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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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or lantern andtorch, the walls etched in the form of regularly laid quadrangularstone blocks, with the cornices of the several stories successivelyreceding toward the apex. In each of the first four stories arefour recessed windows, a seated Buddha with clasped hands inalto-relievo in each. In the… … ?;««Ky5^ 49—Fifteenth Century Image of Kuan-yinIN Flecked and Mottled Ambee withMatrix Tlif goddess sits in ^Lidonna-likc .ittitudeagainst a rock slirinc or back, the infantBuddlia on her knee upliolding a book. Carvedin dense opaque amber and matrix in therich, mellow brown tones of a meerschaum…

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