 — Rock Crystal Vase and Cover Ch’ien-lung Large pear shape with bold foot, and two fungus-loop and loose-ring handles. Luxuriantly carved in high relief and undercuttings with figures of boys and the lotus, the phoenix and peony, the sacred fungus, and a swallow perched in a tree of the peaches of longevity in fruit. Dome cover simi¬ larly carved with a bird bearing in its bill a branch of the peaches. The whole in clear and brilliant rock crystal highly polished. Teakwood stand. g ^Height, 11 inches. yfe'cP- &CUl++c£A/ 154 — Pink Coral Ornament Ch’ien-lung Extended figure of a four-clawed dragon, carved in the round, bearing upon its back an immortal and two attend¬ ants. Carved in lightly mottled rich pink coral, taking a soft polish. (Repaired.) Mounted on a Japanese tinted ivory stand carved in conventional cloud design. Height, 7% inches; length, 15 inches. First Afternoon 155— 7 00 . 156- Rock Crystal Vase and Cover Ch’ien-limg Large flask shape with hold foot and lip, and two dragon¬ head loop and loose-ring handles. Adorned with eight phoenixes carved in high relief. Dome cover with phoenix handle. Pure and brilliant rock crystal, brilliantly polished. Teakwood stand. / Height, 11 inches. a a xt Pink Coral Ch’ien-hmg 0 . An ingeniously contrived and brilliantly executed small sculpture in pink coral, carved in the round and pierced, representing a Lohan with a double-gourd vase, his magic ring raised aloft, poised upon the body of a dragon who looks back at him over the flaming jewel of power. The dragon rests a forepaw on the head of a tiger, and the group is represented as in an environment of conventional clouds. Wood stand carved in lotus motive. Length, 8% inches. First Afternoon Aoo 157— Fei-ts’ui Jade Vase with Cover Ch’ien-lmig Chalice form with high, corded shoulder, broad incurvate neck, and four dragon-head loop and loose-ring handles., Dome cover with coiled dragon finial carved in high relief and undercut. Shoulder of the vase festooned in foliar de¬ sign and motives from the ancient bronzes, in low relief, and foot encircled by a leaf border. Rich and fine trans¬ lucent fei-sfui jade, with notable emerald-green markings, and brilliant polish. Carved teakwood stand. \ Height, 1 ly 4 inches. First Afternoon Urn form, flattened, with pedestal foot, broad shoulder and full neck, dragon-head loop and large loose-ring handles, and low dome cover, which is surmounted by a dragon carved in relief and undercut. From the dragon’s coiled tail a chain more than a foot in length, formed of twenty-one links, connects the cover with a floral entwinement on the body, carved in relief and undercut and held in the bill of a stork which is perched above rockery. The whole carved with fine mastery of the art from a single block of pure “mutton-fat” jade of the highest quality, and brilliantly polished. Carved teakwood stand. Height, 12% inches. First Afternoon 159 160 /3o. —White Jade Bottle-form Vase with Cover Ch’ien-lung Flattened pear shape with long neck and short foot, the vase body itself without ornamentation other than its own rich high quality, pure tone and brilliance of polish. On a double-corded loop about the neck is posed a boy carved in relief, who towers above the lip of the vase, facing the bird- form cover, which is connected by a chain of double-links to a bow on the shoulder of the bottle, held b} 1- a second boy who is carved in the round, standing on a projection from the bottle s foot. I'eaku ood stand. Heioh/t 8^/, inches —Jade Floral Group / Ch’ien-lung Lily, with broad leaves of rich translucent green jade with black deckings, and flowers of white jade, lapis-lazuli and caraelian. Set in coral-stem gravel in a green jade bowl of delicate translucence. Teakwood stand. Height, 9% inches. First Afternoon 161—White Jade Statuette Ch’ien-lung Standing figure of Kuan-yin in high headdress with cowl, flowing robes, and holding a vase containing a lotus bud, and a rosary looped in figure-8 form. Fine, pure white, translucent jade with soft, unctuous polish. Elaborately carved teakwood and tinted ivorv stand. Hcic/ht, 9y 2 inches. First Afternoon 162 - &0 -Jade Florae Group * Ch’ien-lung Springing from a graveled ground of chipped red coral stems are orchids blossoming in white jade amid ramifying green jade leaves, these at one side of a natural turquoise rock on which is perched an agate bird—the long-tailed bird of China, the onagadori of the Japanese. At the opposite side of the rock a begonia blooms in pink tourma¬ line above green jade leaves, and near by a white jade squirrel is jumping from a rich malachite rock. The whole in a jardiniere of rich jade-green aventurine, quadrilateral with chamfered corners. Carved tcakwood table-stand. Length of jardiniere, 8 inches. First Afternoon : gl; ass Vase Ch’ien-lung Double-gourd bottle form, the lower section made quadri¬ lateral, with spreading foot, and slender neck lightly expand¬ ing. Carved with peach and bamboo trees, the sacred fungus and flying bats, in rich cerulean on a pure, dense and bril¬ liant white ground. Incised mark. Has stand. Height , 9% inches . 161— Jade Floral Group Ch’ien-lung /5c. Radish in flower, the leaves in green, mottled and fei-ts'ui jade, finely carved and highly polished, the blossoms yellow¬ ish-white. In white jade bowl whose whole exterior is given to a caligraphic inscription incised and gilded. Has stand. Height , lO'/i inches . J. // // 165— Chloromelanite Statuette j ^Chinese carving of a figure of Kuan-yin, standing, holding at her shoulder a vase containing a peony. Back of her and at her side streamers from her headdress and apparel are carved free, and on a rock beside her a bov stands, hold¬ ing high a lotus stem with leaf, flower and seed-pod. Chloro¬ melanite rich in color and brilliantly polished. Teakwood stand. Height , 8% inches . ifo V /' 166— Jade Floral Group Ch’ien-lung An orchid blossoming in white and yellow jade and in car- nelian agate, with long slender leaves of green jade whose fleckings have a naturalistic resemblance to those of leaves of the denser woodlands or of woodland glens. In bell¬ shaped bowl of dense glass of rose-du-Barry tone, of the Ch’ien-lung period. Teakwood five-legged table-stand. Height , 11% inches . First Afternoon 167 D O O -Grand White Jade Tripod Incense Burner with Cover Cli'ien-lung An imperial piece, although without palace mark, seal or dedication. In the cauldron shape of the ancient sacrificial bronze vessels, with a low bell-shaped dome cover surmounted by a Fu-lion grasping the traditional ball; two vigorously carved dragon-head loop-handles with large loose rings ; the animalistic scheme carried out further in the ornamental knees of the three boldly designed feet. Fine white jade with a cloud translucence and the exterior brilliance of a mirror. Elaborately carved and pierced teakwood stand. Height , 8% inches ; diameter , 11% inches . First Afternoon 168—Iridescent Blue* Glass Bottle-form Vase Sung Pear shape with wide neck and lightly expanding lip, and hold foot. Fine glass of deep sky blue, translucent and of mirror surface. Unornamented originally, it is adorned through the long processes of nature during its ages of inhumation, with an extensive and heavy coating of dense silvery-gray iridescence. To all intent a perfect piece, having suffered only some chipping at the under edge of the foot. Teakwood stand. Height, 14% inches. 169- ' 3 - -Glass Fish Bowl Sung Ovoid with a broadly molded lip. Heavy, colorless, trans¬ parent glass of fine texture, which has acquired a delicate patina, giving it a soft, dim lustre. A rare example. Teak- wood table-stand. Diameter, 11 inches. 170—Iridescent Blue Glass Bottle Sung A rare find, and an important example of the workmanship in glass of the Sung dynasty. Dense, heavy, translucent glass of deepest sky blue, the bottle fashioned in spherical form with a wide cylindrical neck and expanding lip, the lip flattened on top and encircled on the exterior by molded rings, and the foot being similarly encircled. On the body are four quadrilateral molded panels, each bearing one of the peaches of immortality modeled in relief, with leaves in lesser relief and their veins incised. In the processes of slow disintegration during entombment the surface has taken a patina of rich, matt black, relieved by an enhancement of silvery iridescence covering broad and irregular areas. Has carved teakwood stand. Height 12% inches. First Afternoon M- o o. 172- / do. Exquisitely carved figure of a goddess, standing, in grace¬ fully flowing robes richly ornamented, and carrying in lieu of a sceptre branches of the sacred fungus and the peaches of immortality. Considerable retentions of early painting in polychrome and gold, and on the unpainted surfaces a fine patina of mellow tone. mt*. Jade Florae Group Chinese lily (the narcissus) and the prunus tree, both in blossom, in white, fei-ts'ui and green jade, in a Ch’ien-lung bottle-shaped vase of dense greenish- white jade with ju-i loop handles, boldly incised with im¬ perial dragons. Teakwood stand. Height, 14% inches. winter-bloomin First Afternoon 173 —Jade Floral Group Lotuses in bloom, in white, yellow, fei-ts’ui and dense green jade, pink tourmaline, carnelian and amber spring from a mirror in representation of water set within a broad and shallow ovoidal bowl with festooned rim—a lotus pond in miniature. The lotus leaves are veined by delicate incision and one is pierced as though by the borings of insects. The porcelain bowl is glazed in a rich canary-yellow, and dec¬ orated in polychrome with a dragon-scroll band and varied borders, and bears underneath the foot the seal mark of Tao Kuang. Has stand. Height, 14% inches; diameter of howl, 7 1 /, inches. Ch’ien-lung 174 —Extraordinary White Jade Bowl A large and heavy block of white jade, hollowed to make a fine bowl or basin, the interior surface receiving a soft unctu¬ ous polish; the exterior in its entirety carved in relief and super-relief with waves of a heaving sea and above them five imperial dragons in pursuit of the jewel of omnipotence among clouds. Soft polish. Teakwood stand carved in a continuation of the wave and cloud motives. Diameter , 14 inches. 175 —White Jade Vase with Cover Ch’ien-lung Inverted bell shape, flattened, with pedestal foot, sharp O. shoulder and broad neck, and two dragon-head loop and loose-ring handles. Dome cover with handle in the form of a lion and cub, in high relief and undercut. Both cover and vase ornamented in fine relief carving in archaic motives, highly refined, the vase displaying a deep band in which appear the t’ao-t’ieh ogre features. Fine translucent fog- white jade brilliantly polished. Teakwood stand. Height, 12% inches. First Afternoon >6 176 — Pair Jade Floral Groups Ch’ien-lung In each of two fei-ts’ui jade jardinieres of foliated contour, three miniature bulb-shaped vases of white jade carved in blossom form, each vase holding a Chinese lily of green and white jade. Carved teakwood stand. Height, 8 inches. /» // // 177 — A’ery Important Coral Statuette Ch’ien-lung An imperial piece, carved in very heavy coral of unusual length, its tone a pink at once rich and delicate, and deli¬ cately mottled with small areas of soft white. Standing fig¬ ure of a sinuous young lady of genial countenance, in cling¬ ing robes with low relief and incised ornamentation, and gav with a luxuriance of blossoms of the tree peony. Peonies rise on a bifurcate branch high above her headdress, others in relief and undercutting spring from a twin-fish vase she carries, and one blossom is seen at her back. Brilliant pol¬ ish. On a pierced rockery base of malachite, with a fitted brocade stand, and a second stand of lacquer penciled in gold. Height with base, 16 inches. (Illustrated) 178—Silver-gilt Imperial Crown Ch’ien-lung An elaborate production of dragons and phoenixes, a minia¬ ture temple with the emperor’s symbol, two miniature stand¬ ing figures, one offering a crown and one an incense burner, and various other designs, the whole inlaid with kingfishers’ feathers. In addition there are pendants of small natural seed pearls and larger artificial pearls, and seven pendent discs of fine fei-ts’ui jade. Has teakwood box. No. 177— Very Important Coral Statuette ( Ch’ien-lung ) First Afternoon 180 - Carved in beaker form, resting on a fungus bank, which also supports a phoenix bearing a peony branch in its mouth, carved in the round, pierced and undercut, at one side, while another bird on a pine tree appears at the opposite side in similar carving. Dome cover with phoenix and peony handle in openwork. Clear, brilliant rock crystal, brilliantly pol¬ ished. Teakwood stand. ^I^ht^p'/y-inches. -Jade Florae Group Clinen-lung In an inverted bell-shaped bowl of dense, translucent, white Ch’ien-lung glass, a lily in green and yellow jade, carnelian and opalescent agate, and amethyst. Coral-stem gravel. Teakwood stand. Height , 1414 inches . First Afternoon Burner Cliien-lung Fine grayish-white translucent jade brightly polished, carved as a duck standing amid lotus plants, with neck extended and bill open. Hollowed, the upper body remov¬ able, as cover, and the throat bored through to the opened bill, for the escape of the incense fumes. Plumage and the lotus flowers finely carved in relief and in the round. Has stand. 182 —Fish Bowl and Stand Height, 8% inches/ length, 14 inches. O. Bell-shaped bowl of transparent colorless glass of Ch’ien- lung, of clear musical tone, on a Ming three-color porcelain stand; the stand hexagonal table-form on a flat base, the skirt of the table pierced and the cabriole legs having mon¬ ster-head knees. Incised inscription declaring the stand a pedestal for an incense burner presented as a votive offering at the shrine of an emperor of the Han dynasty. Diameter of howl, 14 1 /, inches; height complete, 1 o . 183 —Jade Floral Group Cliien-lung Orchid and keika in rich green jade, Chinese ruby and other stones, in a hexagonal beaker-form vase of gray-white jade carved with the swastika, ideographic designs and archaic dragon scrolls in low relief. Also carved at the angles with vertical ridges, dentated, and in pierced-scroll form. Has stand. Height, 18 Va inches. // // 181 —Jade Floral Group Cliien-lung The tree peony in luxuriant bloom in white and yellow jade, turquoise, lapis-lazuli and tourmaline, with leaves of dense green jade. In a white jade vase ovoid and flattened, carved in relief with an extraordinary conventionalization of the combined dragon-phoenix of archaic conception, hav¬ ing finely-designed phoenix-scroll anti ring handles carved in relief and undercutting. Teakwood stand. Height, 18% inches. First Afternoon 185 —Jade Floral Group Cli’ien-lung 3 too. In an inverted bell-shaped jardiniere of white jade, carved in delicate relief with conventional phoenix and leaf designs, a tree peony in bloom in yellow and green jade, turquoise, lapis-lazuli and carnelian. At its foot, gravel of branch coral and a turquoise rock. Carved teakwood table-stand. Height, 14% inches. First Afternoon 186 —Jade Floral Group Cli’ien-lung The Lotus. In a jardiniere of dense imperial yellow glass, oo. itself carved as a cupped lotus flower, there grows a group of the lotus in blossom, with leaves of green jade, and fknv- ers, buds and seed-pods in white, green and yellow jade, amethyst and agate. Has stand. Height, 13% inches. First Afternoon 7 ) • 187— Chinese Glass Water Lily Bowl Cli’ien-lung Inverted bell shape with bold foot and molded rim. Deli¬ cate ruby-toned glass, brilliant and transparent, the body between rim and foot now rendered translucent by a patina- tion of the inner surface in gray-green and white, from pre¬ cipitation of particles in solution during its long usage in the service of beauty. Carved teakwood stand. Diameter, 9% inches. 188- -Chinese Glass Water Lily Bowl Ch’ien-lung Inverted bell shape with bold foot. Brilliant colorless glass; the interior surface patinated in white and soft gray from the chemical action of water and earthy ingredients in solu¬ tion, with a resultant attractive color quality whether the bowl be viewed with the light upon it or against the light. Carved teakwood stand. Diameter, 9% inches. Mu 189- / 6 o. -Jade Floral Group Kj Ch\iefL-lung Keika and orchid in rich green and soft white jade, pink tourmaline and amber. In flattened beaker-shaped vase of white jade with dragons, phoenixes and the sacred fungus carved in bold relief and undercut, and animalistic ornamen¬ tation from ancient bronze models carved in low relief. Teakwood stand. Height, 181/ 4 inches. 7rUo.JiA 190- 3>o -Pair Jade Floral Groups * Ch’ien-lung The camellia, with serrate and finely-veined leaves of green jade, blossoming resplendently in white jade and carnelian, turquoise and lapis-lazuli. In cloisonne enamel jardiniere, oblong with chamfered corners, flaring rim and ju-i feet, and adorned with pierced medallions, its enameled decoration floral designs in polychrome on a light turquoise-blue ground. Carved teakwood table-stand. / 7 7 Height , 1G inches. First Afternoon W75ZZ7. r -.1 191— Jade Floral Group Ch'ien-lung The tree peony in brilliant bloom in white and yellow jade, 0 - amber, tourmaline, carnelian and turquoise, amid leaves of green jade. Under it a standing deer in agate. In a cloisonne enamel jardiniere, oblong with concaved corners, ovoid sides and flat rim, and ju-i feet; decoration, conven¬ tional lotus and dragon designs in polychrome on a tur¬ quoise ground, and in addition each side is adorned with an inlaid panel of white jade, with incised ornamentation touched with gold. With teakwood stand. Height, 18 inches. 192— Pair Jade Floral Groups Ch’ien-lung The peony and the chrysanthemum, each in its separate jardiniere, with leaves carefully carved in green jade, and blossoms in white, green and yellow jade, and in agate and amber, carnelian and tourmaline, amethyst and lapis-lazuli. Under each tree a carnelian rabbit. Jardinieres of cloisonne enamel, oblong with flaring rim, the sides contracting to ju-i feet; their decoration floral designs in polychrome on tur¬ quoise-blue ground. In addition, fan-shaped panels of white jade with incised and gilded decorations are inlaid on all sides. Have stands. Height, 19 inches. 193— Jade Floral Group Cli’v/n-lung In form of a table screen, the screen proper an upright rec- <• tilinear tablet of green jade with a fine translucence as of moss imprisoned in greenish melting snow, set within a carved and pierced teakwood stand. The panel supports a wall vase of pure white jade resting within a carved lapis- lazuli base of ju-i pattern, and the vase holds a branch of plum blossoms in pink tourmaline and chrysanthemums in fei-ts’ui and green jade and lapis-lazuli. Height, 19 inches. First Afternoon 194— J Fade Floral Group Ch’ien-lung Pure white jade hanging vase of the Ch’ien-lung period; flattened pear-shape with swinging bail handle, the body finely carved in relief with motives from the ancient bronzes: soft polish. Swings from a gilt bronze dragon standard set into a gilded teakwood base, the tall standard being entwined by a grapevine in bearing, which issues from the vase beside chrysanthemums, the vine leaves, fruit and flowers executed in green jade, moss crystal, aquamarine, amethyst, carnelian and amber. Height, with stand, 19% inches. 