THE PRIVATE COLLECTION THE WELL-KNOWN CONNOISSEUR MR. EDWARD RUNGE To Bb Sold Undbr thb Management op The American Art Association NEW YORK On Free Public View From 9 A. M. until 6 P. M. AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES Madison Square South FROM TUESDAY, MARCH 3rd, 1914 UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE DATE OF SALE THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE WELL-KNOWN CONNOISSEUR MR. EDWARD RUNGE TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7th, 1914 Beginning at 3 O’Clock ' X ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 4 OF THE BEAUTIFUL OLD CHINESE PORCELAINS AND OTHER ORIENTAL OBJECTS FORMING THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE WELL-KNOWN CONNOISSEUR MR. EDWARD RUNGE For over Twenty Years Representative in China of MR. THOMAS B. CLARKE TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE ON THE DATE HEREIN STATED THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY OK THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers NEW YORK 1914 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Duke University Libraries https://archive.org/details/illustratedcatal01amer_1 PREFATORY NOTE The porcelains here catalogued are the last importations made by Mr. Edward Range, pur¬ chased by him in China, where he has long been known as a veteran seeker of these distinctive productions of ancient Cathay. Originally he was there for Herter Brothers, who are well known to New York; later for twenty years or more on behalf of and in connection with Mr. Thomas B. Clarke of this city, known even more widely as a collector of works of art than as a dealer for many years particularly in Oriental porcelains. Mr. Bunge’s health has led him to retire from activity in this absorbing pursuit. Much the greater proportion of the objects mak¬ ing up the collection have stands. 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 purchase 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 default 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) arising 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—be¬ tween the hours of 9 A. M. 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. 5. Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a business in which the Association is in no wise engaged, and will not be performed by the Association for purchasers. The Association will, however, afford to purchasers every facility for employing at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers; doing so, how¬ ever, without any assumption of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such service. 6. Storage of any purchase shall be at the sole risk of the purchaser. Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, and thereafter, while the Association will exercise due caution in caring for and delivering such purchase, it will not hold itself responsible if such purchase be lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. Storage charges will be made upon all purchases not removed within ten days from the date of the sale thereof. 7. Guarantee is not made either by the owner or the Asso¬ ciation of the correctness of the description, genuineness or au¬ thenticity of any lot, and no sale will be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing, or any imperfection not noted. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its sale, after which it is sold “as is” and without recourse. The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot correctly, and will give consideration to the opunion of any trust¬ worthy expert to the effect that any lot has been incorrectly catalogued, and, in its judgment, may either sell the lot as cata¬ logued or make mention of the opinion of such expert, who thereby would become responsible for such damage as might result were his opinion without proper foundation. SPECIAL NOTICE Buying or bidding by the Association for responsible parties on orders transmitted to it by mail, telegraph or telephone, will be faithfully attended to without charge or commission. Any purchase so made will be subject to the above Conditions of Sale, which cannot in any manner be modified. The Association, how¬ ever, in the event of making a purchase of a lot consisting of one or more books for a purchaser who has not, through himself or his agent, been present at the exhibition or sale, will permit such lot to be returned within ten days from the date of sale, and the purchase money will be returned, if the lot in any material manner differs