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Illustrated catalogue of the important collection of antique Chinese porcelains, Sung and Ming potteries, ancient stone sculptures, carved jades and other hard stones, snuff bottles, Mandarin necklaces, bronzes, enamels, palace furniture and wall panels and a number of rare and fine ancient Chinese paintings of the Sung and Ming periods [electronic resource] : all of which are to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the Chinese expert, Lee Van Ching of Shanghai on the afternoons herein stated

American Art Association, Lee, Van Ching, Kirby, Thomas E. (Thomas Ellis), 1846-1924, Bernet, Otto, American Art Galleries · 1917 · New York : American Art Association · 150 pictures

An American Art Association auction catalogue, New York, 1917, listing Chinese porcelains, potteries, jades, bronzes, enamels, furniture and paintings consigned by the Shanghai dealer Lee Van Ching for collectors and the trade. Halftone plates isolate single objects against plain grounds: monochrome vases on carved wood stands, lidded ring-handled censers, dragon reliefs, each rendered in soft grey tone with hard silhouettes useful for cutouts, object grids and silhouette motifs.

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