195— Pair Jade Plants First Afternoon //Ot>. The omoto plant of Japan, common to both Japan and China (Rhodea japonica), its long and broad leaves of green jade springing from coral gravel and embracing bunches of its berries in amber, aquamarine, turquoise and coral. In cloisonne enamel pot decorated in a repetitive design of archaic conventional dragons, executed in deep blue and vermilion on a turquoise-blue ground, the pot sup¬ ported on four feet in the form of squatting boys. Teak- wood stand. Height, 20 inches. // / / 196— Jade Floral Group Ch’ien-lung The chrysanthemum blooms at the foot of a plum tree in yjoo blossom, their flowers in fei-ts’ui and white jade and pale green jade, and in agate and tourmaline, turquoise and lapis-lazuli. Held in a flattened globular vase of dense jade of soft and light moss-green hue, finely carved in low relief on obverse and reverse with scrolls of fabulous animalistic design encircling floral medallions, the scrolls exhibiting the dragon or dragon-horse head and the phoenix tail. Incised details enriched with cold. Teakwood stand. Height, 20 inches. 197— Jade Floral Group Ch’ien-lung v3 ( i Chrysanthemum blossoming in fei-ts’ui, white and yellow jade, and carnelian agate, with leaves of green jade, issuing from a flattened pear-shaped vase of greenish-white jade with ferrous markings, carved in delicate relief with the t’ao-t’ieli ogre features of the ancient bronzes, and in bold relief and undercutting with dragons of the sea and land— the lung and the mang —whose sinuous bodies form handles to the vase. Teakwood stand. Height, 21% inches. First Afternoon Ov4K. 198—JadeJ^oiTal Gkoup Ch’ien-lung A winter-blooming wild plum tree blossoming in white jade, and a lily of green jade and amethyst, spring from the broad neck of a vase of flattened globular form with dragon¬ head loop and loose-ring handles, both faces of which are carved in relief with an archaic and highly conventional phoenix-scroll—the jade exhibiting a soft and rich waxen polish. Teakwood stand. Height, 21 inches. 199—Jade Floral Group Ch’im-lung /to. Ming vase of dense white and grayish-white jade with rich ferrous marbling, carved in beaker form and adorned with bas-relief carvings in animalistic and floral motives of prim¬ itive design and highly conventionalized. Within it a flour¬ ishing example of the tree peoni" with green jade leaves and blossoming in green, fei-ts’ui, yellow and white jade, lapis- lazuli, turquoise and amethyst. Has stand. Height, 23% inches. //r 200—Jade Floral Group Ch’ien-lung The camellia in bloom, in white jade and delicate carnelian agate, with leaves of rich green jade highly polished and showing finely-incised veins. In a tall quadrilateral jar¬ diniere of cloisonne enamel, with expanding lip and elab¬ orately fashioned base with ju-i feet, the principal orna¬ mentation floral panels in soft polychrome on a turquoise- blue ground. Metal stand. Height, 23% inches. 0 . f's'a 201—White Glass Aquarium with Teakwood Stand Bell shape with flaring rim, the sides fluted as chrysanthe¬ mum petals, and containing lotus plants in white and yellow jade and amethyst. On a Ch’ien-lung teakwood pedestal carved with dragons, which rests on a modern quadrilateral base. inches; of stand, 69 y 2 inches. 208—Buffalo Horn Birdcage with Lacquer ^tand Ch’ien-lung Companion to the preceding and of the same period and dimensions. 206 205 Tortoise-shell Birdcages with Lacquer Stands ( Cli ien lung ) First Afternoon 209—Tortoise-shell Birdcage with Id- 74- Stand Dome shape, on four carved and pierced ivory feet. Base of black lacquer inlaid with birds, pomegranates, magnolia, lotus and peony, in soapstone of various colors. Equipped with ivory worm-tongs and jade, ivory, porcelain and cloi¬ sonne enamel cups. Suspended by white jade pendants from a tall standard issuing from the head of a lion in Japanese bronze, which stands on a quadrilateral base lacquered in gold. Height, 14 inches; of stand, 93 inches. 210—Blue Glass Aquarium with Lacquer Stand ' • Globular jar of transparent rich blue glass, containing lotus plants in jade and tourmaline. On a pedestal with a stand¬ ard issuing from a quadrilateral base and supporting a large lotus blossom, and on the base a wood sculpture of the Ming period—-a standing figure of Kuan-yin holding a vase—the whole lacquered in vermilion and gold and now exhibiting a patina of soft tones. Diameter of jar, 13 inches; height of pedestal, 47 inches. (Illustrated ) 211—White Glass Aquarium with Sta Globular jar of transparent colorless glass, girdled by a faceted band, containing lotus plants in white and green jade and carnelian set in a gravel of coral stems. Set upon a wood pedestal displaying a standard carved with clouds and bats, supporting a large lotus flower, the standard issuing from an oblong base on which is the finely-carved Ming figure of a seated boy ivho is playing with toads. The figure highly polished, and exhibiting patches of dull patina, the standard painted in reddish-brown. Diameter of howl, 13 inches; height of pedestal, 31 inches. ( Illustrated ) 210 211 No. 210 —Blue Glass Aquarium with Lacquer Stand N o. 211 —White Glass Aquarium with Stand First Afternoon - ~ " T v>/ tj^to-cryyu^u Green Glass Aquarium with .Lacquer stand A globular jar of transparent emerald-green glass, con¬ taining jade lotus plants, set upon a carved wood pedestal with a standard supporting a lotus flower, issuing from a quadrangular base on which is a standing Ming figure of a smiling and playful boy carved in wood. Painted in ver¬ milion and gold. Diameter of jar, 13 inches; height of pedestal, 31 inches. If- 213 —Chinese Carved Wood Aquarium ^ .fy. Formed of a wreath carved and pierced in peony-scroll design, springing from an inverted pear-shaped vase and upborne by two figures—temple-entrance guardians—sup¬ ported on an oblong base with ju-i feet. The whole painted in gold and vermilion lacquer. The tank, within the wreath, contains a large growth of “sponge coral” in natural state, shells and stones. 214 —Pair Rare Mto. Ch’ien-lung Four folds each. Of unusual construction, the decorations painted in soft hues of many colors on transparent paper cut in outline and pierced, and placed between finely spun glass threads, the threads on the two faces strung diagonally and crossing at right angles, giving a fine mesh effect, and with the paintings giving the whole a resemblance to led-ssu tapestry work. This structure is then protected by glass panels on both sides. The decorations in the principal tier of panels picture an imperial garden party, showing the emperor and empress, noble callers, attendants and an or¬ chestra of female musicians. The lower panels are given to handsome floral groups. The original frame being too fra¬ gile for general use in the Occident, for a screen of such weight, a new frame following precisely the original design has been constructed, in this country, to afford greater stability. Height, 5914 inches; panel width, 14% inches. First Afternoon 215—Grand Aquarium svuUA . Enclosing a representation of the Dragon Palace, the fabu¬ lous undersea abode of the greatest of all supernatural beasts in tbe Chinese highly fertile imagination. Pavilions of lapis-lazuli and yellow jade are neighbors of pagodas and other buildings, and of red and white coral trees; white jade bridges, and white jade boats with boatmen, await figures and animals of fci-ts'ui jade and white jade, of turquoise and aventurine; and seed-pearl, white jade and turquoise rocks stand beside natural stones some of which are colored. Mounted on carved wood table. 6 . Height, 34 inches: length and •width (approximative), 55 inches and IS inches; height, including table , 66 inches. CHINESE PEWTER AND ENAMELS >16 -Chinese Pewter Jar K'ang-lisi Ovoid, with narrow and flattened shoulder and wide mouth. C'avo-rilievo decoration, of three foliated panels enclosing highly conventionalized archaic dragons on a thunder-scroll ground, and a ju-i shoulder border. Gray patina of soft lustre. Has stand. feight, 3y s inches. 217- M O /S.- cti-W- __ -Japanese Pewter Ceremonial Wine Pot Seventeenth Century Cylindrical, with horizontal spout, rigid bail handle in bam¬ boo motive, and three stump feet. Relief and incised dec¬ oration of tumultuous waves of the sea. Gray patina of dull lustre. Has lacquer cover. Ifeight., 6% inches. 218- >f0 n -Chinese Pewter Bottle Ming Pear shape with slender neck expanding at the lip, and bold foot lightly spreading; six sided. Decoration inlaid in brass displaying the feng-huang, a leaping carp, song¬ sters and shrubbery. Both metals showing a soft patina dark in tone. Has stand. Height, 7% inches. First Afternoon 219 Jr- 220 221 j(od- Chinese Pewter Tea Jar Ovoid, with broad flat foot, flattened shoulder, and narrow cylindrical neck capped bv a lined cover. Repousse and engraved decoration of the eight Taoist immortals among clouds, reserved in the smooth within a diapered ground. On the cover, flowers and a Shou medallion. Delicate patina. Seal marks under foot and within cover. Has stand. Chinese Pewter Octagonal Vase with Cover Ming Brass-inlay decoration of figures and flowers. On the brass a rich copper-color and black patina, and on the pewter a soft dark gray patina of dim lustre. Underneath foot an eight-character mark, incised in brass and inset, reciting that the vase was made in the sixteenth year of Hung Chih of the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1501). Has stand. Japanese Pewter Tea Jar with Covers Seventeenth Century Ovoid with flat foot, high and flattened shoulder, short neck with molded lip, and cap cover over an inner in-setting cover. Unadorned save by its fine patina of silvery gray and black, and sundry mottlings. Underneath foot an in¬ cised mark saying that Yazayemon made it, at the corner of Shimmachi and Takeyamachi, Kyoto. Has stand. Height, IT 1 /, inches. Height, 15% inch < V. 222—Chinese Enameled Smoking Set Ch'ien-lung Consisting of a long-stemmed pipe and a casket-shaped box with taper holders in plated silver, with rich adornment in gilt relief which appears on blue and white enamel ground, the adornment comprising figures of immortals, geometrical designs and ideographic inscriptions, all finely worked. Length of pipe, 19% inches; height of box, 3% inches. First Afternoon 223— Cloisonne Enamel Plant .Jar / Ch ien-lung Cylindrical, with two lion-mask and loose-ring handles and Jo- three double-bands of cording, gilt, and the body between them carrying a fine lotus scroll decoration in polychrome enamels on a light turquoise-blue ground. On original pierced gilt metal and enameled circular stand with six ju-i feet. Height, with stand, 9% inches. —Peking Enamel Plant Jar ' Ch'ien-lung Inverted bell shape, with foliated rim, and sides modeled in accord, and low and spreading hexagonal foot. Rich dec¬ oration of bats and highly conventional floral scroll, in poly¬ chrome and gold, on an azure ground. Imperial seal mark. Balustered teakwood stand. Diameter. 934 inches. ^-Inlaid Jewel Casket Ming Lacquer with ivory inlay, the top and all sides abundantly adorned with male and female figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, the dragon and the dragon-horse, inlaid in ivory. Lined with antique silk velvet with floral and medallion orna¬ mentation. Length, 15% inches. Hanging Vase 224 3 > 225 —Chinese oilver-gilt J-So Inverted pear shape, flattened, with a broadly expanded quatrefoil rim and a bail handle, presenting the shape of a conventional Chinese flower basket, in filigree with inlays of kingfishers’ feathers. Above the rim conventional butter¬ flies. White jade hanging-ring, and chain of cultivated pearls. Has stand. Length with chain aitif pendants, 11 y 2 inches. Imperial Peking Enamel Jardiniere ^ch'ien-lung Ovoid with flat foot and molded rim. Painted in brilliant enamels of rich coloring enhanced with gold, on a ground of turquoise-blue, with conventional bats, emblematic of happiness, within a finely designed and executed conven¬ tional floral scroll, rich, bold and resplendent. Has Ming vermilion lacquer table-stand, with vestigial decoration in gold revealing peony scrolls and conventional clouds. Diameter, 30% inches; height of stand, If inches. First Afternoon Ho- 2J0- J -/0 / 00 /'J, -Carved Lacquer and Cloisonne Enamel*’ Circular, with five cabriole legs adorned with carved scrolls, resting on knob feet supported on a circular base; skirt foliated, the shallow drum above it pierced with slender quatrcfoils. All in brown lacquer dusted with minute mother- of-pearl inlay, and enriched with gold. The cloisonne enamel top a vermilion dragon with features in polychrome, in a turquoise sky over a polychromatic sea. Height, 34% inches; diameter, 15 inches M , ^ . , MW. -Cloisonne Enamel Hanging Lantern Quadrilateral with chamfered corners, and formal base and top. In openwork throughout, the motives conventional lotus scroll and Buddhistic emblems of happy augury, in polychrome enamels, enclosing oblong panels of glass which are backed by paintings of birds and flowers on paper. Sup¬ plied with an iron chain linked with fei-ts’ui jade and glass globes. Height, 14% inches. ^ ' ' Cloisonne Enamel Hanging Lantern Companion to the preceding. SECOND AFTERNOON’S SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 2 O’CLOCK 231 — -xorcelain Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Flattened pear shape, of irregular conformation, and em¬ braced within pine, plum and bamboo trees modeled in relief. Grayish creamy glaze with delicate cafe-au-lait crackle. Has stand. 232 — Porcelain Snuff Bottle Ch'ien-lung Figure of a dog Fu on its haunches, with forepaws embrac¬ ing a cub. Cream-white glaze lightly crackled. Has stand. Height, 3 inches. 233—Mirrok-hlack Miniature Bottle VJi lenilfing ; S*^uear shape with spreading foot. Monochrome glaze of bril¬ liant mirror-black. With stand. Jv. >!/■ )ttle Ch'ien-luiK 234—Mi RllOR-BLACK MlNIATURE BoTTLE ( It 'len-lUtig J O Globular with short neck 1 ightly' expanding; lustrous mir- ror-black glaze. With stand. Second Afternoon 231 & \ V 235— Flamhk Coupe / Ch’ien-lung *7 'ft Compressed globular form with lightly indicated lip. Dense ffa-mbe glaze of rich deep reds with occasional purplish flashes. Has stand. . r\ yyuw-3-o. 236— Cherry-color Coupe ( Yung Clieng Globular with small mouth. Fine white porcelain in a bril¬ liant glaze of rich cherry-pink and approaching the darker notes of the peachblooms. Has stand. -Celadon Coupe Ch’ien-lung Cylindrical rounding into a small circular mouth. Lumin¬ ous celadon glaze of pale greenish-gray. Seal mark in underglaze blue. Has stand. , >, /) -Cafe-au-lait Bottle / / K’ang-hsi Pear shape with slender neck and trumpet lip and low foot. Brilliant glaze of warm cafe-au-lait note, with mirror prop- ^■ties. Has stand. Cafe-au-lait Vase K ’ ang-hsi Baluster form with short neck and spreading lip. Luminous glaze in a light, pale tone of cafe-au-lait. With stand. c , v T yjuo-yk.. 240—Small White .Jar Clilen-luyg Ovoid with embryonic neck and lightly defined lip. Clothed in a monochrome glaze of soft and brilliant white. Has J , .241—Rose-souffle Jar Ch’ien-lung Ovoid with short neck; clothed in a rose-souffle glaze of bright lustre. Withstand. 238- s.Co T 239 Ci/ 242^—Marbleized Jar £/ 'Ch’ien-lung Ovoid with embryonic neck ; marbleized glaze in a variety of coloring, with brilliant surface. Has stand. 243 —Mustard-yellow Bottle Ch’ien-lung Double-gourd form, within a glaze of light greenish mustard- yellow with fishroe crackle. Has stand. Second Afternoon 244— Mustard-yellow Vase ' T T&n-lung Oviform with short neck and spreading lip. Light mustard- yellow glaze, truite. With stand./ ... Mu. 245 — Watermelon-green Jar Cli’ien-lung Ovoid with short neck and delicate lip. Rich and luminous glaze of watermelon-green, lightly crack^pd. With stand. 246— Cucumber-green Jar Cliiey-lung Ovoid with short neck. Monochrome glaze of cucumber- green, truite, with a soft lustre. Has stand. 247— Set of Five Coral Wine Cups Ch’ien-lung Ovoid, on a short foot. Fine, light and delicate, semi-egg¬ shell white porcelain, the interior of the cups glazed in pure white, and the exterior in a brilliant and rich coral-pink of fine tonal quality. Have stands.. 248—Camellia-leaf Green Vase Kfc/ug-hsi - Oviform with short neck and lightly flaring lip. Brilliant monochrome glaze in the green of the camellia-leaf light in tone and showing a delicate fishroe crackle. With stand. Height, 3 niches. /Z 249—Cafe-au-lait Vase K'aug-lisi ^ Oviform with short neck and spreading lip. Brilliant mir¬ ror glaze of light but rich cafe-au-lait. With stand. Height, 3 inches. Jo 250—Metallic-souffle Bottle Ch'ien-lung Ovoid with slender neck. Luminous glaze of iron-rust brown, with delicate metallic-soa^c surface. Has stand. ight, 3% inches 251 -Mirror-black Bottle jy lenblung Double-gourd form, invested with a brilliant glaze of mirror- black. Has stand. Height, 314 inches. Second Afternoon 252- JO. 253- Camellia-leaf Green Vase Ch'ien-lung Slender oviform with short neck. Monochrome glaze of rich camellia-leaf green, without the customary crackle. Y\ itil stand. Height, 3 inches. Soft Paste Jar FiW? Offing Elongated oviform with short neck. So-called “soft paste” porcelain, light and delicate, with a faintly incised and barely discernible primitive floral decoration, within a dense cream glaze with a fine cafe-au-hrit crackle. Has stand. Height, 3% inches. 254—Blanc 3e’ Chine Statuette Ch'ien-lung Seated figure of Hotei, happily smiling and holding a fly whisk. Brilliant monochrome glaze of rich white. Has stand. Height, 4 inches. 255 —Famille-verte Bottle K’ang-hsi Pear shape with slender neck and trumpet lip, on a delicate foot. Fine glaze of pure white rich in quality, with an over- glaze decoration in colors of the famille-verte exhibiting designs from the hundred antiques. Has stand. Height, 4% inches. % 256—Mirror-black Bottle Jb Globular with straight tubular neck. with soft lustre. Has stand. n n It levHlung Mirror-black glaze Height, 4 y 4 inches. 25T—Tea-dust Bottle Ch'ien-lung ,J O Low ovoidal body with steep shoulder and slender necky and deep foot. Rich tea-dust green glaze of soft lustre. Has stand. Q Height,inches. White Bottle £ Cllfen-lung Pear shape with short slender neck and low foot. Luminous glaze in soft white of creamy suggestion. Tcakwood stand. Height, 5% inches. ■ to Second Afternoon 259— Metallic -sou ffl e Gallipot Cli’ien-lung Rich dark brown "laze, almost black, brilliant and further enlivened by minute iron-rust and silvery deckings. Has stand. Height, 5 inches. 'pHAcs .dJutxUH 260— Crackled Celadon Vase K’ang-hsi vi ^Ovocvlindrical with delicate foot, short and slender neck IT and short everted lip. Brilliant celadon glaze of pale grav- ish-seagreen, with a bold crackle in cafe-uu-lait lines. Has stand. Height, 5 inches. With inches. 261— White Bottle ( ytiien^tung k/0 Pear shape with delicate and long neck and low foot. Mono M‘ chrome glaze of soft white and subdued luminosity. stand. Height, 5\ 262 — Royal Blue Jar K’ang-hsi Ovoidal with truncate neck and low foot. Blew-de-roi glaze rich in tone and of mirror brilliance. Has stand. Heicj h f . 