from its catalogue description. Orders for execution by the Association should be written and given with such plainness as to leave no room for misunder¬ standing. Not only should the lot number be given, but also the title, and bids should be stated to be so much for the lot, and when the lot consists of one or more volumes of books or objects of art, the bid per volume or piece should also be stated. If the one transmitting the order is unknown to the Association, a de¬ posit should be sent or reference submitted. Shipping directions should also be given. Priced copies of the catalogue of any sale, or any session thereof, will be furnished by the Association at a reasonable charge. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York City. CATALOGUE AFTERNOON SALE SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1914 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 3.00 OCLOCK Which includes Catalogue Nos. 1 to 137 SINGLE-COLOR PORCELAINS OF MINIATURE SIZES 1— Deep-green Bottle ( Ch'ien-lung) Pear-shape, on short circular foot, with full, short neck. Dense white porcelain, covered with a deep green glaze of rich color-quality and dull luster, with a delicate crackle. Rim glazed in black. 2— Light-brown Bottle ( Ch’ien-lung ) Globular, with retreating foot and short, ,, straight neck. Delicate, light porcelain, covered with a glaze of smooth but un¬ reflecting surface, in light brown hue as of lightly stained and well-smoothed wood, splashed delicately with light yellow and golden-brown, the glaze on the foot deep¬ ening to a dark brown. 3 -—Mii.k-white Small Pear-shaped Bottle ( Cli ien-lu ng ) With tapering, slender neck and short, cir¬ cular foot. Pure white, heavy porcelain, covered with a rich milk-white glaze of delectable quality. Height, 4 y s inches. 4—Mustard-yellow Miniature Baluster Vase ( Cli ien-lung ) Bulbous body, tapering to a wide neck ex- o • _panding at the lip. Light mustard-yellow glaze of greenish tinge, having a fish-roe crackle. Interior of neck glazed in dark green, with a faint crackle. 5—Brownish-black Miniature Pear-shaped Bottle ( Cliien-lung ) With flat foot, recessed underneath, and short neck. Brilliant brownish-black glaze, * with delicate hair-line splashings or sprink¬ lings of a faint brown or bronze tone, giving the vessel a curiously mottled and somewhat metallic effect. 6—Tea-dust Jar Ovoid body, with flat foot recessed under¬ neath, short sloping shoulder and full, wide, straight neck. Coated with a thick glaze of unctuous surface and dull luster in the hue and of the appearance of powdered tea. Underneath the brown-glazed foot a seal. Height, 3 inches. 7-—Mirror-black Bottle ( Clx ien-lung ) Ovoid, with narrow foot and steeply-sloping shoulder, and graceful neck gently expand¬ ing. Covered with a pure, brilliant glaze in mirror-black of lustrous depths; rim and under-foot glazed in white. Height, 3 inches. 8—Porcelain Snuff Bottle ( Ch’ien-lung ) In flask shape on a narrow foot. Pure white porcelain, dense and thick, deeply carved and intricately modeled with a fungus re¬ ticulation or open coral formation, overlain by foliate scrolls and the eight Buddhistic emblems of happy augury, the whole glazed in a bright vermilion. At base and shoulder a scepter-head border, modeled and in¬ cised; on the neck a border of key-fret, and beneath the lip a circlet of miniature bosses. Height, 3 inches. 9 ' Peacock-blue Bottle ( Ch’ien-lung ) Ovoidal with tubular neck; deeply recessed foot. Luminous glaze of turquoise-blue and turquoise-green, with mottlings and shift¬ ing color presenting in places the peculiar sheen of peacock-blue. A fine crackle over the entire surface. Height, 4 inches. 10 —Mustard-yellow Vase ( Ch’ien-lung) Ovoidal, with high, sloping shoulder, short neck and broadly flaring lip. Glazed in a o2_JT — bright mustard-yellow having a fine crackle with a notable uniformity of distribution. Soft, dull luster with delicate metallic sug¬ gestions. Height, 4 inches. MINIATURE JADE ORNAMENTS (All with Stands) 11—Jade Carving of Two Animals Two animals, apparently of the cat family or foxes, are carved in the round, in a single 10 piece of two-color jade, the one in opaque white jade and the other in jade of steel- black hue, and are represented as foot-to- foot—except that a sprig of the sacred fungus lies between them a part of the way—and they are facing in opposite directions. 