e potters art has ever beenreferred to in native records, dating back for manycenturies to Chinese culture, and that, aside fromliterature, such objects of clay present an equalsource with stone sculpture and bronzes for ouracquaintance with the early history and develop-ment of those ancient…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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![An illustration from 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 (1917)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-liu-31289009872427-167-116.webp)