5 y 2 in ch es. p 263 — Royal Blue Oviform Jar K’ang-hsi With short neck and molded lip. Brilliant mirror glaze of royal blue, rich in tone. Teakwood stand. Height, 5y 3 inches. ¥ 261—Turquoise-rlue Vase Ch’ien-lung Inverted pear shape with short wide neck and spreading lip. Brilliant glaze of rich and finely mottled turquoise-blue, truite. Carved stand. Height, 5y 2 inches. ,r 265 — Pair Pale Celadon Beaker-form Vases K’ang-hsi Light but dense porcelain, the exterior coated with the palest of grayish-celadon, sometimes called not sea-green but gray- peagreen, glaze, of soft and delicate luminosity. Have stands. Height. 5% inches. Second Afternoon Spheroidal with full neck lightly expanding, and bold foot slightly convex. Turquoise-blue glaze with a slight trend toward the greenish-turquoise tone, of delicate, soft lumin¬ osity, and disclosing a fine pin-crackle. With stand. Height ./ 5] '/% inches. ...... 267— Mustard-yellow Vase Ch’ien-lung JS- Amphora shape, the trumpet lip glazed in seal-brown and the body in a delicate mustard-yellow with fishroe crackle and brilliant surface. Has stand. nHeight, 5% incite 268— Camellia-leaf Green Vase Oviform with short full neck and flaring trumpet lip. liant glaze of mirror quality, in a fine tone of camellia-leaf green, closely and boldly crackled in fine and delicate lines. With stand. Height, 5y 2 inches. Second Afternoon I'll!)-( AMEI. 1,1 A-LEAF (iREEX Bottle K’ang-hsi Globular-ovoidal witli tubular neck. Rich and fine camellia- leaf green glaze of mirror brilliancy, with a dense and deli¬ cately-lined fishroe crackle. Has stand. Height, 6 inches. >U^ 27 0-^M U STA R D-YELLOW Bottle Ch’ien-lunci Ovoid with flat foot, and tubular neck lightly expanding. Brilliant glaze of fine light mustard-yellow, truite. Has stand. Height, 5% inches. 2T1—Bleu-de-roi Bottle K’ang-hsi Pear shape with short neck and bold foot. Brilliant blen- cJc-roi glaze very deep and dark in tone. Has stand. Height, 5% inches. Second Afternoon 774 /* 272 — Splashed Celadon Bottle Ch'ien-lung Globular with slender neck, the neck and shoulder partly encircled bv a dragon modeled in free relief. Fine hard paste porcelain, enclosed in a glaze of brilliant and pure pale celadon tone, and engagingly splashed in soft brown and the delicate greens and rose of ripening peach-skin. Seal mark of the reign. Teakwood stand. Height, 5y a inches. 273—Mustard-yellow Vase Ovoidal with short full neck and flarin' 274- Jt-0- Cli'ien-lung lip. Luminous glaze of fine light mustard-yellow, truite. Superior sur¬ face of lip in a brilliant camellia-leaf green glaze of rich quality, truite. With stand. height, 6 inches. Lapis-blue Bottle Globular with steeply sloping shoulder and cylindrical neck. Brilliant glaze of rich and pure lapis-lazuli blue, deep in tone and of delicate peau-cV orange surface. Has stand. 275—Cafe-au-lait Jar / Ming /V Inverted pear shape with short neck and molded lip. Dense enamel glaze of cream-white and cafe-au-lait, with a close crackle, and in addition a rare crackle of broad spaces which appears in lines of purple-rose. Teakwood stand. 276 -T UR QU OISE-BLUE BOTTLE Globular with slender neck very lightly expanding. Bril¬ liant glaze of pure and fine and lightly mottled turquoise- blue, of minute truite character. Has stand. ■ >e. 277—Metallic-souffle Vase Pear shape with deep and spreading expanding lip, and two dragon-head loop handles. Lus¬ trous glaze of dark purplish-brown, plenteous!}' and minutely besprinkled with fine metallic fleckings of silvery note. Teakwood cover and stand. Height. 6 inches. Second Afternoon - 278— Bleu-de-roi Bottle K’ang-hsi /JT Ovoid with straight slender neck. Rich glaze of deep royal blue, with mirror properties. Teakwood stand. Height, G indies. yr // // 279— White Decorated Vase K’ang-hsi cp « Pear shape tapering to a slender neck with trumpet lip, and delicately-defined foot. Incised in the paste, emblems, household ornaments and a stand of books, beneath a mono¬ chrome glaze of pure soft white, even in tone and of deli¬ cate luminosity. Has stand. Height, G'/ s inches. 280— Turquoise-blue Bottle Ch’ien-lung Ovoid with cylindrical neck. Delicately mottled turquoise- blue glaze with a brilliant mirror surface and bold fisbroe crackle. Has stand. Height, G y s indies. CL' -Royal Blue Jar K’ang-hsi Ovoid with short neck and spreading lip. Luminous mono¬ chrome glaze of rich hleu-de-roi. Teakwood stand. Height, G y 4 inches. 282— Soufflk Gallipot Yung Cheng Dense porcelain, coated with a rich enamel glaze with a souffle surface of many notes, including iron-rust tones, and the lip appearing wholly in plain iron-rust hue. Has stand. Height, G 14 inches. 283— White Bottle-form \ ase Ch ien-lung Globular with tall neck and spreading lip and foot, the body marked in melon lobes bv double incision. Brilliant glaze of pure soft white. Has stand. Height., 6% inches. /» // // 281— Turquoise-blue Vase Ch ’ icn-lung Amphora form with short neck and trumpet lip. Glaze of / turquoise-blue with a trend toward the greenish-turquoise note, with fine fisbroe crackle. Carved stand. Height, 6 % inches. 281 - J7>, cr V 286- ur- Second Afternoon {a ' ‘ , 285— Rorix’s-egg Souffle Bottle-form Vase Ch’ien-lung Globul ar with 1 ightlv spreading foot, and tubular neck with flange lip. Body and neck encircled by lightly molded rings. Robin’s-egg souffle gla/e mellow in tone and of soft lustre. Teakwood stand. 4 / *v JJfl'fd'f, 6% inflies. Metallic-souffle Bottle Ch’ien-lufli Double-gourd shape. Unusual souffle glaze, of soft silvery lustre and scintillant sparkle. Teakwood stand. Height., 7 inches. 287— Celadon Bottle-form Vase Ch’ien-lung With melon-form mid-body expansion, and the whole ver¬ tically fluted in broad and narrow melon lobes, and glazed in a pure and brilliant celadon tone, a light and delicate gray- ish-seagreen. Has stand. Height, 1 ] / 8 inches. 288— Brilliant Azure Bottle-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi Body a modified inverted pear shape, with steeply sloping shoulder, slender neck slightly tapering, expanding lip anti lightly molded foot. Mirror glaze of rich and glowing azure, with brilliant atmospheric depths. Has stand. 289- 290- /JT -Iron-rust Souffle Bottle Ch’ien-lung Pear shape with slender neck and short foot. Luminous glaze of deep iron-rust brown, with a souffle surface of minute metallic fleckings. Has stand. Height, 7% inches. a -Canary-vellow Ginger Jar K’ang-hsi Ovoid with short wide neck and flaring foot. Resonant porcelain invested with a delicate glaze of light canary- vellow of lustrous surface. Teakwood cover and stand. Height, 7y 4 inches. Second Afternoon A? Celadon Crackled Vase K’ang-hsi Baluster form with short expanding neck and upright lip. Celadon glaze of soft gravish-seagreen tint, charged with airy globulites of finely-churned foam, and marked by a bold crackle in deep cafe-au-lait. Teakwood stand. Heiglyt, 7% inches. a,' 292—Orange-yellow Bottle Ch’ien-lung f* Pear shape with slender neck and short foot. Rich and brilliant glaze of light orange-yellow crackled and showing a soft iridescent lustre. tone, delicately Teakwood stand. So JS Height, 7% inches. Izl /®Y- 293— Dragon Bowl K’ang-hsi Ovoid with low spreading foot. Brilliant glaze of rich light yellow, interrupted by four-clawed dragons incised in the paste and glazed in light emerald-green. Teakwood table- stand. Diam eter, 7 V 2 inches. O.. 294— Decorated White Plate K’ang-hsi Thin translucent porcelain of clear tone, in a brilliant white glaze, with a fish border on the rim in rouge-de-fer. Finely incised beneath the white glaze are scroll borders, and drag¬ ons encircling a Shou medallion. Carved teakwood easel stand. 295— Coral-red Bowl Ovoid with lightly molded rim and bold foot, porcelain in a coral glaze rich in quality and of soft lustre, relieved by a fine white glaze on the top of the rim. Mark, a seal within a blue double-ring. Teakwood table-stand. ameter, 8 inches. lr- Diameter, 7% inches. a$s . . ly’ang-hsi Clear musical 296—Claik-de-lune Bottle-form Vase K’ang-hsi Oviform body with slender neck and lightly expanding lip, on a bold foot. Clair-de-lune glaze of delicate lilac-gray hue, and an underglaze floral decoration lightly incised. Has stand. Height, 5% inches. Second Afternoon SS- 297—Soft Paste White Decorated Vase Yung Cheng Slender oviform with flat foot, high and narrow shoulder and abbreviated neck. Light porcelain of the so-called “soft paste” type and lightly rumpled surface, with a decoration of peony, bamboo and butterfly in low relief, within a rich and brilliant cream-white glaze. (Very slight, scarcely detectable restoration at foot.) Teakwood stand. 298—Blanc de Chine Bottle St> Heif/M, 7 %. inches. J. A ang-hsi Cylindrical with slightly expanding and rounded shoulder, slender neck and cupped lip. Coiled about the neck a lizard- dragon modeled in relief. Monochrome glaze of pure and brilliant white. Has stand. Height, 8M inches. Clair-de-lune Bottle K'ang-hsi Pear shape with lightly molded and expanding lip and slightly spreading foot. Clair-de-lune glaze with mirror properties, and a soft lavender-blue tone. Has stand. Height, 5% inches. 299 / r Second Afternoon 300- 7 /: Clair-de-luxe Bottle-form Vase K’ang-hsi Klongated pear shape with slender neck and lightly expand¬ ing lip,, and bold foot. Dense porcelain invested with a brilliant clair-de-lune glaze of most delicate lilac-gray tint. Has stand. Height- 5% inches. 301 —C’laiue-de-lune Vase a K’ang-hsi Baluster form with short slender neck. Clair-d e-lune glaze of pale lavender-blue tone, and underglaze decoration of floral spray and butterfly appearing in deep blue. Has Stand. .* Height, 5% inches. Green Beaker K’ang-hsi Slender form; fine hard paste white porcelain of ringing note. Clothed with a rarely beautiful and unusually bril¬ liant glaze of fresh and fine camellia-leaf green, too subtle and diffuse in its remarkable brilliancy to be a mirror, and showing a mystically varied crackle in fine dark lines. Teak- wood stand. Height, 8% inches. Second Afternoon 103—Peachbloom Water Jar K'ang-hsi V 304- Semi-globular with short incurvate neck and small mouth; commonly colled writer’s water receptacle. Fine white por¬ celain of K’ang-hsi, with a brilliant peachbloom glaze rich in tonal quality, uncommonly varied in its notes, and now revealing and again lightly veiling the characteristic three dragon-cloud medallions which are incised in the paste. The glaze includes all the notes of the peach skin from soft emerald green to gray and rich brown and soft warm pink, with an unusually extensive display of the green surface. Carved ivory stand. ^ Diameter , 5 inches. -Peachbloom Coupe K'ang-hsi Circular and shallow, of ovoidal contour, with large mouth and low foot. Brilliant peachbloom glaze in delicate pink tones and with a large area of the greenish deckings. Mark: Ta Ch’ing K'ang-lisi nien chili. Teakwood stand. Diameter, 4 y s inches. 305—Lang-yao Ja Laxg-yao Jar K'ang-hsi Globular with bold foot. Dense porcelain of K’ang-hsi, with a rich sang-de-bosuf glaze showing the deeper tones of the condensing blood, with lighter areas and many small clot¬ tings. Has stand and cover. Diameter, 4 inches. Second Afternoon O-I EACHBLOOM WATER J AR A ang-llSl Semi-globular with small mouth and short lip. Generally spoken of as writer’s water receptacles hut known also as oil jars because sometimes anciently used as lamps. Lumin¬ ous peaclibloom glaze with the soft pinks and softer grays and browns of the peach’s coat, the glaze’s transparency re¬ vealing in all the perfection of their design three dragon- and-cloud medallions incised in the paste. (Small chip at lip.) Has six-character mark of the reign. Carved teak- wood stand. Diameter, 5 inches. 307— Peach bloom Semi-globular Jar K’ang-hsi With short incurvate neck and small mouth with delicately molded lip. Incised in the paste three dragon-and-cloud medallions, beneath a finely lustrous peaclibloom glaze of soft peach-pink and grayish ashes-of-roses notes, with occa¬ sional deeper flushes of the pink tones of the peach’s sur¬ face. Lip in a pure and brilliant white. Fine heavy hard paste white porcelain. A perfect piece. Mark in bright underglaze blue beneath the white glaze of the foot: Ta Ch’ing K’ang-hsi nien chili (Made in the reign of K’ang-hsi of the Great Ch’ing [the recently deposed Tartar or Manchu] dynasty). Teakwood stand. Diameter, 5 inches. Second Afternoon 308— J.OJT. Peachbloom Chrysanthemum Jar K’ang-hsi Ovoid with convex foot. Dense and heavy hard paste white porcelain of K’ang-hsi, of fine texture, with a deep base border of slender chrysanthemum petals modeled in light relief in the paste, and a brilliant peachbloom glaze of deli¬ cate pink, flushing with deeper notes and showing an area of the strongly characteristic greenish fleckings. Mark: Ta Cli’ing K’ang-hsi mien chili. Carved teakwood cover and stand. Height, 4% inches. K’ang-lisi Globular with lightly modeled lip and foot. Dense hard paste white porcelain, the exterior of the jar encased in a sang-de-bocuf glaze of characteristic tones, the inte glazed in rice-white with a bold craukle. Ha^nstand. Mu.fto 310—Lang-yao Beaker-form \ase /K’ang-hsi Invested with a characteristic sang-de-boeuf gla/te showing the pinkish-red notes of the cooling, the flecks of brown of the clots, and the deep red of the fluid blood. With stand. Second Afternoon (Po 311— Apple-green Jar K’ang-hsi Globular with embryonic neck and boldly molded lip. Fine heavy porcelain, with a pure, soft and light apple-green glaze uniform in tone, boldly crackled in lines of soft brown, perfect., and continued underneath the perfect foot. Interior in rice-white with cafe-a a-la it crackle. Carved stand. 3 ^ 312— Lang-yao Incense Burner Height, 3y 2 inches. K’ang-lisi Broad and low pear shape with wide mouth. Fine porce¬ lain, the exterior invested with a sang-de-hceuf glaze in the darker red tones of the congealing blood, and the interior of the jar glazed in soft white with a dense cafe-au-lait crackle. Hsiian Te mark (apocryphal). Carved and pierced teakwood cover and stand. Diameter, 4y 2 inches. h 313— Lang-yao Jar K’ang-hsi Oviform with truncated neck (metal capped). Fine hard paste white porcelain, with a brilliant sang-de-bceuf glaze exhibiting deep reds and watery pinks of the flowing and cooling blood. Carved teakwood stand. Height, 9 inches. Second Afternoon 314—Apple-green Vase of Rare Quality K’ang-hsi /b A pear-shaped jar with truncate neck and broad mouth, and fine, perfect foot. Fine porcelain of sound texture, enam¬ eled with a brilliant glaze of soft and light apple-green, marked by a rambling, eccentric crackle in tones of soft brown. Teakwood stand. Height/, CM inches. Cl. A ang-lisi ilt rim. Heavy resonant porcelain, with a dense enamel glaze of apple-green rich in tone and boldly crackled, with a soft and delicate metallic lustre and a surface of mirror brilliancy. Has cover and stand. 315—Apple-green Vase Baluster-form jar with Height, 7y 2 inches. K’ang-hsi Fine, heavy hard-paste white porcelain of K’ang-hsi, of clear resonance, from the furnace of the great director Lang and enveloped in one of the richest of the brilliant sang-de- boeuf glazes of his directorate, representing the blood from fluidity to congelation, and ending in a deep welter at the perfect foot. Ivory and teakwood cover. Height, 8 inches Second Afternoon 317 — Very Fine Coral-red Bottle Yung Cheng Pear shape with gracefully slender neck and low and lightly spreading foot. Fine hard paste white porcelain of musical tone, clothed in a delicately mottled coral glaze of rich quality and soft metallic lustre, its surface reflections appearing as those of a mirror in a light, delicate mist. Teakwood stand. Height, 9 1 / 2 inches. 318— 1’eachhioom Bottle K’ang-hsi Body in conical, slightly ovoidal, expansion from a deli¬ cately modeled foot, with gently sloping shoulder contract¬ ing to a slender neck. Peachbloom glaze of soft lustre, in soft and warm peach-pink throughout with a delicate gray¬ ish mottling. Teakwood stand. Height, 6y e inches. Second Afternoon 319 —Lang-yao Vase K’ang-hsi Tall and slender, oviform, with high and narrow shoulder and short incurvate neck, and lightly spreading foot to which the glaze flows and ends in the control characteristic of the Lang furnace. The glaze, a very brilliant sang-de- bceuf, with mirror properties, its range of color comprising the glowing depths of the fluent blood, the hardening, pink¬ ish-reds of partial congelation, with deeper brownish notes of cooling, and thinner watery areas, where the crackle is more clearly revealed. (Slight restoration at the rim.) Teakwood stand. Height, 18 inches. Second Afternoon 320 ANG-YAO \ ASE Tall baluster form with short and wide incurvate neck. Heavy sonorous porcelain, in a rich enamel sang-de-boeuf glaze of mirror brilliance, in the full abundant tones of the flowing blood rapidly cooling and showing areas of dark¬ ened, hardening surface, and much clotting. (Slight repair at foot.) Teakwood stand. (See also Frontispiece) Height, \6'/ 4 inches Second Afternoon ___ K’ang-lisi Inverted pear shape with gracefully spreading foot, and short neck slightly incurvate, with gilt-metal capped rim. Dense resonant porcelain, with one of the richest of the sang-de-bamf glazes, showing the brilliant red of the flowing blood and the subtly varying tones of gradual congelation, and ending in the perfection of flow characteristic of the Lang pieces. Teakwood stand. Height, 16y 2 inches. // 322— Lang-yao Jar K’ang-hsi Oviform with high and narrow shoulder, and teakwood cover. Heavy hard paste white porcelain, with character¬ istically perfect foot glazed underneath in white with cafe- au-lait crackle, the jar covered with a fine sang-de-bceuf glaze, crackled and of orange skin surface, in the varied tones of the cooling blood from thin to watery and deepen¬ ing in condensation, and plentifully flecked with the small dark clottings of rapid hardening. Has stand. Height, 8 inches. i 323— Turquoise-blue Vase // (/ ChXen-lung Globular with short wide neck and spreading lip and foot. Incised and modeled in low relief in the paste an extensive and highly conventional decoration, including a broad floral lattice and varied borders. Brilliant turquoise-blue glaze, closely crackled. Has stand. Height, 8% inches. 