12—Cab vED Jade Ornament: Fox and Grapes In two-color jade. Not necessarily the clas¬ sic fable, but a representation of a bushy- t . tailed animal with a rodent’s head, carved in semi-translucent white jade, perched upon a bunch of large grapes, which is carved in bold relief and undercut in a gray-black jade, a vein of the white which continues in the black section being utilized to counter¬ feit the stem. 13—Jade Ornament of Aquatic Life / 0 Two fish-dragons are carved in black jade, undercut and pierced, overlying a stratum of translucent gray jade which is carved in representation of lotus leaves with a lotus seed-pod, and a twisted shell; the tails of the fish-monsters etched in fine lines. 14—Jade Bird and Fruit A thin slab of jade, two-thirds of it black, the other third a translucent white jade, is carefully carved, the black jade with a cluster of tree fruits on a stem, much in the form of the Chinese pointed peach of lon¬ gevity, carved "in the round” but flattened; the white portion is carved in representation of a long-billed web-footed bird, its feathers finely etched. A recurring touch of the black stone is utilized for the carving- of a blossom resting in relief on the bird’s back. 3 / 15 — Jade Cat and Rat Carved in the round and undercut, touching only at feet, tails and nose, the rat carved in lustrous steel-black jade and the cat in the contiguous stratum of translucent white jade, each with a soft polish. On the back of the cat’s neck a fungus branch is carved in low relief, pierced and etched. 16 — Jade Ornament: Two Tigers Carved in a single piece of black and white jade, each animal having its head turned *“ sidewise against one shoulder and resting on the hind feet of the other; one carved in the black jade and one in the white, and done in the round, the stone being cut away between the bodies. Bright polish. 17— J ade Animal and Figure Group In mottled jade. A sturdy, robust figure of the sacred cow, in squatting attitude, is carved in detail in the round in stone of a light chocolate-brown, the feet, legs and tail mottled with gray, as is the middle of the back. Mounted over the white spot of the back, carved in bold relief and under¬ cutting in a sprawling attitude in trans¬ lucent white jade is a laughing figure who controls the cow by a rope and supports on his shoulder a large hat in brown. Brilliant polish. 18 — Black and White Jade Flower-holder A deep, cornucopia-shaped blossom, with an elongated bud on one side and a stem of leaves on the other—-a conventionalized lotus or other aquatic plant—is carved in upright position in translucent white jade. In an adjoining vein of black jade appear two crabs, carved, pierced and undercut, each grasping in its claws a stem of the plant beside it. The white jade has a soft polish, the black a mirror surface. Height, 3% inches. JADE, CRYSTAL, GLASS, AGATE AND AMBER SNUFF BOTTLES (Each with Stand) 19 — Hair Crystal Snuff Bottle Flattened, with ovate contour. Trans- z parent crystal delicately clouded, and veined with dark hair-lines or vagrant striations. At either side a rudimentary archaic animal- head-and-loop handle carved in relief. Green jade stopper. 20—Hair Crystal Snuff Bottle Broad flask-shape. Clear transparent crys- tal, with a bold, vagarious, internal “hatch” of light but firm lines, and brilliant fracture. Unadorned save for the brilliant polish. Pink coral and green stopper. 21—Hair Crystal Snuff Bottle Miniature flask shape; transparent, exhibit¬ ing an intricate “cross-hatch” in its interior structure, in black lines. Brilliantly pol¬ ished. Pink coral and blue stopper. 22—Aquamarine Snuff Bottle Light blue, turning to pale green against the light; transparency blocked by struc¬ tural variations and cleavages. Carved in r 2 .— gourd shape—vine and fruit—brightly pol¬ ished, and the veinings of the leaves deli¬ cately etched. Pink stopper. 23—Jade Snuff Bottle Flask-shape, on elliptical foot. Semi-trans- lucent white jade, with a broad diagonal shading of gray-black from one shoulder to foot : one face lightly carved in the center with a group of rocky cliffs. Pink coral stopper. 24—Jade Snuff Bottle Flattened ovoidal flask-shape, with narrow foot lightly defined, the body ribbed as a melon, and having a deep cylindrical neck. One face of the bottle, and more than half its substance, clouded-gray jade; the other face and remainder mottled with reddish and light brown in the hues of iron corrosion. Green stopper. 25-—Mottled Jade Snuff Bottle Flat, the sides slightly ovoidal. Black and smoky-gray jade mottled with lighter gra 3 r s, and encircled by a narrow belt or vein of gray-white which runs through the struc¬ ture. Bright pink stopper. 