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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)

Yamanaka & Company, Carroll, Dana H · New York, American art association · leaf 62

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ne relief, with bosses and bold scrolls,point and hatch borders. Diameter, S/j inches. 101—Dark Bronze Round Mirror (Han) Slightly convex, with beveled rim, and depressed-medallion uppec surface within an inclined border or shoulder. Relief decoration involving the conventional dragon, tiger,… … 102—Large Silvery Bronze Convex Mikkor ( Wei) Circular, its mirror surface exhibiting a silver-gray patina withpatches of malachite, red and sandy-brown. The ornate deco-ration of the top, in lire perdu modeling with subsequenttooling, involves the dragon, phoenix and tiger, the turtle witliinthe…

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