121—Celadon Bottle-form Vase K’ang-hsi Pear shape with long full neck lightly expanding to a lightly molded lip; low and finely-shaped foot. Fine hard paste white porcelain of K’ang-hsi, with a highly conven¬ tional dragon-and-cloud decoration incised in the paste, and four several borders similarly executed, beneath a bril¬ liant glaze of pure and delicate soft grayish sea-green. Hsiian Te mark (apocryphal). Teakwood stand. / J Height, 8% inches. Second Afternoon 325 —Fuchien j Figure of Daruma, seated on his mat, riglit knee raised and both hands concealed within his abundant robes, breast bared, and head slightly but stiffly inclined, in meditation. Characteristic, rich cream glaze of soft lustre. Has teak- wood stand carved as a woven mat. Height, 9 inches. TATUETTE 326 —Fuchiex Exquisitely modeled figure of Kuan-vin, goddess of mercy, on a semicircular* base of openwork rockery, with a bundle of books on a ledge at her side. Both hands are in view, the right resting on her raised right knee, and the bare right foot projects from her robe. She has a high topknot through which a bamboo hairpin is thrust, and in place of the tiara has a fine burst of flowers, while a beaded necklace crosses her breast in light relief. Brilliant glaze of fine pure white, which has suffered no injury whatever. Height, 11 inches. Second Afternoon 'J'l* ibLdUisvyA- -Pair Imperial Yellow Jars Tao Auani Ovoid with bold foot, and short neck with molded lip. Luminous monochrome glaze in light notes of imperial yel¬ low. Seal mark of the reign incised under the glaze. Have teakwood stands. Height, 9% inches. (Illustrated) H V 342—1 Imperial Yellow Jar and Cover K’ang-hsi From the Emperor’s palace at Mukden. Ovoid with short wide neck and boldly spreading foot; hat-shaped cover with conical button finial. Sonorous porcelain, invested with a mirror glaze of rich yellow, the tone deepening on the shoul¬ der. (Gold lacquer repair at rim of cover.) Has stand. Height, 15'% inches. (Illustrated) Ik Ik A / yj- /• 343—Turquoise-blue Vase Cldien-lwng Ovoid, with fine, graceful neck, molded at the root and with expanding and again contracting lip, and bold foot. Lightly mottled glaze of rich and pure turquoise-blue, truitc, and having a brilliant mirror surface. Teakwood stand. Height, 13% inches. j 4 -*- No. 342 —-Imperial Yellow Jar and Cover ( K ’ ang - hsi ) Second Afternoon — 344—Lapis-ulue Vase Cli ten-lung Inverted pear shape with broad foot, the shoulder contract¬ ing to a full incurvate neck leading to a trumpet lip. Mono¬ chrome glaze of mirror brilliance, in a deep and rich tone of lapis-lazuli blue, with a bleu-de-roi quality. Has stand. Height, 12% inches. Temple Jar K’ang-lisi Dense sonorous porcelain, invested with a glaze of soft and deep powder-blue, with subdued mirror surface. Teakwood cover and stand. 346—Peachbloom Jardiniere K’ang-hsi Ovoid with rounded lip. Dense porcelain of fine gong tone, coated with a glaze of soft white and circled at lip and foot by rings of sapphire blue, the intervening body given to an underglaze decoration of imperial dragons pursuing the whirling jewel above a tempestuous sea, executed in peach- bloom tones. 347—Rose-du-Barry A ase Diameter. 15 inches. 348 - Yung Clieng Oviform with flat foot, high and steeply sloping shoulder, and broad truncate neck. Fine hard paste sonorous white porcelain, clothed in a rarely beautiful glaze of rose-du- Barry, varying in soft flushes and lighter phases, and re¬ vealing a sporadic and eccentric crackle of broad spaces. One of tlie finest pieces in this glaze that lias ever appeared. Within the neck and underneath the foot a glaze of delicate pistache-green. Teakwood stand. Height, 16 inches. Y )<%/-■ -Mirror-black Beaker 'K’a^jg-hsi Firm, resonant hard-paste white porcelain, invested with a rich and brilliant monochrome glaze of mirror-black; the lip and foot a brilliant pure white. Teakwood stand. Height, 17% inches. .■349—Bamboo-pattern Fish Jar Second Afternoon Ch’ien-lung /oo. Low and shallow with flat foot, the circular sides slightly expanding as they rise, and modeled on the exterior as closely set slender bamboo trunks—forming, as it were, a bamboo corral of dense structure. Heavy porcelain of deep sonority. Bamboo surface in a very brilliant glaze of cobalt- blue with a delicate sapphire quality. Has stand. 350- /fo. Ibiametjsr, 23/% inches. Celadon Fish Jar Cli’ien-lung Low and shallow with flat foot, the circular sides si iglitly expanding. Sonorous porcelain of dee]) gong tone. Ex¬ terior given to a deep band of lotus scroll highly conven¬ tionalized and in relief modeling, below a foliar scroll border similarly executed, coated with a celadon glaze of brilliant, fine and pure grayish-seagreen; interior glazed in white. Has stand. 351—Pale Green Jardiniere Deep ovoidal form with plain foot, lip and sides. Resonant porcelain, with a softly luminous monochrome glaze of light lettuce-green. Teakwood table-stand. yDiameter, 24 Relies. 352—Light Green Jardiniere g / J Q Deep ovoidal form with plain sides, lip and foot. Sonorous porcelain clothed with a brilliant enamel glaze of light pistache-green. Teakwood table-stand. Diameter, 25 y 2 inches. 353—Octagonal Plant Jar / un, len-lwnff Lightly flaring rim, sides slightly oviform, expanding fldot deep and pierced. Rich and bright lime-yellow enamel glaze carrying an incised floral diaper, with a foliated panel re¬ served in white on each of the sides and decorated in famille- rose coloi\s with landscapes and the flowers of the four seasons. On carved teakwood tall circular table. Diameter, 15% inches; height of table, 30% inches. Second Afternoon DECORATED CHINESE PORCELAINS c'Qs 35-i— Famille-verte Pi-t’ung K’ang-lisi Decoration, graceful young ladies of the “Long Eliza” type, and a romping boy, in a formal garden, with weeping-willows drooping over rocks and shrubs. Teakwood stand. Height, 5% inches. // 355— Famille-verte Ginger Jar K’ang-hsi / 3o. Decorated, with nine figures, in two compositions, in one a lady carrying a boy and accompanied by an attendant appearing on clouds to a happy man over whom a fan is v borne, and in the other an exalted boy mounted on a kylin, preceded and followed by comrades as attendants. Teak- wood cover and stand. Height, 6% inches. y ^ 356— White and Peachrloom Bottle K’ang-hsi Pear shape with slender neck and lightly molded lip. Glaze of rich white with cafe-au-lait crackle, and underglaze dec¬ oration of three kvlins. Has stand. Height, o% inches. cr* 357— Celadon Decorated Bottle K’ang-lisi i , Double-gourd shape. Brilliant celadon glaze, showing a / sporadic crackle, with underglaze decoration of peaches and pomegranates in peachbloom tones and sapphire-blue. Has stand. 358— /So. Famille-verte Ginger Jar K’ang-hsi Decoration, boys of noble family in a garden, observing the pomp of august ceremonies, with one of their number en¬ throned on a kylin and carrying a peach cluster, while others precede and follow as attendants. The heralds carry ban¬ ners telling that the kylin has received a gift from heaven and that therefore all humanity will be blessed. Teakwood cover and stand. I J Height, 7% inches. Second Afternoon 359—Pair J. Yellow axd Blue Plates Yung Clung Ovoidal contour, on low foot. Fine musical porcelain, in¬ vested with a brilliant glaze of rich canarv-yellow, inter¬ rupted by extensive floral ornamentation reserved in deep cobalt blue. Marked with the six characters of the reign. Have stands. Diameter, 8y 2 inches. 360—Pair Inverted bell shape with bold foot, and lightly expanding and foliated rim, the sides modeled in petal form. Finely painted with butterflies on the wing and detached floral sprays in famille-rose enamels on a luminous ground of pistache-green. H ave stands. Diameter, 11% inches. Second Afternoon 361— Famille-verte Club-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi /$>< /Oo Decoration a five-clawed dragon in rouge-de-fer rising from a tumultuous emerald and white sea, in pursuit of the flaming jewel. Teakwood stand. 362- ight, 91/, incites. Yv/frh Clwng -Famille-rose Vase Inverted pear shape, recurving in a sliei’t and graceful neck with spreading lip; bold convex foot. Rich and brilliant fine white glaze, with the rock peony and a peach tree in blossom, and a flying butterfly, enameled in the colors of the famille-rose. Teakwood stand. Height, 9% inches. 363— Famille-verte Beaker K’ang-hsi Decorative motives from the hundred antiques, and two floral scroll bands, with butterflies on the wing, in famille-verte colors on a ground of brilliant white. Teakwood stand. Height, 9 1 /, inches. Second Afternoon 364— Famille-verte Club-shaped Vase K’ang-hsi o2-Q(j Decoration, boldly drawn dragons contending for the flam¬ ing jewel; three borders. (Slight glaze chipping at rim.) H as stand. Height, 10 inches. '/ 365— Famille-verte Temple Jar K'ang-hsi On a lustrous ground of soft and rich white, a lotus pond / <3 <9 . in blossom, and aquatic birds in water and on the wing, in famille-verte colors. Teakwood cover and stand. s Height, 8% inches. / 366— White and Peachbloom Bottle K’ang-hsi Spherical with slender neck expanding toward the lightly molded lip; low foot. Pure white glaze, with underglaze of lion, unicorn and kylin in peachbloom colors. Has stand. Height, 9*4 inches. Second Afternoon 367— Famille-rose Gallipot Yung Cheng D ense resonant porcelain in a brilliant soft white glaze, with enamel decoration of a tree in blossom, and swallows, in famille-rose colors. Teakwood stand. Height, 8 % inches. 368— Three-color Statuette with Original Stand *2-8D K’ang-hsi Kuan-vin, the merciful, enthroned, seated with right knee raised and holding in her hand above it a lotus sceptre sur¬ mounted by an infant head. On hexagonal galleried stand. Enameled in green, yellow and aubergine on white. (Finger tips and petals of stand somewhat chipped.) Height, 13 % inches. 369— Yellow and Blue Bottle-form Vase K’ang-hsi Large pear shape with graceful neck and trumpet lip, and bold foot. Brilliant glaze of light canary-yellow, inter¬ rupted by a highly conventional lotus scroll reserved in rich blue, with details in white. (Fictitious Ming mark.) Has stand. Height, 13% inches. 3 oo 370— Pair Decorated Jardinieres Ch’ien-lung Ovocylindrical with flattened lip and slightly retreating foot. Porcellanou s potte ry of deep sonority, encased in a brilliant white glaze, tcith an underglaze decoration in rich cobalt- blue and delicately varied peach tones, picturing the bush bamboo and widely-branching blossoming plum trees, with many sparrows perched and on the wing, altogether more than a score of birds appearing. Fine carved teakwood table-stands. Height, li 1 /, inches. Celadon Plant Jar Cbiien-lung Inverted bell shape, with bold foot and flaring rim, the bod}' molded in lobe or petal design and the rim festooned. Bril¬ liant celadon glaze of pure and light grayish-seagreen. Has stand. Diameter, 18 inches. 371- Second Afternoon 372- (0S'" -Decorated Fish Bowl Shallow, on circular foot, the sides flattened and indented and the flaring rim shaped in accordance with them to give the bowl a hexafoliate form. Dense, sonorous white porce¬ lain glazed in a very delicate celadon tone, with the rim edges in white, the rim surface decorated in famille-rose enamels with bats among conventional clouds, and the exterior of the bowl with plum trees in blossom and the bush bamboo. Teakwood table-stand. Diameter, 1<5'4 inches. 373 —Blue and White Soft Paste Gallipot K’ang-hsi 374— Decoration, the phoenix and peony penciled in rich cobalt blue on a ground of soft creamy white delicately crackled. Has stand. Height, 3% inches. C7yd. Blue and White Fish Bowl Ch'ien-hurg Ovoid, with molded rim, and an inch below it a fine molding reserved in white, between lei-wen and ju-i borders in blue. Body decoration a highly conventional and complex floral scroll in dark and lighter tones of cobalt-blue on a pure white ground; at the foot a deep conventional petal border. Teakwood table-stand. Diam/ter 17 y, inches. 375 — Blue and White Jardiniere Ch’ien-lung Ovoid with heavily molded lip. Brilliantly executed im- / perial dragons amid clouds above the sea, in two tones of rich blue on a fine and brilliant white ground. Mark: T a Ch'ing Ch’ien-lung nien chili. Table-stand. V 7 1 rO Diameter,, 20 14 inches. //Ue.Ao.Ie. 376 — Blue and White Fish Bowl Ch’ien-lung Deep ovoid form with rounded lip and a light molding below it. Resonant white porcelain, with a brilliantly executed underulaze decoration in finelv mottled cobalt-blue on a O * rich white ground, its design an expansive lotus scroll in striking conventionalization. Carved teakwood table-stand. Diameter. 22'/, inches. V..' Second Afternoon 377 /) 0 . Ch ten-lung * Table- 378 A/o. 379 1 ° —Blue and White Jardiniere Companion to the preceding, with the same mark, stand. Diameter, 20% inches. n YT T ' . Blue and White Jardiniere Ch ten-lung Ovoid with boldly molded lip. Imperial porcelain of fine sonorous tone, vigorously painted with five-clawed dragons amid conventional clouds above waves of the sea, in two tones of blue on a brilliant white ground. Ju-i border below the lip. Teakwood table-stand. Diameter, 25 inches. 1 —Blue and 'White Jardiniere Ch’ien-lung Ovoid with large, heavy lip. Brilliant white glaze, with decoration in mottled cobalt blue, the body encircled by a deep and rich band of conventional lotus scroll, a ju-i bor¬ der and a conventional petal border, and the lightly demar¬ cated neck by a ring of discs which are reserved in white Teakwood table-stand. on a blue ground. Diameter, 26% inches. 380— Blue and White Jardiniere Ch’ien-lung Ovoidal with heavy everted lip. Unusual decoration of four- clawed dragons, powerfully executed, involved with a majes¬ tic peony scroll, and grasping for a regal blossom as though it embraced within its enfolding abundance of petals the coveted jewel of omnipotence. Ju-i, petal and scroll borders, and on the lip clusters of plum blossoms reserved in white in a cobalt ground. Teakwood table-stand. « t Diameter, 27% inches. /UaCUUmccJ 381— Blue and White Jardiniere Cilia Ching Ovoid with band rim. Sonorous Ming porcelain glazed in a soft white and painted in deep Mussulman blue with a conventional lotus scroll of slender stems and bold blossoms. Mark on the rim: Ta Ming Chia Cliing nien chill. Teak¬ wood table-stand. J J Diameter, 30 inches. Second Afternoon o 382- /(pJ -Large Blue and White Jardiniere Chia Clung Dt ■L’]) and very slightly ovoidal, with lightly defined lip. Glazed in a soft ivory white, revealing a sporadic crackle, and decorated in Mohammedan blue with fishes swimming amongst aquatic grasses in a lotus pond, and with three highly conventional borders. Mark, the six characters of the reign, high on the side. Table-stand. ffcifiht, 25V, inches; diameter, 30 inches. Second Afternoon \ / TEXTILES OF THE K’ANG-HSI AND CH’IEN-LUNG PERIODS 383 — Pair Silk Velvet Table Mats K’ang-hsi Field in conventional floral design, with a deep golden- bronze sheen ; border ground in the delicate, soft blue of a hazy sky. Length, 19% incluis; width, 14M inches. L 384- o. -Set of Three Silk Tapestry Hangings Ch’ien-lung Two long panels and a square one. Ornamentation, bats and birds and flowers and fruits, in delicate colors on a rich orange ground, with gold embroidered details. Length, 61 inches; •width, 21% inches; square diameter ( approxi¬ mately'), 33 inches. 385—Imperial Yellow Silk Han ij-o lAT Ch’ien-lung Chair-back form, the top foliated. A fine and soft silk tapestry, woven in delicate colors on its rich golden ground with a floral medallion, flower sprays and scrolls. Height, 23% inches; length, 25% inches. Jtr- no 386- Imperial Hand-woven Silk Brocade Table Cover Ch’ien-lung Brilliantly executed decoration in peony motive, interspersed with bats, in a variety of soft colors on an old-gold ground. Defined as field and border by a band of gold thread, and at the center of the field a medallion enclosing with other designs groups of the peaches of longevity. Silk Velvet Table CovEiy/ K’amjg-hsi Field of light fawn with a brilliant silvery sheen, and rich peony ornamentation, within a swastika-fret border of deli¬ cate, silvery hleu-de-ciel. 387- Length, 3S inches; width, 34% inches. Second Afternoon JtdT. d'd- 390- /leO- 388— Golden Velvet Table Cover j y K’ang-hsi Silk velvet with a brilliant old-gol inches; width, 41 y 2 inches. j // f> Pair Silk Velvet Hangings K'ang-hsi Soft and brilliant sheen. Dragons and Fu-lions and a foliated lotus medallion in the emerald, on a rich rose ground. Length, 64 inches; width, 20% inches. Second Afternoon 394- 395- Ljt -Imperial Yellow Silk Hanging Ch'ien-mng Brilliant design of rockery, grass and flowers, long-tailed birds, and a tree bearing nine of the peaches of longevity— each conferring a life span of three thousand years. Length, 60 f,inches; width, 20 inches. -M an DAKIN Summer Coat in Hand-woven Brocade Ch'ien-lung Ornamentation imperial dragons, Sliou medallions and other devices, in dull gold within a deep cerulean ground. y 396—Lady’s Tapestry Coat " Cif ien-lung Imperial yellow A -o-ssil tapestry with medallions of lilies and Iff. inches. butterflies in light emerald-green and white. /-v i/Y Length, 53 inches. 397- ?*■ -Lady’s Tapestry Coat Ch’ien-lung Light green Jed-ssu tapestry, with polychromatic floral medallions and other ornamental designs, and silver braid. inches. 398- Mandarin’s Silk Brocade Coat / y Cljjien-lung A fabric of rich, deep golden-bronze tone, gorgeously orna¬ mented in gold and many colors with four-clawed dragons, the flaming jewel, and clouds, above the sea. y:”€£T 399—Mandarin Coat in Hand-woven Brocade Ch’ien-tung Four-clawed dragons, flowers and other designs, in dull Length, 56 inches. gold within a rich azure ground. 400- 4 o. T , c n TT -Lady s Summer Coat in Hand-woven Brocade Ch’ien-lung Bich cerulean ground, enclosing peony medallions in a vari¬ ety of brilliant color; other floral ornamentation on the sleeves, enriched with gold braid. Length, 56 inches. Second Afternoon [01—Mandarin’s ^Tapestry Coat Cli'ien-lung Ko-ssu tapestry with gold, the ornamentation rich, extensive and elaborate, displaying imperial dragons and a swastika lattice in gold, and flowers, bats, Shou medallions and con¬ ventional cloud scrolls in a variety of colors. For Imperial 56 inches. Palace wear. 102—Mandarin’s Tapestry Coat Ch'jufi-lung Rich brown-purple ground, with conventional clouds, bats c/'» • and emblems in various colors and imperial dragons in gold. For Imperial Palace wear. Length, 57 inches. S/0- A mandarin’s coat from the Imperial Palace. Rich imperial yellow silk tapestry with gold, the ornamental designs woven in brilliant colors including sea-waves, rocks and clouds, flowers and numerous emblems, and the omnipotent jewel, which is pursued bv five-clawed dragons in gold. Skirt lined with white fur, body and sleeves with baby lamb. Length. 57 inches. Second Afternoon -Lady s jL apestry Loat Ch’ien-hmg Ko-ssu tapestry of rich red, its ornamentation lilies in delicate green, white and ecru. Embroidered silk trimmings. dOi- So 405—Golden Rose Silk Velvet Hanging^ K’ang-hsi A wonderfully rich fabric of old-rose silk velvet, itself having a golden sheen, with a veritable (trap d'or ground, the ornamentatio n— a dragon medallion, formal bat-and-cloud corners and a swastika-fret border — ap¬ pearing in the cloth-of-gold. Length, jSl finches; width, 20 inches. 406—Silk Velvet .hanging/ OO. K’cfrfg-lisi Ruby-red velvet with a bril¬ liant sheen, its ornamenta¬ tion medallions and scrolls in the Indian lotus motive highly conventionalized. Length, 65 inches; width, 20% inches. 407-SlLIi k Embroidered 1 able 4d ABLE Cover Ch’ien-lung Flowers and fruits, butter¬ flies and streamers, bril¬ liantly embroidered in rich colors and gold on a white ground. Length, 72 inches; width, 24% inches. 405 408 p. Second Afternoon Pair Silk Velvet Hangings K’ang-lisi Velvet ot' soft rose with a bewildering sheen, its rich pile framing dragons, dogs Fu, books and a lotus medallion which appear in cloth-of-gold ground. Length , 67'4 inches ; width , 20i/, inches . 97U*-%[- 7 .Y. K’ang-lisi /f '/ /* K’ang-lisi Kamakura Period 409 — Pair Silk Velvet Hangings /DO- Companions to the preceding. 410 — Pair Silk Velvet Hangings y00 Companions to the preceding. 411 — Japanese Brocade Picture s /^Kakemono; of silk brocade. Exhibiting thirty-three repeti- y tions of tlie figure of Kwannon, haloed and standing on a / lotus, worked in delicate polychrome on an apricot ground •—in commemoration of the thirty-three temples in Japan devoted exclusively to the worship of Kwannon. Devotees make pilgrimages to the whole number of these temples. { Has box. Height , 55 % inches ; width , 16 % inches . 