26—Agate Snuff Bottle Flattened flask-shape, very thin, with slop- jt ing shoulder and short neck and well-defined elliptical foot. Translucent agate of a light, liquid brown tone, crossed by an undulating band of dark brown, pale yellow and white strata about midway of its height. 27 —Rare Agate Snuff Jar Ovoidal, broad, and of very deep body, the back also of ovoid curvature, the front less pronouncedly so owing to a richly carved relief ornamentation. The sub¬ stantial, dignified body is of brown agate of various rich, dark tones, mottled with wan¬ dering black strata and smoothly polished, with a mirror-surface. A stratum of yellow, in the hues of old-fashioned mo¬ lasses candy, covering the face, is carved in relief with a Taoist immortal under a pine tree—possibly Lan Ts’ai-ho with fruit in¬ stead of flowers in the basket, or perhaps Hsi Wang Mu with two of her peaches of longevity—and is polished to the brilliancy of the brightest porcelain glaze. Height . ?d/ 4 inches; width, 2% inches; depth, 2*4 inches. 28 —Brown Agate Snuff Bottle In fat flask-shape. Dense dark brown agate with a smooth polish of mirror quality. Green stopper carved with a border of bats encircling a Shou medallion—emblematic of long life and happiness. 29—Amber-matrix Snuff Bottle Of ovate contour and irregular surface, somewhat like a partially pressed fig; the mass a light yellow-brown streaked and mottled with dark rich chestnut browns. Smooth, soft polish, the surface carrying a very delicate, scarcely visible tracery of landscape in hair-line engraving. Fei-ts'ui stopper. 30—Clouded Amber Snuff Bottle Flattened flask-shape fashioned of a single block of beautifully clouded amber, pale * t bright yellow of sundry mottlings, opaque throughout and brilliantly polished. 31—Gray Jade Miniature Vase Baluster-shape, with a carved oval base, re¬ cessed and undercut, on four short feet; contracted neck and lightly spreading lip; cow’s-head ornaments or rudimentary handles carved in low relief on the shoulders. Rare, translucent pearl-gray jade, beauti¬ fully mottled, with an occasional seal-brown “tiger-stripe” visible at the base. Four- character incised inscription on the face. 32—Mottled Jade Snuff Bottle In the form of an ovoidal jar slightly flattened, with blunt shoulder, short cylin¬ drical neck and low elliptical foot; orna- z <3— ^— mented animal-head and ring shoulder- handles carved in relief. Yellow-brown, chestnut-brown and gray streaked and mottled jade, with brilliant polish; a vein of pure white stone adjacent on the obverse carved with a mei tree in blossom. The re¬ verse is occupied by an incised inscription. 33—Mottled Jade Ornament A curious piece of stone which is mottled - in a semi-liquid, soft blue-gray, a denser ' -—gray, an iron-rust brown and a darker, richer brown, with various seal-brown fleck- ings—and again taking a milky-opalescent hue—and is carved in the form of a peach of longevity standing upright on its curled stem, with several leaves clinging to its body. Incised inscription in four characters. 34—White and Yellow Jade Snuff Bottle /X Ovate on flat foot, with flattened shoulder and short cylindrical neck. White jade with the palest of green flecks on the back, a 'brighter one at the side of the face—the latter utilized in a delicate carving of a pine tree. Overlying the face is a vein of yellow jade in which a wild plum tree and a bamboo tree have been carved in bold relief—down to the white jade ground— and engraved in the white at one side is a branch of the sacred fungus. Pink coral stopper. 35 —Spotted Agate Snuff Bottle In irregular flask-shape, with well-defined foot and coral stopper. Translucent gray / ,2- ^ £—jade of melting mutton-fat suggestion, spotted with rich browns and black. The face is carved with the figure of a man fish¬ ing under a pine ti’ee, a fish leaping from the waves at the end of his line, fungus branches and flying birds, the dark spots skilfully utilized to bring out these features and details. Lustrous polish. 36 —Agate Snuff Bottle Flattened, ovoidal contour. Translucent gray agate with rich iron-rust and velvety- brown mottlings, which so notably take the form of a tall cliff with outlying rocks at its foot that the artist has turned this natural tinting to account and has carved dashing sea waves at the base, above the foot of the bottle. Coral stopper carved with a crawling land-dragon. 