Illustrated catalogue of antique Chinese bronzes, porcelains, pottery, tomb jades and rare old Chinese paintings belonging to the well-known connoisseur Dr. John C. Ferguson (1916)
Ferguson, John C. (John Calvin), 1866-1945. · New York [American Art Galleries] · leaf 34
, with the body gracefully drawn into ashort, slender neck, which recurves into a spreadinglip, and two handles attached to the center of theneck, the latter decorated with lotus scrolls in mot-tled blue. The upper part of the body is movable.It has a yellow ground, and is decorated with… … 93—Rooster on a Rock (Kang-hsi) A white rooster standing upon a dark-colored rock.The modeling is an excellent example of the best workof Chinese ceramic art. The head is crested with red,the eyes, beak and tail show clear contours. Thefeathers are engraved in outline and the whole ap-pearance is…
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