412 — Chinese Tapestry Picture Cliien-lung Kakemono; of kd-ssu tapestry, in delicate and rich colors. The composition is a representatoin of the Taoist Paradise, Sliou Shan (Hills of Longevity), with the eight Taoist immortals in sundry attitudes on broad rock ledges, and Shou-lao among them, while Hsi Wang Mu, “Fairy Queen of the West,” is seen attended in the clouds and being borne down toward the others on a stork. Has box. Heigh ^ fi ^ inche #; widths 38 inches . 413 — Pair Silk Embroidered Hangings *" / Cliien-lung y 2 Household ornaments, the twin fish of happy augury, a temple among clouds, and storks, couriers of the immortals, in colors and gold on an azure ground. Length , 66 inches ; width , 19% inches . */ 414 — Pair Silk Embroidered Hangings Ch’ien-lung j Companions to the preceding. Cfi. Second Afternoon jL 415— -Imperial Yellow Silk Embroidered Table Cover Ch’ien-lung Rich embroideries in soft colors picturing the emblematic bats of happiness flying amid roses and I’esplendent peonies, about a lattice defined in gold. Corners rounded. L g r^h, p5y s inche^ width,inches. 416— Tibetan Velvet Table Cover Seventeenth Century Soft green ground finely latticed, seme with floral sprays and the ju-i device in warm colors, rose tones predominating. The ornamentation is printed throughout, and from this fact the fabric is called in the East “calico velvet,” although it is pure silk velvet. Length, 51 inches; width.-fcl inches. 417— Pair Silk Velvet Hangings Ch’ien-lung Peonies and butterflies, bats and the peaches of immortality, in rose-pink velvet on a silken ground. Length, 76 inches; width, 18% inches. Second ter noon m ’ien-lung Imperial dragons guarding a Sliou ideograph and pursuing the sacred jewel among clouds, worked in a dull golden tone, salmon-red and a soft white, with a rich cerulean ground. Length, 73 inches -width, 51 inches. Embroidered Silk Hanging Ch’ien-lung ■SdT Silk of ecru note with a sheen of pale old-gold, embroidered in soft harmonious colors with phoenixes and butterflies, peonies, and sprays of other flowers. Length , 74 inches: width, 55 inches. 420— Silk Velvet and Cloth-of-cuild Hanging K’ang-lisi In a field of rich soft red velvet with a delicate sheen five dragon medallions, cloud scrolls and emblems glisten in clotli- of-gold, while the dragon motive without the medallion de¬ sign is continued in gold in the border, where its ground is velvet of deep green. Length, 95 inches.' width, 68 inches. 421— Silk Velvet and Ci,oth-of-gold Hanging K'ang-lisi In a rectilinear field of eloth-of-gold, one hundred of the four hundred forms in which the Sliou character may be written appear in rose-pink velvet, and the field is enclosed by a broad border of emerald-green cut and uncut velvet, in which bats among conventional clouds are displayed uncut in a cut ground. Length, 120 inches: width, 57 inches 422— Imperial Silk Velvet and Gold Hanging Ch’ien-lung Velvet of a soft golden yellow, with a rich and expansive, elaborate and resplendent ornamentation, glistening silvery gray and white in woven silk, and enhanced bv accents and details in gold. The field is given to highly conventional lotus decoration in medallions and scrolls, and is bounded by a border deriving from the archaic dragon-scroll, this being followed by a lotus-scroll border, which is enclosed by a border of swastika-fret design, while paralleling the borders are bands of g’old. Length, 135 inches: width, 73 inches. 418—Imperial Silk Brocade Hanging />o 419- ^>0 J3 -2/^r b y o * L J V* 4 * EVENING SALE ,_ > FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 8.15 O’CLOCK PAINTING OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY 423—Korean Painting Tzoelftli Century The Buddha standing, in preaching attitude, and gazing downward. He is in full robes, painted in indigo-blue and vermilion, deep green, pale yellow and white. On paper. Mounted as a panel. Height, 50 inches; width, 19 inches. fr- PAINTINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY —Korean Painting Thirteenth Century Figure of Hattara Sonja, one of the sixteen Lohan, seated beneath a pine tree with flowers at his back and a recumbent tiger curling about him as he sits on the ground. He is capped and bearded and clad in full robes. In colors on canvas. Mounted as a panel. 9 . Evening Sale 444—Chinese Painting Yuan Kakemono; in colors on silk. Kuan-vin, observed at full length, standing, borne on a shell over rolling waves of the sea, and holding lightly before her breast a bowl. About her a vague atmospheric halo. Has box. Height, 54 inches; width. 27 inches. Evening Sale 445—Ch Z77 145— Chinese Painting Yuan Kakemono; in colors and gold on silk. The Equestrian. Figure of a statesman in an embroidered rose-red coat of loose folds, and hatless, mounted on a broivn charger mov¬ ing toward the left, the rider viewed three-quarters front. The horse brilliantly caparisoned. In the background a solitary tree. Has box. Height, 50 inches; width, 25 y 2 inches. 446 —Chinese Painting ^ v An impressive composition of fine arrangement and confi¬ dent execution, picturing an immortal seated on a rock under a pine tree, extending with one hand the peach of immor¬ tality. He is semi-nude, wearing a leopard-spotted shoulder cape and pale-toned lower garments. In colors on silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 58 inches; width, 35 inches. 447—Chinese Painting Yuan Full-length portrait of a mandarin seated in an armchair and facing the spectator, with a slight smile. He is in blue trimmed with black, with a white under-coat showing at the / collar. Over his chair a drapery of red and green brocade with gold border. On silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 54 \/ 2 inches; width, 31 V : , inches. Yuan Kakemono ; in colors on silk. Still Life ; presenting a group¬ ing of the magnolia, Chinese cherry and peonies, springing from the foot of rocks and in radiant bloom—a floral com¬ bination denoting happiness and wealth—with a poem relat¬ ing this happy significance inscribed at the upper right, and sealed. Has box. Height, 68 inches; width, 36% inches. Evening Sale 449—Chinese Painting Yuan A family portrait of a nobleman, painted in colors on silk; a kakemono mounted as a panel. Full-length figure of a mandarin of middle age, with thin black moustache and chin beard, seated and looking squarely at the spectator. He wears a tall black cap and full-flowing robes, bis sleeves concealing bis hands; the toes of his embroidered slippers protrude from beneath his coat, on the footrest of his brown armchair. His coat is rich blue, with soft gray trim¬ ming emphasized by green, and has a brown lining. Over the back and arms of bis chair appear the folds of a rich brocade drapery, with phoenix and peony and lotus-scroll decoration in polychrome. Height, 54 inches; width , 31 % inches Evening Sale 450 —Chinese Painting : Lohan at Worship Yuan Portrait of a Lohan, in profile to the right, seated at the Oo. e< %e of a bamboo grove, reading the scriptures while he burns incense on a rock altar in front of him. In colors and gold on silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 57% inches; width, 27% inches. Evening Sale 451—Chinese Painting Yuan Z'/t. Portrait of a priest seated in an armchair, his slippers lying- on the foot-rest. He faces the spectator with a smile, and with his left hand holds a ju-i sceptre across his right shoul¬ der. Robed in red, blue, green and brown, he sits in a black lacquer chair penciled in gold and jeweled. On silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 55*/% inches; width, 32% inches. Evening Sale Yuan Kakemono; in color on silk. Attributed to Chao Tzu-chao (A.D. 1280-1320). In the foreground, beneath branches of a group of graceful green trees, a sage and attendant are standing, viewing the misty landscape of a mountain valley. Has box. Height, 59% inches; width, 42 inches. Evening Sale 453—Chinese Painting Yuan no- Kakemono; in colors on silk. The new-grown fresh green branches of a pollarded willow are bending in a lively breeze, below them a white crane is taking wing against the wind, sailing above iris and lotus in bloom, while overhead are sparrows and other small birds. Has box. Height, G3% inches; width, 39 inches. Evening Sale Yuan Kakemono; in colors on silk. In the foreground two ducks are about to enter a lotus pond, where blossoms appear among enormous leaves. At the pond’s edge the tree peony is in bloom, alongside slender bamboos, and aloft are seen pairs of small birds perched or on the wing. Has box. Height, 7214 inches; width, 38 y 2 inches. Evening Sale 455 —Chinese Painting Yuan Kakemono; in colors on silk. Pheasants, white and vari¬ colored, regard one another, one from a rock, another from the ground below, their colors vying with the bright blos¬ soms of the rock peony, growing beside a blooming magnolia tree on whose branches small songbirds have perched. Has box. Height, 72 inches; width, 38 % inches. Evening Sale 456—Chinese Painting Yutyh- 7^ Kakemono; in deep colors on silk. A pictorial message of happiness and long life, power and marital felicity, expressed through birds in pairs—the stork of long life, the phoenix king of all feathered creation, the crested duck (known to Europeans but not to the Chinese as “mandarin” duck), the small duck of brilliant plumage seen only and always in com¬ pany with its mate—gathered about a polonia tree beside a stream. Has box. Height. 77 inches; width, 45 inches. ST PAINTINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY 457—Tibetan Painting Fifteenth Century Kuan-yin enthroned, and holding a lotus in either hand, seen against a background of peonies; in front of her, in the foreground, one of the many-armed deities of the pantheon within a halo of flames, and on high images of three other Buddhist deities. In rich colors and gold, on canvas. Mounted as a panel. Height, 24 % inches; width, 17 inches. 4 458—Tibetan Painting Fifteenth Century Lamaistic temple painting, picturing a Lohan seated on a mat, holding a volume of scriptures; he faces front, glancing toward his left. Around him are numerous attendants, in a garden of flowers where ducks are swimming in a pond. In the background the Buddhist Triad, flanked by angels among clouds. In gold and colors, on canvas. Mounted as a panel. A companion to the following panel. Height, 36 % inches; width, 25 % inches. 459— Tibetan Painting Fifteenth Century A pendant to the preceding, also in colors and gold on can¬ vas, and of the same dimensions. Another of the Lohan is represented, seated and facing the left, three-quarters front, holding a symbol in each hand, and with various figures about him. Evening Sale 460- Jed ■ 461- c- 464—Korean Painting : Still Life Fifteenth/jCeMury The tree peony in resplendent bloom beyond a rock fore¬ ground. In colors on paper, a rich orange-red and soft green and white predominating. Mounted as a panel. Com¬ panion to the succeeding panel. Height, 50% inches; width, 18V4 inches. 405—Korean Painting: Still Life Fifteenth Century A pendant to the preceding. Height, 51 inches; width, 19 inches. 460 PAINTING OF THE RI DYNASTY , Korean Painting Ri Dynasty A fifteenth century portrait of the monk Enkaku-Kokushi, his identity declared in the inscription in the upper left corner. He is seated in a tall-backed armchair over which is thrown a drapery of conventional cloud design in green and black bordered by vermilion, and he faces slightly to the left. His robes are in green, vermilion, white and gray, and he holds a sceptre. On silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 45 inches; width, 34 inches. Evening Sale PAINTINGS OF THE MING DYNASTY 467—Chinese Painting Kakemono; in ink and color on silk, bird, perched on the tip of a branch Has box. Ming Painting of a single and facing the right. Height, !) inches; length, 10 1 / 4 inches. 4(58— Chinese Paint in b Ming Figures of two stallions, a white one and a mottled one, both headed to the left and each in charge of an attendant. In colors on silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 12 inches: length, 18 inches. /T vy Evening Sale GO-^^hinese Painting Ming Kakemono; in colors on silk. A traveler on horseback, looking- back over his shoulder and away from the specta.jr at something that has engaged his attention, is followed by two attendants on foot, carrying burdens an owner’s seal. Has box. At lower right 470— Chinese Painting S3. Height, 14% inches; length, 24% inches. vers. In th< cat gazing at them over a mound. g Kakemono; in colors on silk. Cats and Flowers. In/the foreground a tortoise-shell kitten and a black and white one are sitting on the ground, in front of rose bushes blos¬ soming in pink and white, and in the background is a third Has box. Height, 25 inches; width, 20 inches. 471—ChTnes y. x g Ming Portrait of the Ancestors. Double portrait of a mandarin and his wife, seated in armchairs side by side and squarely facing the observer. Both are in blue coats with fur lining, the man wearing a necklace. Details touched in in gold. On silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 28% 472— Chinese Painting ' ' *” ~Mffifg igious symbolic portrait of a thoughtful male figure in loose robes, carrying a basket some part of whose con¬ tents he holds in his clasped hands, while to two boys at his feet some more of the objects have been given. In colors on silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 34% inches; width, 16 inches. 473— Chinese Painting Ming Kakemono ; in colors on silk. Still Life. In a group, on and about a small cabinet table, are found an incense burner and small vases, a large vase containing plum blossoms and camellias, a doll, a dish of the Buddha’s-hand citron (citrus decumana ), a bunch of fire-crackers, and some persimmons. on silk. Mounted : At lower left and right, owners’ seals. Has box. n inches; •m idtlcl 28% inches. Height, 35% inches; width, 20% inches. Evening Sale J D - Chinese Painting Ming Ancestral portrait of a coroneted lady in blue, brown, white and gold, observed against a green brocade overhanging the armchair in which she sits facing the spectator. On silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 2!) inches; width, 19 '/ 2 inches. 4 i0— HIT AIN TING Ming “One hundred generations of happiness” says the large inscription at the upper right, and the idea is pictorialized in the figure of a graceful lady holding at her shoulder an infant son, who holds a ju-i sceptre signifying “May it be as you wish.” Before them stands a small boy attracting the infant’s attention. In colors on silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 3(i y 2 inches: width. 11 1 o inches. Evening Sale 476 —Chinese Paintixg Kakemono; in ink and colors on silk. Figure of a falcon in profile to the left, tethered to its ornate perch. Two owners’ seals at upper right. Has box. Height, 39% inches 21% inches. 47’ -Chinese Painting / o €>. A group of three Fu-lions, a large one painted in blue and gold, and two small ones in brown, the noses and feet of all touched in in dark red and white. On silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 40% inches; width, 28% inches. 478 —Chinese Painting Ming Standing figure of Kuan-vin, with hands clasped devoutly before her breast, facing the right, where in the foreground a candle is alight on an altar, a guardian standing at the left beside it. Painted in soft polychrome on silk. Mounted as a panel. A companion to the succeeding panel. Height, 43% inches; width, 16 inches. / 479 —Chinese Painting Ming Standing figure of Kuan-yin, facing the left, three-quarters front, and holding a vase of millet. Before her a guardian stands with clasped hands, beside an altar in the left fore¬ ground; a candle is burning on the altar. Mounted as a panel. A pendant to the preceding and in similar coloring. Height. 43% inches; width, 15% inches. I I 480 —Chinese Painting Ming Kakemono; in colors on silk. A Lohan is seated beneath a tree of the ornamental banana, on a garden terrace, regard¬ ing with bland complacency a Fu-lion about to spring upon one of its kind. At left in front of him stands a guardian attendant, holding a peacock-feather fan. Has box. Height, 43% inches; width, 21 inches. Evening Sale 481—Chinese Painting Ming Kakemono; in ink and colors on silk. Attributed to Lii-clii. 00 * In the foreground a pair of the so-called “mandarin” ducks, swimming in a broad stream, under the new spring shoots of weeping willows. Perched on the tree overhead, a pair of the black “talking birds” ( cu-cnan; Japanese, ha-ha ) — birds trained to talk the human speecli (they are even said to use the telephone). Has box. Height, 4(5% inches: width. 22% inches Evening Sale ’iiixksk Paintin’ G Kakemono; in ink and tint on paper. Signed, Ch’i Feng with seal; an unidentified artist, believed to be of the Ming period. Finely drawn portrait of a Lohan, seated, beside a lamp, engaged in pleasantly relieving an itching ear. Has box. Height, 47 inches; width, 23 inches. Evening Sale 483—Chinese Painting Ming Kakemono; in colors on silk. Standing on one foot in the shallows of a lotus pond, head bent toward the water, a heron is seen in side view facing the left, close in the fore¬ ground, and just beyond it is a lotus cluster with a single pink flower. Has box. Height, 4-7 1 /, inches; width, 20 inches. ✓ 484—Chinese Painting Ming Kakemono ; in colors and gold on silk. Image of the Buddha in red, green and gold, seated in preaching attitude on a lotus resting upon a rock, with cloud background. Has box. Height, -17% inches; width, 25% inches. 485—Chinese Painting Ming Q s' Outside the high walls of a nobleman’s garden, along a Q ' paved road leading from his gate, many people are gathered with many horses, and more are approaching. They are in gay colors and are variousty occupied, as they await the lord, looking toward the gate where warriors in ancient cos¬ tumes are lined up in array. A makimono on silk, mounted as a panel. Height, 11% inches; length, 49% inches. 486— >■ cd' d Chinese Painting Ming In colors on silk, and mounted as a transparency between two plates of glass. Subject, an infant learning to walk by aid of a wheeled rack, in care of an older boy with breast bespread with jewels, who leans over him. At top center the imperial household seal of Ch’ien-lung; at lower left and right smaller owners’ seals. Height, 18’/ 2 inches; width, 21% inches. Evening Sale 487 —Chinese Painting «$v. aJ Ming Kakemono; in colors on silk. A figure composition pictur¬ ing the five gods of philosophy, standing, and each holding a sceptre, with two lady attendants back of the group, and further in rear the figures of two judges. Has box. Height, 57 inches: width, 31 inches. Sa.cDJUvuU; 488 —Chinese Painting Ming Kakemono; in softly brilliant colors on silk. Bending across the picture a sturdy branch of a polonia tree, with ramifications piercing low-hanging clouds or fog vapor, and on the limb two phoenixes, one crouching, its mate standing Has box. / bo. erect on one leg. Height, 56% inches; width, 38% inches. 