37— Cameo Agate Snuff Bottle Ovoidal contour and thick body. Trans¬ lucent light yellow-brown agate with darker — spots—in one of which a flying bat is en- / —graved—and with an overlying vein of opaque yellow and brown across the face, in which is carved in relief a three-clawed dragon in pursuit of the pearl of omnipo¬ tence. Emerald-green stopper. 38— Agate Snuff Bottle Capacious flask-shape. Pale blond or ashen- hued translucent agate, with a smooth, lus¬ trous polish, carved in relief on one side with a stout horse, hitched to a post which rests on a brick foundation—reddened and yellowing variations in the structure and color of the material being effectively used in giving shading and quality to the picture. 39— Agate Snuff Bottle In generous flask-shape, one face duly hol- y ^lowed or indented. Clear translucent, semi¬ transparent agate of “ashen-blond” hue, polished to a lustrous mirror-surface. In the depression on one face is a mass of matrix or iron-brown and yellow agate, of curious aspect. It takes roughly the form of a duck swimming and has been skilfully handled in the way of emphasizing the im¬ pression. 40—Mottled Agate Sxuff Bottle In gourd-form, combining fruit and vine, carved, pierced and engraved, and brilliantly polished. The color varies from an opaque starch-blue to a semi-translucent ame¬ thystine hue, with one of the leaves executed in a dark sugary brown. 41—Brown Crystal Snuff Bottle Flattened flask-shape, carved in transparent brown crystal which against the light takes 6-J — _a tone of pale aubergine- brown, smoothly polished and unadorned. SINGLE-COLOR PORCELAINS OF CABINET SIZE 42—Peacock-blue Bottle ( Ch’ien-lung ) Ovoid body and long, full, straight neck, t something of the ten-pin shape, the flat foot deeply recessed underneath; light porcelain of open texture, covered with a mirror-glaze of the blue approximating a deep-toned tur¬ quoise and classified as peacock-blue; ex¬ hibiting a firm, pronounced crackle through¬ out. Height, (> inches. 43—White Bottle-shaped Vase ( Cliien-lung ) Squat-ovoidal body on a cir- c u 1 a r , slightly-spreading foot; delicate, slender neck, expanding in a bulbous lip. Fun-ting-yao, the light so- called “soft paste” porcelain, covered evenly with a soft and beautiful creamy-white glaze of lustrous surface, over a bas-relief decoration of three-clawed lizard-drag¬ ons grasping in jaws and claws scrolling branches of the poly poms lucidus —the sacred magic fungus. This decoration ex¬ tends from foot to neck; and on the lip is a circlet of downward-pointing palm leaves. Height , 5% inches . 3 o 44—Turquoise Vase ( CJiien-lung ) A short cylindrical or drum-shaped body, ~set low, slopes at a slow angle to a con¬ tracted and slightly-spreading short foot; the broadly-sloping shoulder curving grace¬ fully into a neck narrow and slender at its start, which expands in elongated fun¬ nel-shape as it rises to the flat lip. Glazed in a brilliant turquoise-blue with a fine fish-roe crackle, the glaze thickening and deepening at shoulder-edge, base of drum and foot-spread to a dark and lustrous hue. Underneath the foot a pond-scum green glaze. Height, 5 inches. 45— Calf’s-liver Gallipot ( Ch’ien-lung) White porcelain coated with a glaze of dull J "^—luster in the reddish-brown tone of fresh liver, the surface with that incipient crinkle which suggests the texture after which the glaze has been named. The color occasion¬ ally deepens to a burnished mahogany- brown. Rim and foot glazed in white. Height, 5 1 / 2 inches.. 46— Peacock-blue Bottle ( Ch’ien-lung ) Pear-shape on a bold foot, with short slender tubular neck. Brilliant glaze of the tur- quoise order, approaching the hue defined as peacock-blue and having a fine fish-roe crackle throughout. Height, 0 inches. 47—Mazarine-blue Bottle (Ch’ien-lung) cCa Globular-ovoidal body with flat, foot, re¬ cessed underneath, and full, tubular neck. Heavy white porcelain clothed in a rich monochrome glaze of deep mazarine-blue and mirror-quality, with peau-d'orange surface. Height, 5 % inches _ 48—Peacock-blue Jar ( Cliien-lung ) Oviform, the rounded shoulder sloping into a short neck which has started on an out¬ ward curve at the lip, the neck-root modeled — t, X J> '—on the shoulder. Coated with a lustrous truite glaze of peacock-blue in rich tone, and beautifully mottled in deeper key. Height, 5*/ 2 inches. X 49—Mirror-black Bottle ( Cliien-lung ) Globular-ovoidal body on a flat foot slightly recessed underneath; sloping shoulder and 7 _ straight tubular neck. White porcelain en- ^--wrapped in a mirror-glaze of midnight blackness and remarkable uniformity and luster, a ring of brown glaze both inside and outside the rim, and an iron-rust and black glaze underneath the foot. Height, 5 % inches. 