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Illustrated catalogue of the remarkable collection of ancient Chinese bronzes, beautiful old porcelains, amber and stone carvings, sumptuous eighteenth century brocades, interesting old paintings on glas and fine old carpets, rugs and furniture, from ancient palaces and temples of China comprising the private collection of a Chinese nobleman of Tien-Tsin (1914)

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andles running tlie length of thesides, each formed by tiie bodies of two dragons extended inopposite directions. Tlie rich patina wliich with many incrusta-tions covers the entire vessel varies from a gray-olive to verdigris-green and cobalt-blue, and deepens below the handles to thesmooth… … 167—Large Tripod of Three VrcTiMs (Han) Sacrificial bronze jar with cover, for meat offerings. Splicricalform with broadly flattened poles and raised equatorial girdle,hexagonal legs with monster-head knees, and side handles ofmythical monsters. Encircled below the middle by a band ofincised fret…

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