489 — Chinese Painting Ming Kakemono; in colors on silk. Portrait of a priest, at full- length, seated and facing the observer. He is capless, with closely-shaven head, heavy moustache and thin chin beard, and his robes are vermilion and black, gray and pale purplish-rose, with tinges of bluish-green. In his left hand a ju-i sceptre. Has box. Height, 58 incites; wji 490 — Chinese Painting Ming A ^ Full-length portrait of a mandarin, a man of distinguished j ^ • bearing, seated in an armchair and facing the spectator directly. He is in blue robes richly embroidered with drag¬ ons in gold, and over his chair hangs a tiger skin. On silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 59% inches; width, 35% inches. 191 —Chines'^ Tainting Ming An early Ming, fifteenth century work, in polychrome on silk; mounted as a panel. Subject, the Buddha enthroned, seated in preaching attitude on a lotus which rests on an elaborate pedestal. Inscription at upper right indicating the painting as one of a series representing the gods of the universe. Height, 60 inches; width, 31 inches. Evening Sale Ming Portrait of a noble lady in deep blue, with a small fur collar, a silken scarf protruding from her coat. She is seated and appears at full length, facing the observer, her deep blue apparel relieved against a richly colored brocade in lotus design, which hangs over the arms and back of her chair. On silk. Mounted as a panel. 4*93—Chinese Painting Height, 60% inches; width, 37% inches. Mngr Kakemono; in ink and tint, with touches of white, on silk. Attributed to Lin Liang (flourished circa A.D. 1460). Slender bamboo trees lean from the left, and pendent branches arch above a pair of peacocks standing on a rock shelf in the foreground, beside a winding and rapidly run¬ ning brook. In misty distance other bamboo trees recede along the farther bank of the stream. Has box. Height, 61 y 2 inchest; width, 26 inches. *>$/. A, 494—Chinese Painting / Ming Kakemono; in colors on silk. Two pheasants interested in 495—Chinese Painting each other, one on the ground and the other on a rock above, appear amid poppies and peonies, which bloom at the foot of bamboo and blossoming peach trees. Owners’ seals at upper and lower left and right. Has box. Height, 62% inches; width, 29% inches. Ming Kakemono; in soft colors on silk. Signed, Tai Wen-chin (flourished A.D. 1420-1440). The Game. A landscape and figure composition, presenting pine trees sheltering a pavil¬ ion in a misty valley among the mountains, and on a terrace in the foreground two sages engaged at the absorbing war game wei-ch’i (the Japanese go). Beyond their table an attendant stands silently waiting, and in the nearer fore¬ ground two other attendants stand gossiping beside the sages’ cart. H as box. Height, 63 inches: width, 33% inches. Evening Sale ri/u— 496 —Chinese Painting Ming Kakemono; in colors on silk. Portrait of the priest Pei- feng, of Chang-an (ancient name of the T’ang capital, now Hsi-an-fu). The priest is seated in an elaborately decorated armchair and faces the spectator squarely; he is in full robes with dragon ornamentation, and wears a cap. At his side and leaning against an inlaid table, a sceptre with an inscription telling that it was presented by the emperor to Pei-feng, in recognition of his abilities as a preacher and his services for the betterment of men and their conversion to Buddhism. Has box. Height, 64 inches; width, 42y 3 inches. Evening Sale 497 —Chinese Painting Ming Full-length portrait of a nobleman of middle age, seated and looking intently at the observer. He is in a full robe of deep black, with white collar and white sleeve lining, and wears a formal tall black hat, and in his left hand he holds an ivory sceptre which reaches to his shoulder. Above his jeweled girdle appears a breastplate of azure brocade, with a white stork flying among golden clouds toward a crimson sun. Over the arms of his chair a brocade drapery in poly¬ chrome and gold, and over the chair-back the wings of a fur mantle. A portrait of impressive dignity and powerful characterization. On silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 73% inches; -width, 40% inches. Evening Sale 498—Chinese Painting Ming Portrait of a venerable nobleman, in the formal robes and high hat of an officer of the Government, in dark colors relieved by white at cuffs and collar. He is seen at full length, seated and facing the spectator, right hand on knee, left at his jeweled belt, against the background of a rare and brilliant brocade in polychrome and gold which is draped over his chair. On silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, G7% inch i 6 . 499—Chinese Painting Kakemono ; in colors on silk. Signed, Cl inscription says that the artist painted the picture after a Sung master who was famous for his paintings of the lotus on silk. The composition displays a luxuriant growth of lotus plants, in blossom, with herons in various postures standing in the shallow water in front of them. Has box. -lun. A long inches; width, 48% inches. Mo 500—Chinese Painting / /jimgr Kakemono; in colors on silk. Flowers and Birds. A mag¬ nolia tree rising above the picture’s limits spreads its white blossoms aloft, and below them peonies bloom in white and crimson, about a rock on which a brilliant cock pheasant receives the homage of its mate. Has box. J Height, 79 inches; width, 36 1 /, inches. 501—Chinese Painting Ming Kakemono ; in colors on silk. Flowers and Birds; a compo¬ sition of rich blooms. The tree peony blossoming in white and red nods over poppies and wild lilies, while above it are branches of the Chinese cherry and magnolia trees, blossom laden, and perching there a pair of the brilliant “long¬ tailed birds” of China. Has box. Height, 83 14 inches; width, 8G y 2 inches. Evening Sale 7 ° 503 —Chinese Painting ' K’ang-hsi Half-length portrait of a young lady of the nobility, facing jQ 0 • front and turned slightly toward the left, holding in one hand a seal in a square box. She is in rose and white, with trimmings in soft tints. At upper right a poem with signa¬ ture and seal, and at lower right and left two owners’ seals. On silk. Mounted as a panel. Height, 19*4 inches; width, 11% inches. PAINTINGS OF THE K’ANG-HSI PERIOD, j (jC) > f‘/ w-1- *- 502 —Alhum of Chinese Paintings K’ang-hsi Comprised of eight paintings in color on sycamore leaves, each faced by another leaf left blank, for protection. The paintings represent respectively Kuan-yin and seven of the sixteen Lohan, the goddess and six of the Lohan appearing in landscapes, and one Lohan on the sea. Leaf dimensions ( approximately ), 8% by 5% incl*>s. 50T . 5 r J o *A f Chinese Painting K’ang-hsi Three-quarters-length portrait of a young lady of demurely thoughtful expression, in a gown of pale old-rose, holding a writing brush. At upper right a poem bearing upon the earnestness with which fine caligraphy must be pursued. At On silk. Mounted as a panel. lower right an owner’s seal. Height, 19% iij inches. 505- A -Chinese Painting t/ KMmg-hsi A poetical composition in colors on silk, picturing a pea¬ cock with tail erect, amid effulgent peonies. At left an enthusiastic poem reciting that the peonies have the beauty of the face of a small boy and grow ever more beautiful, till the very birds stop and have speech with them. Mounted as a transparency, between two plates of glass. Height, 49 inches; width, 21% inches. /r j ft Evening Sale ^3 50(5^Chixese Painting • & an aft n si Kakemono; in colors on silk. Signed, Yen Shi-pini Be¬ neath the overhanging branches of a willow tree, in which three small birds are perched, a single white heron stands amid a cluster of blooming flowers. At lower left an owner’s seal. Has box. Height, 52% inches; width, 23% inches. PAINTINGS OF THE CH’IEN-LUNG PERIOD On leather, in form of a large wall hanging. The subject some unidentified seaport, with more than a score of junks and sampans in the harbor, which encloses some islands, and on the mainland several castles, besides other buildings and enclosures, and numerous figures. Painted in brilliant poly¬ chrome, with a liberal use of red, bright 3 'ellow, white and green. A formal frame is also painted on the leather, in fret and cursive scroll design. Height. 82 inches; length, 107 inches. Evening Sale )8 —Chinese Painting ’ Ch’ien-lung Beneath an overspreading pine tree the corner of a pavilion comes into view, on a garden terrace, a maid is raising the blinds and her mistress is looking out, enjoying the peonies and peach blossoms of the brilliant garden. In colors and gold on silk. Mounted as a transparency, between glass. Height, 38 inches; width, 22% inches. PAINTINGS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY / / 509 — Korean Painting Sixteenth Century A bird of many colors perched on a rock gazes down at its mate perching on a bamboo branch below, while aloft the peony and a plum tree are in rich bloom. In colors on paper. Mounted as a panel. Height, 24% inches; width, 11% inches. // 510 — Korean Painting Sixteenth Century A pair of pheasants perched on a rock, beneath a blossoming magnolia tree, with the peony and other flowers in bloom in the foreground. In rich colors on paper. Mounted as a panel. Height., 24% inches: width, 13 inches. 511- PAINTING OF THE KAMAKURA PERIO yjn; -Japanese Painting: The Buddhist Triad Kamakura 1 Amida Buddha seated on a throne, in preaching posture, a radiant halo emanating from his head, and in front of him in the foreground Kuan-yin with clasped hands and Seishi holding a lotus, both kneeling, all the figures facing the left three-quarters front and borne on clouds. In gold and a modicum of color, the gold now worn and notably softened, the colors also, and the background from age and incense fumes turned a deep black. On silk. Mounted as a panel. j JL ■S'lo. Height., 44% inches; width, 24% inches. THIRD AND LAST AFTERNOON’S SALE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1921 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 2 O’CLOCK PORCELAIN AND POTTERY OF THE SUNG PERIOD Sung Pear shape with fixed ring handle. Lightly invested with a creamy-buff glaze, which is delicately crackled and exhibits a frosting of incipient decay. Has stand. ) ' 513— Tixg-yao Jar Sung Cylindrical, broadly contracting to a low foot, and with broadly sloping shoulder and embryonic lip. Shoulder circled by incised rings, which anchor primitive pendants modeled in relief down the sides. Brilliant creamy white glaze which on the interior shows a cafe-au-lait crackle. H as stand. Diameter, 3 inches. Third and Last Afternoon 514 - lo. -Chun-yao Coupe ' ~ Sung Pear shape with short foot. Dense glaze in a faint bluish- gray of dim lustre, often called Sung clair-de-lune, crackled in delicate cafe-au-lait lines. Has stand. Height, 3% inches. Sung / 515— Pair Fex Ting-yao Bowls Ovoid with embryonic foot and metal-capped rim. interior impressed with a finely designed and executed fioral orna¬ mentation in delicate relief and showing fine detail. Cream glaze of soft and light lustre and revealing a delicate crackle. Slight earthy incrustations, and greenish patina on rims. Have stands. Diameter, 3% inches. ft // 516— Pai Ting-yao Quadrilateral Dish Sung Rim foliated. Interior impressed in relief with duck, lotus and peony designs. Luminous and creamy glaze of grayish Hour-white. (Slight chip at corner.) Has stand. Dia \eter, 4 1 /, inches. L 517- 0. -Pair Pai Ting-yao Saucers Incised with highly conventional flo / ral sprays derivation, and coated with a fluent and luminous glaze, uni¬ form in its tone of light creamv-gray. Have stands. / Diameter, 4% inches. In cense Burner Sung Cauldron shape, with expanding lip and short cabriole legs. Brilliant and characteristic Chiin-yao glaze, in a bluish- moonlight hue, with faint purple-rose flushes and a finely marked crackle. Silver-gilt cover pierced in floral scroll, the exterior in shakudo finish. Teakwood stand. V Diameter, 4% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 519- /> < 9 . Chun-yao Globular with short lip and wide mouth, and two small loop handles; short foot. Dense light grayish glaze with bluish cast and a veiled brilliancy. Touches of a creamy frosting of decay. Has stand. Height, 6% inches. 7i 520 . 1NG-VAO )ogs Foo Sung Finely modeled, with an expression of dignified repose and reserved power, rather than of glaring guardianship and threatening ferocity; seated on their haunches, one with head to right and the companion with head to left, on quadrilateral pedestals and wearing the traditional trap¬ pings. Rich and brilliant cream glaze, with a delicate crackle in self-color and cafe-au-lait. in the glaze.) (Slight kiln defects Height, 10 inches. Third and Last Afternoon Ovoid, slightly in-turning at the lip, which is silver capped. Dense glaze in light and delicate bluish-gray “Sung clair-de- lune," with the characteristic purplish flushes. Incrusted through inhumation and touched with the incipient irides¬ cence of decay. (Slight repair within lip.) Has stand. Diameter, 7% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 522—Chun-yao Bowl /fij 1 uan Ovoid with low foot. Bluish-gray crackled glaze of light lustre, broadly flushed on the interior of the bowl in dark purples and touched with an iridescence of decay. Has stand. Diameter, 6 % inches. Third and Last Afternoon 1—Tinc.-yao TToTtle Sung Double-gourd shape, with decorations incised and modeled in delicate relief in the paste, comprising bands of floral scroll and borders of key-fret and scrolls vermiculees. Bril¬ liant and rich cream glaze lightly crackled. Teakwood stand. Heights 11 inches. 524—Pair Ting-yao Bottles / / /pung Large pear shape with slightly tapering cylindric$/neck, Q . and flat foot. Characteristic monochrome glaze of rich and brilliant cream tone, with a bold crackle in self-color and cafe-au-lait. Have stands. Height, 14 inches. Third and Last Afternoon 525 - Tixg-yao Bottle Double-gourd form. in fine modeling, with bold fo and small mouth and lightly incurved waist. Brilliant cream glaze with mirror properties and at the same time a limpid¬ ity permitting clear vision of the finely designed and pre¬ cisely drawn incised decoration, which includes formal floral scrolls and ju-i and fret borders. Teakwood stand. Height, 12% inches. 526—Tixg-yao Jap. Inverted pear shape with short neck and flanged lip. acteristic rich cream glaze with soft, oleaginous Lip glazed in a soft and rich brown. Has stand. Sung Char- lustre. Height, 13 inches. Third and Last Afternoon /£>.< 527—Ting-yao With two foliar scroll handles connecting neck and shoulder. Decoration incised and in tangible relief, in primitively con¬ ventional floral design, on both faces, with ju-i and kev- fret borders. Rich cream glaze of brilliant surface and disclosing a delicate crackle. Has stand. Height, 13y 4 inches. u Jab Sung Ovoid with broadly rounding shoulder and short upright lip, and beveled foot. Firm sonorous pottery, clothed in a dense enamel glaze of deep and soft brown, of bright sur¬ face. Encircled by a deep band of primitive peony scroll, which appears in glaze relief on the matt ground of the reddish-brown biscuit. Has stand. Height. 14 inches. //i/UyhuwuX 528—Tz ’u-ch o Third and Last Afternoon 529 530 fa Large Cream Crackled Jar Afanp Inverted pear shape with large mouth and short neck, which is molded at its base. Rich cream glaze of soft lustre, threaded by a bold and varied crackle in warm and dee]) cafe-au-lait. Teakwood stand. Height, 14% inches. Fen Ting-yao Bottle Sung Double-gourd shape, with a bold and extensive scroll in the Indian lotus motive, incised and executed in palpable relief, and lip and foot borders of the lei-wen (thunder-scroll). Rich cream glaze of moist lustre and disclosing a sporadic crackle. Has stand. Height , 15% inches. Third and Last Afternoon Sung 532- j 4 o. Pear shape tapering to a full neck which recurves in a trum¬ pet lip; deep foot; low on the neck a relief band of primitive ornamentation, supporting pendent handles of elephant- head and ring design modeled in relief. The whole in a dense glaze of dark cream and cafe-au-lait, of dull, unctu¬ ous lustre, and fine and varied fishroe crackle. Teakwood stand. Height, 16 inches. -Tz’u-choxj Jar , Sung Large inverted pear shape with flat foot and upright lip. Heavy and dense, resonant porcellanous stoneware, coated with a luminous glaze of grayish creamy-white, on which is penciled an extensive decoration in soft and rich brown. The principal decoration pictures the five-clawed dragon and the phoenix, imperial emblems, each in its separate foliated panel, while intervening are panel segments in floral motives. In addition are five conventional borders, varying in design. (Rivetted repair at lip.) Has stand. Height, 16% inches. Third and Last Afternoon CELADONS OF THE SUNG PERIOD mLo &. 5:5.3 3 0 . Two Celadon Birdcage Cups Sung One ovoid with basket-rib fluting, within a celadon glaze of pale grayish-seagreen; the other fashioned as a lotus flower in relief modeling, its glaze a deeper green with the higher reliefs a light gray. Have stands. ^ a A 534— 'Jo J2Z Celadon Barrel-form Jar ( Sung Studded with small bosses below the rim and above the base. Celadon glaze of delicate grayish-seagreen note and soft lustre, with pale cafe-au-lait crackle. With stand. 535- 3 o. \ ltn stand. -Pair Celadon Bowls Sung Flaring inverted bell shape with expanding rim and short foot. Interior with incised decoration in wave-line and prim¬ itive floral motive. Luminous celadon glaze of sea-green and grayish notes, with crackle. On one a patch of earthy in- Diarneter/ 5|4 inches. crustation. Have stands. 536- \J0 Dxatne 3d- s. -Celadon Jar with Cover Sung Ovoid with short lip and foot; low dome cover with festooned rim and recumbent F 11 finial, the dome surface incised and modeled in relief with conventional foliations. Celadon glaze, on the bowl gray, on the cover a pale and brilliant sea- ffreen. Has stand. Height, 4y 2 inches. U v ' 537 538— 3-5 Celadon Bowl Sung Ovoid with deep foot. Exterior fluted by incision in slender chrysanthemum-petal form; at bottom of interior an incised conventional blossom. Celadon glaze of fine, delicate sea- green, with soft lustre. Has stand. Diameter, 4% inches. Sunn Pair Celadon Bowls sung Flaring from a small foot, with a very light molding on the exterior of the rim and an umbo at bottom of the interior. Monochrome celadon glaze of pale grayish-seagreen, with dull lustre. Have stands. Diameter, 4% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 539 —Celadon Plaque Circular, with flaring rim and ovoid cavetto, and contract¬ ing foot; heavy and sonorous, within a luminous celadon winze of translucent sea-green tone. At bottom of interior an archaic dragon and the sacred jewel in relief; within the sides primitive scrolls incised, and the exterior sides modeled in petal form in relief; all beneath the glaze. Has stand. Diameter, 13% inches. A ROWL OF THE YUNG LO REIGN Yung Lo 540 —White Semi-eggshell Bowl Flaring, from a small and delicate foot, the rim petaled by light indentions, giving a hexafoil perimeter. Semi-eggshell translucent porcelain of musical tone, clothed in a brilliant glaze of soft creamy white. On the sides of the interior a delicate ornamentation of dragon medallions among conven¬ tional clouds in tangible relief beneath the glaze. Four- character mark of the reign similarly modeled on the superior surface of the bottom. Teakwood stand. Diamet 541- -Iridescent Pottery Vase Globular with broad neck supporting a heavy and broadly O expanding lip. Shoulder and midbody circled by channeled and molded rings, and below the shoulder is a border of spear-point design, incised. Glaze of rich swamp-green, delicately crackled, and coated with a silvery iridescence and light grayish earthy incrustations. Has stand. Height, 12% inches. T’ang Semicircular and deep, the top lightly concave and the nearer edge hollowed slightly for the neck. Incised with a peony spray and primitive scroll border, and glazed in emerald-green, which shows a silvery iridescence, yellow and white. Brown and grayish earth incrustations. Diameter, 14 inches. Third and Last 4f fer noon 543— Cream-glazed Crackled \ ase T’atig Fine inverted pear shape, with full incurvate neck and cupped lip, the neck circled by hold relief rings, and two primitively modeled relief blossoms being implanted upon the lip. Dragon-head loop handles springing from the shoulder overtop the lip, and the shoulder also supports ovate-leaf and larger foliar ornaments modeled in relief. Delicate grayish-cream glaze of light lustre and fine and pronounced crackle, with a soft, incipient iridescence of decay. Teakwood stand. Height, 19y a inches. 