50—Bleu-souffle Gallipot ( Ch’ien-lung ) Pure white vibrant porcelain, with an unc¬ tuous glaze of dull luster and interesting S ~0 quality presenting notes of the robin’s-egg souffle —or pale malachite tone—largely overborn by a soft and deep gray-blue, all in the souffle method. Height, 5 % inches. 51— Camellia-leaf Green Vase ( Ch'ien-lung ) Flattened pear-shape on a spreading foot, with short neck and everting lip and two loop shoulder-handles. Pure white porcelain coated with a rich and luminous glaze in the deep green of the camellia leaf, marked by a bold, firm crackle. Green glaze continues underneath the foot and in lighter tone on the interior of the neck. Height, 5% inches. 52— Mazarine-blue Bottle ( Cli'ien-Iung ) Ovoid with a thick, full neck very slightly expanding; the glaze a dark mazarine-blue 2 - d —— that runs almost to black and has a brilliant surface. Height, 6 inches. 53— Coral Bottle ( Ch'ien-lung ) c Full-bodied pear-shape, on a low foot; with short, slender straight neck. Clear hard paste with a thin glaze in soft coral-hue, having a dull lustre with delicate metallic suggestions. Height. "—ered with a lustrous glaze of even quality in a soft pearl-gray tone. Seal of Ch’ien-lung in brilliant blue under the glaze of the foot. Height, 9 inches. NOTABLE MONOCHROME GLAZE PORCELAINS 76—Peacock - blue Bottle - shaped Vase {Cli ien-l u tig) / /o inches. 80— Large Royal Blue Bottle-shaped Vase ( Ch’ien-lung) Low ovoidal broad body on bold concavo- 0 , convex foot, with slender neck and lightly flaring lip. Exterior coated with a brilliant mirror-glaze of royal blue; rim, interior of neck and underfoot white. Foot bears Ch’ien-lung’s seal in deep blue under the glaze. Height, 14y 2 inches. f.O / 7 81 a Robin’s-egg Souffle Vase ( C'liien-lung ) Squat bottle-shape on deep circular foot; tapering to a slender neck with spreading v " lip. Affluent robin’s-egg souffle glaze of dull luster in deep gray-blue and pale malachite- green effects. Height, 13 inches. 82 - X [TO *' -Tall C'afe-au-lait Vase ( Cliien-lung ) Tall inverted pear-shape with flaring foot, .high rounded shoulder, and short wide neck with spreading lip. Heavy porcelain, cov¬ ered with a rich dark cafe-au-lait glaze hav¬ ing a bold, emphatic crackle in very dark lines, the glaze extending to the interior of the neck. Under foot a gray-white glaze with brown crackle. Height , 18 inches . 83—Tall Sang-de-b(euf Vase ( K'ang-hsi) Inverted pear-shape with spreading foot, short neck and flaring lip. Dense porcelain ^ _ of K’ang-hsi enameled with a remarkable sang-de-boeuf glaze of great brilliancy, ex¬ hibiting the highly-prized effect in all its phases, from the rich red of the fresh ox blood through the clotting to the dark brown of the wholly congealed blood, with notable pittings and strange drippings, and the whole crackled. Under foot Hnd within lip a gray-white glaze with crackle. Height, 17% inches. 84 / Oo - 2-/5 —Tall Blue Bottle ( Cliien-lung ) In pear-sliape, with opulent body on a spreading foot, and slender neck. Dense, heavy porcelain of sonorous quality, glazed in a rich, deep-toned lapis-blue, with the peau-d'orange surface and a mirror luster. Height, 19y 2 inches. 85— Tall Gray Bottle ( Ch'ien-lung ) Pear-shape, on circular foot, tapering to a * <_short and slender straight neck. Coated with a gray, or drab, crackle glaze, the crackle being for the most without color in the upper portions of the vase, while about the underbody it is a well-marked cafe-au- lait. Underneath the foot, which is simi¬ larly glazed, the Ch’ien-lung seal in blue. Height, 18% inches. 8b—R are Tall Blue Vase ( K'ang-lisi ) Oviform, with spreading foot, and short neck _marked by a molded ring; lip lightly flaring. Light porcelain covered with a luminous blue glaze of cobalt quality, parts of the surface a mirror, the glaze a gray uncer¬ tain blue on the upper portions of the vase, and deepening toward a lapis below. (Lip repaired.) Height, 17i/ 2 inches. 87 —Rare and Beautiful Lang-yao Vase ( K’ang-hsi ) Superb in form, an opulent inverted-pear shape, narrowing almost to a “wasp waist,” ^with flaring foot; the wide neck short, with the lip spreading. The glaze, of wondrous brilliancy, is smooth in the body and of peau-d'orange texture on the neck. It is variously crackled and its wealth of color ranges from the deep glow of the ox blood and the clottings and congealing to the delicate tints of the peachblooms and ashes- of-roses. Height, 17% inches. SINGLE-COLOR PORCELAINS OF VARIOUS FORMS AND SIZES 88—Liver-color. Vase ( Cliien-lung) Squat ovoid body on a spreading foot, with long tubular neck. Coated with a brilliant glaze of pale liver-color. Height, 10 inches. 89—Peacock-blue Bottle ( Cliien-lung ) Low ovoidal body on a bold circular foot, » > . with thick straight neck. Covered with a brilliant glaze of peacock-blue, variously mottled, and having a strongly-marked crackle in dark lines. Height, liy 2 inches. 90—Powder-blue Bottle ( Cliien-lung ) Globular body slightly compressed, with graceful neck of lightly curved outline. Covered with a lustrous powder-blue glaze, the rim and foot glazed in white. The foot bears a six-character inscription of K’ang- hsi penciled in blue under the glaze, but the *. foot and the porcelain both point to later manufacture, namely the period of C'h’ien- lung. Height. 12 inches. 91 —Rare Monochrome Jar ( CKien-lung ) In the form of a pear-shaped vase of full 6 . body and wide neck with the neck truncated; on a deep circular foot. Firm and delicate hard paste porcelain with a clear musical note, coated with a pure and luminous glaze of an unusual pink tone, with shadings of peachbloom tint and of soft, refined quality. Height, 10y 4 inches. 92 — Large Coral-red Vase ( Ch'ien-lung ) The body ovoidal and somewhat squat, with steeply-sloping shoulder tapering into a « ,*_short full neck. Coated with a mottled coral ^ glaze of metallic luster, somewhat dull on the shoulder and brilliant on the underbody and neck. Near the foot the glaze exhibits a curious crackle or veining, resembling the veining in marble. Height, 12Vi inches. 93 — Tall Brown Bottle ( Ch'ien-lung ) Pear-shaped on a short foot, with slender jf"-— neck. Glazed in the colors of feuilles mortes, ranging from a reddish-brown to a brown deepening and darkening toward a seal note. Height, 13% inches. 94 —White Bottle-shaped Vase ( Cliien-lung ) In bulbous pear form tapering to a short ut slender neck; on deep foot. The body is sur- rounded by an elaborate peony scroll, in¬ cised and modeled in the paste, between a scepter-head shoulder-border and a border of deep and narrow panels at the base, while the neck has borders of scepter-heads, key fret, and alternate long and short leaves. The whole glazed in a soft creamy white. Height, 13y, inches. 95 Ivory White Vase (Ming) ‘T^ In baluster or graceful elongated-pear shape, on a low foot. Covered with an ivory-white 0 c glaze that is almost a cafe-au-lait, or a cream-yellow, densely crackled. Height , l(i% inches . 96-— Tale Brown Bottle ( Cliien-lung ) Full-bodied pear-shape on short foot, with slender neck. Mirror-glaze of a rich and mellowed brown tone of pinkish trend, with here and there at the base tbc grayer brown of cooked-liver color. Height , 13% inches . 97—Powder-blue Beaker ( Ch'ien-lung ) Conventional form, coated with a rich glaze — in cobalt blue fouette of lustrous depths and charming quality, with a mirror-surface. Height, 17% inches. 98 — Mirror-black Beaker ( Ch’ien-lung ) Conventional form, coated with a brilliant mirror glaze in black with raven’s-wing and signs of an original extensive decoration in gold, comprehending the phoenix and drag n motives and floral and arboreal forms. Height , 17% inches. 99—Celadon Jar ( Ming ) Ovoid with flat foot, the sloping shoulder terminating in a raised and rounded lip. Stone-weight porcelain with a heavy leaf and blossom scroll decoration modeled in the paste, between borders, the whole covered with a dark sea-green glaze of bright surface. Height. 8% inches. TOO—Large Celadon Bottle ( Cliien-lung) Ovoid with a full neck of lightly curving out¬ line. Modeled in the paste and incised is an ovfoncivo rlopnvnlinti pnnvpnf innnli7Prl key-fret borders, and deep palinations. Cov¬ ered with a brilliant monochrome glaze of pale, light sea-green tint, which continues on the bottom and the interior of the neck. Height, 14% inches. 101 Celadon Vase ( K'ang-hsi ) Bulbous pear-shape with a flaring lip, on a tall spreading foot. The decoration, / /c " y -— modeled in the paste and etched, consists of a rich peony scroll occupying the main part of the body, with a deep band of palmation < about the neck, and borders at shoulder and on the foot. Over all a luminous sea-green glaze, the green inclining to brown, with white at rim and base. Heigh 1 , 15 incite 102—Peacock-blue Vase ( Cliien-lung ) In the form of an ovoidal jar with Hat foot 1 —and high shoulder, wide neck and short spreading lip. Light porcelain coated with a richly mottled, brilliant peacock-blue glaze with a fine fish-roe crackle. Height, 1.4% inches. 