544- 545- 3 > EXAMPLES FROM THE MING DYNASTY Cream Crackled Pottery t'/Llo . -Pair Pottery Bottles (/Ming Low ovoidal body on heavy foot, with slender neck and expanding and molded lip. Lustrous gray glaze tinged with bleu-de-ciel. Have stands. Height, 5 inches. 6>. &k Co Cream Crackled Bottle \jMiiig Spheroidal with cylindrical neck slightly expanding and low foot. Cream glaze of soft and delicate lustre, with pinkish and grayish areas, and the cream tones both rich and light, with a bold fishroe crackle in self-tones and cafe- au-lait. Has stand. Height, 11 % inches. 9 /rfT 546— Cream Crackled Jar Ming Oviform, with gracefullv recurving outline and short up- / 00. right lip. Rich cream glaze with dim lustre and close and bold fishroe crackle. (Small chip at foot.) With stand. (l TV Height, 12% inches Third and Last Afternoon 548 Ming Elongated pear shape of graceful outline, recurving in a full neck and expanding lip ; bold foot. Resonant porcel- lanous pottery invested with an unctuously rich creamy- gray glaze showing a dense and small crackle throughout, the whole an echo of the Sung pieces of similar type. Em¬ bracing the shoulder a band of spiral and angular scroll designs, incised beneath the glaze. Teakwood stand. Height, 18*4 inches. C 7 -Namako Jardiniere Ming D rum form, with two rings of studding and a bold lip. Clothed in a brilliant namako or “running” glaze of creamy- gray, delicately tinged with bluish notes. Has stand. Diameter, 19 inches. u. Third and Last Afternoon 4) !t>o 549— Pottery Wine Jar Ming Tz’u-chou ware of Wan Li. Ovoid with heavily molded lip. Penciled in a rich and soft brown, on a creamv-white ground of soft lustre, with three bands of decoration, respectively in lotus, peony and a primitive floral scroll motive. The shoulder band of decoration interrupted by two inscriptions, one saying that “the great wine ocean” (the jar) was made in the reign of Wan Li; the other invites the immortals to the Mountain Pavilion to converse and to see the phoenix and the bamboo leaves in the garden, and the pond there where the dragon incarnates himself as a fish. Has five- legged table-stand. IIeight-, 33y 2 inches; diameter, 28 inches. ‘cJ* ^ 550— Large Pottery Jardiniere Ming Ovoidal with heavily modeled expanding and flattened rim. f if) Monochrome glaze of rich cream color, extremely brilliant, checked with a fine crackle in delicate lines of cafe-au-lait. Teakwood stand. Diameter, 28% inches. CELADONS OF THE MING DYNASTY 551— Celadon Bottle-form Vase Low ovoidal body with bold foot, wide neck and broadly cupped lip. Body and neck encircled by incised and molded rings, the neck appearing in hamboo motive; on the neck two animal-head and ring handles in relief. Brilliant cela¬ don glaze of delicate gravish-seagreen, with brownish notes. H as stand. Height, 7% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 552- H-0 -Celadon Table Screen Conventional form, with standing figures of an Emperor and Empress modeled in high relief on the obverse, in embrace, their heads and happy faces and the embroidery of their robes reserved in the biscuit, while the rest of the surface is in a brilliant celadon glaze of varying grayish-seagreen tones. On the reverse two cvlindrical wells. Height, 7% inches. 553 —Celadon Beaker Ming Ovoid mid-section with trumpet neck, bell foot and retired underfoot. Resonant hard paste, the mid-section modeled in relief with four spinose ridges, and the neck and foot exhibiting an equal number of ornamental reliefs in leaf design and with further incised decoration. Very brilliant celadon glaze in pure and delicate grayish sea-green. (Slight gold lacquer repair at lip.) Teakwood stand. Height, 9% inches Third and Last Afternoon J UU 554—Celadon Incense Vase ,)ling Globul ar vase with trumpet neck, mounted upon the back of a standing dog Fu, the vase adorned with floral scroll in relief, the trappings of the Fu incised and in relief, and the whole within a brilliant celadon glaze of fine and delicate sea-green. (Slight gold lacquer repair at rim.) Has stand. |0- v Height, 8 inches. Ming Double-gourd shape, within a fine and rich celadon glaze of light gravish-seagreen, revealing sporadically a giant crackle. Has stand. Height, 9% inches. Third and Last Afternoon £. 556 - / 3o 557 - -Celadon Wine Jar Ming Full-bodied inverted pear shape with broad foot, large mouth and short upright lip; stoneweight porcelain of clear musical tone. Floral decoration in eight panels incised and modeled in the paste, above a base border of lance-head petal form, beneath a brilliant celadon glaze of transparent sea- green tint, its tone deepening in the bolder incisions. Carved teakwood cover and stand. Height, 9% inches. Celadon Gallipot Ming Dense porcelain of clear, ringing note, in fine and perfect modeling of inverted pear form, with short neck contracting to a lightly molded lip, within a celadon mirror glaze of light seagreen uniform in tone throughout. Teakwood stand. tiei £.3 Height, 14% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 558—Celadon Wine Jar Broad and squat inverted pear shape, with large mouth J $ and short lip. Sonorous stoneweight porcelain, with a varied decoration boldly modeled in relief in the paste, com¬ prising six panels of fruit and flower design, a scrolling petal border and a deep leaf border. Brilliant celadon glaze of a dense grayish-seagreen. Teakwood cover with jade handle, and teakwood stand. Height, 10 inches. Third and Last Afternoon 559- „ U-o. rv^_ (0, Ming 560 Celadon Wine Jar Inverted pear shape. Stoneweight porcelain of prolonged sonority and fine texture, within a rich and brilliant celadon glaze of luminous sea-green tone, with an intermingling of infinitesimal air globulites, over an extensive and varied decoration both incised and modeled in “flat-carving,” and including chevron and petal borders, and eight panels alter¬ nately displaying floral and ideographic designs. Hejc/ht, 1 L ! 4 inches. Celadon Statuette Ming Figure of Buddha seated on a lotus throne, in attitude of meditation, hands palm upward on his lap, the whole mounted on a hexagonal base and modeled as a single piece. Incised decoration beneath the brilliant celadon glaze of delicate grayish-seagreen, with the Buddha’s features and breast reserved and on the breast a swastika modeled in Height, IO 14 inches. ( Illustrated ) // ,/ // light relief sL. S61 - 562- J^/o. > T -Celadon Gallipot Ming Sonorous porcelain, invested with a celadon glaze of grayish- seagreen somewhat dense in character and having a brilliant mirror surface. Teakwood stand. Height, 15y 4 inches. ( Illustrated ) njt't -Celadon Gallipot Ming Resonant stoneweight porcelain, with a fine and pure celadon glaze of mirror brilliance, in delicate seagreen tint, its trans¬ parence revealing a finely designed and extensive peony scroll decoration incised and modeled in the paste. Height, 15 inches. 563- us, -Celadon Fish Bowl Ming Shallow ovoidal form with bold foot and lightly molded lip. Heavy sonorous porcelain with a brilliant celadon glaze of grayish-seagreen tone, and exhibiting in a medallion within the bottom a freely drawn incised decoration in floral motive. Diameter, 15 \/ 2 inches. 561 662 No. 560 —Celadon Statuette (Ming) Nos. 561-562 —Celadon Gallipots (Ming) Third and Last Afternoon Beaker-form Vase Ming With relatively slender, graceful neck. Heavy porcelain of musical resonance, with incised and relief decoration occupy¬ ing practically the whole of its surface. On the shoulder a four-clawed dragon pursuing the whirling jewel among clouds above waves of the sea, below this a floral scroll band in phoenix-and-peony design and a deep petal border, and on the neck a plantain-leaf border and bold rings. Brilliant celadon glaze of light grayish-seagreen. Teakwood stand. 564 —Large Celado Height, 26 1 / 4 inches. Third and Last Afternoon jADON Beaker-form Vase Ming Heavy resonant porcelain, within a celadon glaze of brilliant grayish-seagreen over an extensive decoration incised and modeled in relief in the paste. Peony scroll bands boldly designed encircle neck and shoulder, with a lesser floral scroll band below, a deep lance-leaf border at the foot, and seven rings about the neck. Teakwood stand. eight, 26% inches. 566 —Large Celadon Beaker-shaped Vase Ming Stoneweight porcelain, boldly shaped, and boldly modeled in relief with a highly conventional peony scroll in two bands encircling the shoulder and neck, and with a tall lance-leaf border encompassing the base. About the midbody a nar¬ row band of incised floral scroll in conventional peony motive. Rich and brilliant celadon glaze of fine sea-green tone. (Lip metal-capped.) Has stand. Height. 27% inches. O.dJ-y&y't 567 —Korean Terra-cotta Statuette Ri-cliao Standing figure of a young woman, on a wood base carved as rockery. Her face, of the full-moon type, painted white, has darkened with dirt accumulations and patina, while her lips remain pink and eyes and eyebrows which were touched in in black retain their color. She wears a vermilion coat and skirt, with aubergine trimming and green lining. Height, 13% inches. REMARKABLE MARBLE AND OTHER STONE SCULPTURES, OF ANCIENT PERIODS 568 —Stone Sculpture !>o. Very finely carved head of Buddha, from an heroic statue; finely modeled, in smooth line and surface, in white marble; the hair in small curls in relief. Creamy patina, obscured ky light grayish earth incrustations. Wooden stand. Height, 18 inches (with stand 32 inches). Third and Last Afternoon 5G9—Rare Marble Figure Group u ]/ ^ A masterpiece of sculpture, of the twelfth century, in white marble. Signed and dated. A Lohan is represented seated on a rock ledge in a grotto, showing his power over a lion by caressing its shoulder as it climbs upon his knee, glaring up at him with jaws parted. His shaven head, and the strong features executed with fine powers of characteriza¬ tion, the pose of the figure, at once mobile and rigid, the full robes in graceful folds, all alike exhibit modeling of notable ability. The figure is in the round. On ledges of the rockery arch above the Lohan’s head appear in bas- relief a tiger (or possibly a lioness) and a man carrying two baskets, in one of them an infant and on top of the other a scroll, which seem to have some mystical significance which has not yet been satisfactorily made out. Pendent from the arch is a tablet in lotus framing, incised with an inscrip¬ tion in four columns, reciting that this statue of a Lohan with a lion was the worshipful offering of Wang-hsui for the prosperity and well being of his family and village, carved by Li Fu, the ninth month of the third year of Lei Lung (September, A.D. 1158). Height, 36 inches. ( Illustrated) T’ang Statue of Kuan-yin, standing, on a circular base in con¬ ventional lotus motive, both figure and base carved in the same block of white marble. (Head and left forearm long lost.) The goddess appears in slender figure, the upper body nude save for the draperies of a small shoulder cape, the breast crossed by a beaded necklace in relief, an armlet and bracelet worn on the right arm. A long girdle of large beads swings from her shoulder to below the knees, and a streamer hangs at one side, partly undercut. Skirt flowing, and carved with ornamentation. Height, 43 inches. No. .369 —Rare Marble Figure Group (Sung) Afternoon Third and Last 57 Sculpture T'ang Statue of Kuan-yin standing on a lotus base, her bare feet projecting from her finely chiseled robes and resting upon the ends of gracefully flowing streamers, a loop of which she gathers in her right hand. She wears a ju-i crown adorned with a haloed Buddha in relief, a ju-i breastplate and beaded necklaces and pendants, and her elaborate drap¬ eries are carved in relief and incised. Painted in polychrome now showing mainly a faint rose and soft green, amid cream tones and grayish-white. Height, 43 inches. ( Illustrated ) 572 c^Oo. Marble Sculpture T’ang Massive head of Buddha from a mammoth statue, in black marble. The large features are boldly cai’ved, and smoothly polished, and the surface wears a grayish and silvery patina over the dark structural substance. The head wears a crown with angels bearing a flaming halo supported on a lotus, finely carved in relief and painted in polychrome, with a special use of the colors in emphasizing its band of jewels. Mounted on a wood pedestal. 573 J'tSo. Height, 23 inches; with pedestal, 46 1 /, inches. -Stone Sculpture T'ang Statue of Kuan-yin standing on a lotus base of capstan form, carved in a grayish stone of sandy surface, with a con¬ fused patina in subdued neutral tones, the resultant of early polychrome painting whose colors have vanished and the effects of time and weather. The goddess holds in her right hand a lotus bud, in her left a vase. The nude trunk of the figure, gracefully fashioned in sinuous pose, is vigorously adorned with necklaces and pendants, carved in relief, which with streamers from a shoulder-cape hang down before the boldly carved flowing skirt. Height, 48 y 2 inches. No. 571 —Chinese Stone Sculpture ( T’ang ) Third and Last Afternoon A GREAT CARVING IN BLACK MARBLE FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST AGES OF HISTORICAL CHINESE ART 574- Important Black Marble Sculpture of the' T ang Dynasty, with Inscription Statue of Kuan-vin, goddess of mercy. Standing figure, on a conventional lotus base, the trunk nude, a clinging skirt tightly girded at the waist and hanging in light and graceful folds, the goddess’s bare feet projecting below it. A scarf over her shoulders is gathered in streamers about her arms, an end held in her right hand (the left hand and forearm lost in some ancient catastrophe). An elaborate necklace carved in relief on breast and body hangs to the knees. The figure is in sinuous pose, the head poised with great reserve of dignity and restrained expression. High headdress in strands (not, as is most common, in small spiral knots or knobs). Over the forehead a flower. Painted anciently in polychrome, of which the green pigment almost alone is retained, in portions of the apparel; elsewhere creamy tones and gray-white, and on the flesh surface a soft grayish patina. Height, 67y 2 inches. The long, deeply incised inscription on the base of the statue recites this pious devotional expression: Abstruse and profound is the Great Doctrine whence are derived the Three Systems (of the teachings of Buddha) whereby the righteous path is reached, and mys¬ tical is the state of perfect stillness into which a direct entrance is effected by the dissolution of earthly forms; so that those who repent may have their transgressions absolved, and those who submit to the will (of Buddha) may have blessings conferred upon them. The disciple Liang Iv’ee, abandoning the false appear¬ ance for the precious reality of spiritual life, has hereby respectfully erected this statue to the Bodhisattva Kuan- yin in the hope that from the gracious Emperor down to the lowest living creature, all may share in these blessings. Recorded the third day of the third month in the third year of Sui-k’ung (A.I). 687). [Sui-k’ung, sometimes [Continued No. 574 —Important Black Marble Sculpture of T’ang Dynasty, with Inscription tiie Third and Last Afternoon [No. 574— Continued ] written Ch’ui-kung, the nien two or reign title of the Em¬ peror Wu-lum —iniao hao or dynastic title—who reigned from A.D. 684 to A.D. 705.] 5/5- 0 The sculpture came from the Pai Ma Ssu, the White Horse Temple, built by the Emperor Ming Ti in the year A.D. 67 upon the official introduction of Buddhism in China, and named in memory of the white horse which had carried from India the sacred relics that were brought by the envoys whom the emperor had sent to India on a mission of inquiry; the temple was also in memory of the two sramana or Indian monks whom the envoys also brought back with them. {IUMed) -Marble Sculpture T'ang Standing figure of Kuan-yin holding a vase, on a lotus sup¬ ported by four lions, the whole on a deep rectangular base, carved of a single block of black marble. The goddess wears an elaborate coronet and jeweled necklace, a bold pendant hanging low ag-ainst her bared breast, shoulder cape and full skirt. Faint hues of early painting remain, with grayish patina varied in tone. Height, 33 inches. 576—Marble Sculpture * " Wei Head and bust of a statue just under life size—one of the flanking figures in the Buddhist Triad in which Fugen and Seislii attend upon Kuan-yin—carved with fine artistic workmanship in black marble. The head is very slightly inclined forward, the face deftly and smoothly modeled, with almond eyes and sensitive nostrils emphasized, and mouth small but sensuous. The hair is carefully waved and curled, and fashioned in vermiculees over the center of the fore¬ head. Headdress high within a deep tiara enclosing a Buddha enthroned. Necklace, armlets and other orna¬ mentation carved in high and low relief. Broad retentions of vermilion and touches of green and other early painting, and exhibits of rich and dull black and soft gray patina. Height, 23% inches; with pedestal, 73y 2 inches. From the Lung Men cave temples of Honan Province. /Jo Third and Last Afternoon 577—Stone Sculpture T'ang Statue of Kuan-yin standing on a circular base, carved in grayish stone of gritty arenarious surface and retaining faint and weathered traces of early polychrome painting. The goddess wears a coronet and long necklace, and full flowing robes, carved in relief and incised, and streamers emphasized by undercutting. On modern wooden pedestal. Height, 39 inches; with pedestal, 75 inches. BRONZE AND CAST-IRON SCULPTURE 0 578—Lacquered Cast Iron Statuette (_y Ming The Buddha seated cross-legged with hands palms upward on his lap, in meditation, on the traditional lotus throne. Cast iron coated with rich brown lacquer and gold, with details in deep green-blue and vermilion, the predominant aspect now fine brown with gold enrichment variously dis¬ tributed. Height, 11 inches. 