103—Regal Celadon Jar ( K’ang-hsi ) 3-3S- Elongated ovoidal form with high, full shoulder and short neck, and narrowing to a slightly spreading foot. Sonorous porce¬ lain of the stone-weight variety, with an extensive landscape decoration of trees, pavilions and rocks at the seashore, modeled boldly in the paste and etched. Covered with a luminous monochrome glaze of pure sea-green tone. On the white-glazed foot, Ta-Ch’ing K’ang-hsi nien-chih, in blue under the glaze. Height, IT y g inches. 104— Tall Celadox Jar ( Ch'ien-lung ) Elongated form, expanding slowly as it rises from a flat circular foot to a high rounded shoulder which recurves in a short neck flaring at the lip. Carved in relief in the ^ ‘t _paste is an all-over flower-scroll decoration and an elaborate scepter-head and scroll shoulder-border, with other borders and palmations at base and neck modeled in the paste and incised. Delicate sea-green glaze of great brilliance, inclining toward blue, over all. Height, 17 inches. 105— Powder-blue Bottle ( Cliien-lung ) Spherical on a low foot, with a tall, slender, tubular neck. Beautiful glaze of bleu- y £ _ fouette, soft and rich, in cobalt quality, with brilliant surface. Mark, the blue double ring on the white glazed foot. Height, 17% inches. 106—Musi ['ard-yellow Jar ( Cliien-lung ) Ovoid on a spreading foot; with short, wide, abbreviated neck. Coated with a mono¬ chrome glaze of mustard-yellow, the color 'Tvarming and deepening on the shoulder. Height, 12% inches. 107— Tall Lang-yao Bottle ( Cliien-hlfig) ^ Spl&ical body, on a bold foot the exterior of which is left umglazed, exposing the pure biscuit; tall, slender “funnel” neck. Enameled with a brilliant sang-de- btiuf glaze—smooth on neck and main part of body, and having the orange-skin sur¬ face about shoulder and foot — embodying the va¬ rious red and brown tones of clotted and congealed ox-blood, the glaze on the neck being crackled. Under the foot a gray-white glaze with cafe-au-lait crackle. Height, 16% inches . 108— Tall Lang-yao Vase ( K’ang-hsi) Oviform with spreading foot, and wide short 0 — neck Haring at the lip. Brilliant glaze in the peachbloom colors, from pale greenish- gray of the neck and shoulder through washes of varying pink and pale rose to sang-de-boeuf notes about the foot. Bold crackle. On the interior of the neck a gray- white glaze with a fine cafe-au-lait crackle. Foot glazed in white. Has stand. Height , 16 inches . 109— Tall Sang-de-bojuf Jar ( K’ang-hsi ) Cylindrical club-shape with spreading lip. Brilliant glaze in the dark red hue of the clotted ox-blood, unusually even in the gcn- ty ‘^-eral color-tone from the white rim to the perfect foot. Inside the neck and under the foot a cafe-au-lait crackled glaze. Has stand. Weight , 17Vi inches . 110— Brilliant Lang-yao Vase ( K’ang-hsi ) Oviform with spreading foot, short neck and flaring lip. The mirror glaze, pale at the — top in pink and ashes-of-roses, deepens slightly and changes to sang-de-boeuf colors further down, and near the foot reveals the characteristic gray and greenish tones found in these and the peaehbloom vases. Crackled throughout. On the white-glazed foot the six-character mark of Ch’eng Hua (apoc¬ ryphal). Has stand. Height, 161/g inches. Ill—M irror-black Vase ( K’ang-hsi ) d~~'~ Cylindrical club shape with slightly in-drawn foot, cylindrical neck encircled by a molded ring, and flanged lip. Sonorous porcelain covered with a brilliant mirror-black glaze of a very delicate pcau-cV orange finish. Has stand. Height, 18 inches. 112- -crv - -Tall Powder-blue Vase ( K'ang-hsi) Cylindrical club-shape with low foot and flange lip; lustrous glaze in the bleu-fouette, dark and rich. Mark, a blue double ring. Has stand. Height. 18 inches. 113— Tall Powder-blue Vase ( K'ang-lisi ) Cylindrical club-shape; low foot and flanged lip. Lustrous glaze of blue fouette, or powder-blue, of rich quality, delicately mottled in lighter and darker patches. Has stand. Height, 17 y 2 inches. DECORATED PORCELAINS 114— Green Decorated Jar ( Cliien-lung ) 9~/ a Quadrilateral, the sides rounding in to a —square and spreading foot, and similarly to a short quadrilateral neck with a slightly expanding lip. Covered with a bi’illiant deep green glaze of slight metallic luster. Deco¬ rated under the glaze with landscapes in black, also several borders, including lattice, cross-hatch and key-fret, and on the neck palmations. Has stand. Height, 14 y s inches. 115- Blue axd White Vase ( Ming ) J p