579- lT -Gilt Bronze Temple Bell Ch'ien-lung Ovoid with flat top surmounted by a double-dragon loop handle vigorously modeled in high relief. Bold relief dec¬ oration encircling the bell in five bands, the principal band representing two imperial dragons amid clouds above the sea, each of the fabulous monsters with the flaming jewel of power firmly within its grasp. This band interrupted by two tablets, one incised “made in the eighth year of the reign of Ch’ien-lung” (1718), the other indicating the position of the bell in the south end or corner of the great temple hall connected with the imperial palace in which the bell was hung (“Pei nan lu”). /f u f Height, 10% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 580 —Pair Bronze Fu Lions yfo. Vigorously designed and finely modeled guardians of the threshold, in monumental proportions reduced to orna¬ mental size, on elaborate quadrilateral pedestals. Seated on their haunches, right forepaw of one rests on the tradi¬ tional ball, and the left forepaw of its mate on a cub as the cub rolls playfully on its back. Trappings in relief and incised. Pedestals covered with brocade blankets, and display rich ornamentation in relief and incised. Fine patina of brown and rich red. Height, 14 inches. 581 C. T > Gilded Cast Iron Head Sung Head from a mammoth statue of the Buddha in cast iron, boldly but finely modeled with a supreme mastery of craft and a fine and expressive dignity. The face gilded, the head¬ dress painted a grayish blue-green. On a modern quadri¬ lateral wooden pedestal with chamfered corners and a cop¬ ing, painted in representation of the antique, a soft medley of creamy neutral tones. Height of head, 19 inches; with stand, 32% inches. 582- -Bronze Tripod Jardiniere ' Ming Cauldron shape on lion head and claw feet; two lion-head and loose-ring handles; wide galleried rim. Upper surface of the rim boldly incised with a conventional lotus scroll of dense pattern, exterior with a border of archaic dragon- scroll. Around the body a deep band of the lei-wen, incised, with the ogre features and other designs reserved in light relief. Brown patina and grayish incrustations. Carved teakwood stand. Diameter, 35 inches. 583— Large Third and Last Afternoon Bronze Jardiniere Ovoid, with flat and flaring, festooned rim. On the upper surface of the rim a T-fret border in relief, and around the sides a band of conventional floral scroll in relief, with bold rings above and below it. Dull brown-black patina. Height, 29 inches; diameter, 35 inches. CHINESE PORCELAINS Jf. 584—Two-color In cense Burner Melon-form, slightly compressed, the lobes marked bvunci- if'O. sion, on three short feet. Glazed in a rich and finely mottled green of soft lustre. In relief crawling about the sides two lizard-dragons, glazed in light yellow. Teakwood cover and stand. Diame 585- /&. inches. -Pair Peacock-dlue Sacrificial Jars Covers Inverted pear shape with short straight neck ; conical cov¬ ers, laterally channeled and molded, or corrugated. Bril¬ liant greenish-turquoise glaze in the hue denominated pea¬ cock-blue, closely crackled. Have stands. Height jj6y s inches. 586-—Turquoise-elite Jar luing Broad inverted pear shape with large mouth and short lip Oo. and flat foot. Turquoise-blue glaze lightening and again intensifying in its hue, closely crackled, and continued over the interior of the jar. Has stand. Diameter, 7% inches. ^Sf-^^OTT^D^CrREEN BoTTLE-FORAI VASE Ming Pear shape with small neck and large trumpet lip, and deep cylindrical foot. Highly luminous glaze of a rich moss- green, with a vagarious mottling and minute and delicate crackle. Has stand. Height, 8*4 inches Third and Last Afternoon (Slightly chipped.) 588— Pair Dogs Fu Q Seated on their haunches on oblong pedestals with elaborate incised ornamentation of formal conventional design. Heavy Ming potteryvhi a glaze of rich, deep and brilliant blue of and varied cerulean tones. Height, 8% inches. THa* .Jj.A ■ 589— Peacock-blue Tripod Incense Burner Ming Circular and shallow, with short neck and flanged lip and stump feet. Dense greenish-turquoise glaze minutely crackled, in the rich hues composing “peacock-blue” and of Teakwood stand. Diameter, 9% inches. cJ< dim inviting lustre. 590— Turquoise-blue Jardiniere with Original Stand lWjtng Drum shape with broadly rounded lip, four animal-mask d. handles modeled in relief, and studded with two bands of bosses over incised rings. Stand circular with scrolled skirt and ring-base. Glaze a varied turquoise-blue, brilliant and having a fishroe crackle. Height (with stand), 9y 4 inches. // /y / / 591— Turquoise-blue Pottery Plant Jar Ming Quadrangular witirHat rim, and on each face a lion mask in relief. Luminous glaze of softly mottled greenish turquoise- blue. Teakwood stand. 592— Turquoise-blue Plant Jar Diameter, 9 inches. Ming Hexagonal with expanding lip and three angular feet. Dense, heavy Ming pottery, with a fluent and variable glaze of turquoise-blue delicately crackled. Has stand. Diameter, 10 y 4 inches. Third and Last Afternoon 593- $>■ Royal Blue Ginger Jar with Its Own Original Lover Ovoid with broad and somewhat flattened shoulder, and short upright lip; hat-shaped cover with knob finial. Bril¬ liant glaze in a rich, deep and glowing atmospheric blue— almost the blue of the great dome of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, which in sunshine seems to lend the ether itself a deeper blue. (Cover edge slightly nicked.) Teakwood stand. ) Height, 11% inches. /( . 591 — Peacock-blue Bottle / Ming Compressed globular body with broad shoulder, and full and tall neck lightly expanding to the lip; short and broad foot. Lustrous turquoise glaze in the rich blue and delicate green tones yielding the peacock-blue, finely crackled throughout. Has stand. 595-P O T T E R Y S T AT UETTE eight, 11% inches. Ming Seated figure of Kuan-vin, feet bent under and concealed by J £ ^ her abundant robes, hands clasped before her on her lap, head slightly inclined forward. Glazed in brilliant auber¬ gine, turquoise and burnt orange, the turquoise finely crackled. (Slight glaze chips at knee.) Carved teakwood stand. 596—Polychromatic Statuette/ Ming Seated figure of Kuan-vin, knees spread and feet folded under, hands concealed within her ample robes, on a rock- and-wave throne. Her hair is waved over her brow, before a halo-headdress. Robed in brilliant moss-green, mottled and crackled, rich orange and burnt-orange yellow, deep turquoise-blue and aubergine, and gray-white—all glazes but the aubergine being crackled. Face and breast appear in the biscuit, brown with a soft black patina, and on the breast a necklace in low relief. Carved teakwood stand. Height, 14% inches. Third and Last Afternoon -Turquoise-blu e Pottery Jardiniere Ming Ovoid with heavily molded lip and two rings of bold studding. Brilliant glaze of rich turquoise-blue and soft turquoise- green notes, lightly crackled. Vermilion lacquer carved table-stand. Diameter, 12 y s inches. 598 * '/ -Turquoise-blue Vase Ming Inverted pear shape with broad flat foot, and wide neck with expanding lip. Dense glaze of mottled turquoise-blue, with areas of delicate greenish-turquoise trend, very brilliant and finely crackled, flowing over heavy Ming pottery of soft white paste. Has stand. Height, 14% inches. ' Four Ming kakemono, in colors on silk, from an ancient set, in modern mounting as a screen. Subject, an imperial gar¬ den party given by tbe empress, who appears at the left attended and surrounded by her ladies, other ladies and chil¬ dren appearing in the other panels, one of which shows ob¬ jects of art displayed on a garden table. Height, 72% inches: panel width, JZj'A inches. stylist £ • 618 — Carved Wood Statuette Ming Standing figure of a woman, an imperial household attend¬ ant, on a low pedestal. She is in a vermilion overdress and green skirt, the colors largely worn away. Her face is turned toward her right, and she holds in both hands at her left side a covered jar. Height, 10 y„ inches. c & N^Lr. 619 — Carved Wood Statuette t Sung / --^'''Seated figure of Kuan-vin, on a conventional lotus pedestal, >7 ^ * her hands resting one above the other on her lap, palms upward. In her coronet is mounted a miniature infant fig¬ ure. Gilded, the pedestal painted in dark vermilion; coated with soft grayish incrustations. Height, 11% inches 620— Korean Wood Carving Ri-cliao 'J Statuette of a robed youth, standing on a low pedestal. He holds in both hands before his breast and ceremoniously a deep cup or jar. Painted in polychrome now toned to low keys and showing a soft patina and light incrustations. • y Height, 11 inches. 625- \J 6 - -Pair Korean Carved Wood Statuettes Fourteenth Century Standing figures of Buddhistic attendants, on quadrilateral bases. Painted in polychrome, the robe of one green and that of the companion red. One holds ceremoniously a double-gourd vase and the other a jewel. ’iglits, 13 >4 and 13% inches. 'J -Carved Wood Statuette s Sung Figure of Mon ju, goddess of wisdom, seated sidewise on a recumbent lion, her feet resting on a lotus. Painted in green, vermilion, blue and gold, which have yielded to time and disintegration, softening in tone or vanishing. (Fig¬ ure’s hands and one paw of lion broken away.) Hewitt, 12^4 inches. -Japanese Wood Carving Ashik<(g/i Period Statuette of Kwannon, seated, on a conventional lotus ped¬ estal. She has a high headdress, topped by a ju-i sceptre- head ; breast and arms bare. Vestiges of lacquer gilding, but the statuette generally darkened by incense fumes and incrustations. Height with fedestul, 16J/ g inches. To Third and Last Afternoon Inlaid Lacquer Chest Ming Square, with two bail handles; five compartments including two in a drawer. Black lacquer, inlaid in ivory with figures, landscapes, pavilions, flowers and clouds. Diameter, 12i/ 3 inches. Mi tsuda Lacquer Cabinet ^' ^^AivrTg Oblong, the base flaring; hinged top and two doors; three drawers besides an upper compartment; two bail handles. Decorated in soft tones of polychrome lacquer painting with landscape, pavilions and figures, flowers and fruits, on greenish and brown-black grounds—interior ground, ver¬ milion. Height, 15 inches. , Pair Lacquer Tabourets Cliicn-luntf - Quadrilater d with chamfered corners, shallow pierced difum and scrolled skirt; scrolled legs on knob feet which rest on an open base following tbe contour of the top or seat. All surfaces finely penciled in gold lacquer on a black ground, the decorations including lotus and other floral scrolls, bats and scroll-fret. 14% inches. 643 —Pair Red Lacquer Pedestals or Tali J . 644 — Ming Carvec^ wood five-legged table-stands, painted with red lacquer of finely aged, soft and warm tone, and retaining traces of gold pencilings not visible as design but as pleasing notes mingling with a black patina of time and usage; cir¬ cular tops, the legs resting on circular bases. Below the tops, shallow drums pierced with decorated quatrefoils; foliated skirts, the legs cabriole on knob feet, and them¬ selves carved with relief scrolls. Height, 29'4 inches; tan diameter. 1544 inches. , n , ' r ' C.G.MXm.. Inlaid Black Lacquer Lhest Ming Rectilinear; the top showing vestiges of floral painting in color, the front richly ornamented in brilliant mother-of- pearl inlay with a pair of phoenixes about a rock peony tree with glowing blooms. Length. 33% inches: width, 21 >/, inches; depth , 2(i \/ 2 indies. Third and Last Afternoon 645—Pair Lacquer Armchairs ''ifXSyiA- Conventional rectangular model with open back, horse-shoe rail inclined, vase-shaped splat, and round stiles and posts Hanked by wings. Black lacquer, with regal ornamentation in gold, picturing waterside landscapes and pavilions, be¬ sides lotus and other floral scrolls and a variety of borders. Have K’ang-hsi silk velvet brocade cushions. 646—Pair Gold Lacquer Armchairs Rectangular, with solid arms and back, all paneled, and quadrilateral legs and braces. On the seat a foliated medal¬ lion in lotus motive involved with a conventional dragon- scroll and bats, the same motives being continued in the decoration of all surfaces of the chair—except the rear of the back, which displays flower and fruit sprays—the whole finely penciled in gold lacquer on a black ground. Copied after Ch’ien-lung originals. 647—Pair Lacquer Armchairs Rectangular seat, with arms, back and knee braces in bold open scrolls, and broad splat straight as to its sides but fashioned in wavy line. Black lacquer, with highly ornate decoration in gold, including finely designed lotus scrolls, mountain landscapes broad and comprehensive, lattices and fret scrolls. Have K’ang-hsi silk velvet brocade cushions. 648—Mitsuda Lacquer Bench or Long Stand Ming Oblong, with solid underbrace forming a lower shelf. The top or seat a Ming panel in black lacquer, elaborate^ painted in polychrome of soft tonal qualities, with an ex¬ tensive landscape, figure and architectural composition, in which appear travelers, sages and immortals, pavilions and castle walls, pine trees and mountains. Border of flowers and birds. Length, 41 % inches. Third and Last Afternoon 649—Japanese Carved Wood Altar Table KamaTcura Period Oblong top with scrolled ends, borne upon cyma-scroll legs which rest on an open quadrilateral base. The legs are boldly fluted, and heavily scrolled at the feet; at the skirt they become straight, and the skirt itself is finely carved in openwork in rich lotus-scroll design. Height, 44% inches; length, 56% inches. 650 f* o. //d Gold Lacquer Altar Table Oblong, with four legs, each pair on a solid base which sup¬ ports also a conspicuous ju-i ornament; fret skirt. Gold lacquer ornamentation on a black ground, consisting of foli¬ ated medallions and panels depicting flowers and birds and a waterside landscape, within a ground of swastika lattice; also, elaborate lotus scrolls. The whole in early Ch’ien-lung style. Length, 61% inches. r t , r V TTtir ■ 651—Gold Lacquer Altar Iable Similar to the preceding but smaller, with scrolled skirt and quadrilateral legs; similar decoration. Length, 49% inches. 652 yfasutse oL. Mitsuda Lacquer Cabinet Its conspicuous features two mitsuda lacquer doors of the Ming period, which at some subsequent but not modern time were mounted in their present teakwood cabinet environ¬ ment ; the cabinet oblong, with an upper shelf open on all sides above the enclosed section of the cabinet, and above this a solid top or superior shelf. The door decorations are in rich soft polychrome and depict high officials holding receptions at their homes, with children at play among birds and flowers. On four-legged modern stand. Height, 60% inches (with stand); length. 53% inches. Third and Last Afternoon 653 —Mitsuda Lacquer Cabinet Ming ^ Oblong, with two doors. Finely designed ornamentation painted in gold and colors on a ground of ricli black, repre¬ senting ladies and gentlemen at a garden party, and birds and butterflies. Mounted on a modern stand. Height (with stand), 62 inches; length, 37% inches. 654 —Mitsuda Lacquer Cabinet Companion to the preceding. n *' Ming Third and Last Afternoon 655- vtvct Sr'Dfr'v v^2tTr -Foi it-FOLD Carved Lacquer Coromandel Screen K’ang-hsi Rich polychrome decoration, in soft notes, on an ebony- black ground, the principal elements immortals and attend¬ ants borne upon animals and clouds, and upon a shell, turtle or tree-trunk over waves, on a voyage to the realms of para¬ dise. Borders of flowers and flying birds, emblems and orna¬ ments. On the reverse, dragons, landscapes and poems. Hfight, 94 inches: panel width, 19'4 inches. Third and Last Afternoon 65i (o O. Mmg 56—Pair Mitsuda Lacquer Doors Painted in soft tones on a black ground with extensive land¬ scape compositions and figures—sages variously diverting themselves at a garden party. Height, 78 y 3 inches; width (each), 15 inches. yj/iAM cd- 65T—Mitsuda Lacquer Three-fold Fire Screen The folds or panels are not hinged but fixed, set in a rigid frame of globe and scroll design, the side panels at an angle, as the partly opened wings of a triptych. Black lacquer painted in colors and gold with landscapes, pavilions and many figures, including a company of horsemen at a great gate. On the reverse, birds and flowers. Height, 37 inches; total 'width, 29 inches. Jlo. 658—Mitsuda Lacquer Four-fold Screen Mmg The two end-folds in gate form. Paneled decoration of phoenixes, herons, ducks and song birds, the tree peony and the lotus and other flowers, broadly and finely painted in time-softened colors on a black ground of dull lustre. Height, 68 inches; gavel width, 18 inches. 659 Ho- '/// // ■Four-fold Silk Painted Screen Ming Formed of four Ming kakemono painted in colors on silk, in modern mounting. The paintings depict ladies of the palace, boys and nobles, women musicians, and an emperor seated, the figures appearing in pavilions, on terraces and in gardens, in a variety of soft colors on a soft brown ground. Height, 72y s inches; panel width, 2-1 y 2 inches. ( Illustrated ) No. 659 —Four-fold Silk Painted Screen ( Ming ) Third and Last Afternoon yybtA >yir 660— Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Three-foxd Screen** Minn ASo. Ming Each fold in dado and deep frieze; in the frieze a phoenix- and-peonv medallion within a latticed square, in the dado a foliated medallion and a quadrilateral panel set within an oblong* of the lattice, the medallion enclosing a dragon and the panel another of the fabulous animals of Celestial imag¬ ery. Around all, borders of bats and Shou characters. Finely carved, and in soft and varied cinnabar tones, with traces of gold enrichment. Reverse lined with silk brocade of rich golden-bronze hue. Height, 7ly 2 inches; panel width, 26 inches. A <2 -A. Jp 661—Ko-ssu Tapestry and Teakwood Screen Ch'ien-lung Eight folds, with five tiers of panels, the frieze and dado in panels of solid teakwood carved in relief, the former with bats encircling a Shou medallion and the latter with the twin-fish from the Pa Chi-hsiang, and the three intervening tiers in panels of fine ko-ssu tapestry. The tapestry panels, finely wrought in silk colors with gold background, present in landscape settings the scenario of an historical war, with more than two score figures appearing, warriors and civil¬ ians, some of them on horseback. In the end-folds the tap¬ estry panels give place to panels of gold embroidery with dragons, and panels of silk brocade with flowers. \ \ V Height, 83 inches; panel width, 14y 3 inches. l A. t ^ ///vTo 662 — /z£o. Third and Last Afternoon i /QAstryULftJ, -Imperial Throne Screen ' Cli’ien-lung A triptych of two wings set at an angle, flanking a broad central panel, and all resting in elaborately carved teakwood pedestals. The three folds or panels are themselves paneled or compartmented, individually, by means of finely carved and pierced framing, the twenty-two enclosures thus formed being adorned in a prodigality of magnificence with precious and semi-precious stones, enamels and lacquers, on a back¬ ground of turquoise and gold. This ornamentation numbers thirty-five objects, including vases of white jade and fei-ts’ui jade, rock crystal and carnelian, cinnabar lacquer, and cloisonne enamel with gilt bronze mountings, besides jade flowers, a lapis-lazuli bowl of jade peaches, and a recumbent lion carved in malachite. Height, including pedestal, 87 inches; length. 98 inches. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers. THOMAS E. KIRBY, Auctioneer. j S'/ 7 <5a 31 if 0 ■ 0 2 :so 1 3 £ / JZ, / o f/£ JZ >6'o ij"7 d . rj U or 3 S' / 7*