NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES 3 3433 08191022 ■■■M ■MH J^J^ £T" The Yamanaka Collection AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH NEW YORK c ON FREE PUBLIC VIEW AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK BEGINNING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 1916 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE DATE OF SALE, INCLUSIVE THE YAMANAKA COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE TREASURES OF RARE ARTISTIC DISTINCTION unrestricted public sale At The American Art Galleries ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS FEBRUARY 7th AND 8th, 1916 - BEGINNING EACH AFTERNOON AT 2.30 O'CLOCK AND ON TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8th AT 8 O'CLOCK ;■,'; ; ■ .' • 8T .oVI 9u§oIj3JbO ILLUSTRATED ( avnjj -^3'iho va eawoa^ aaamiaHAL naupoAJ qjoo REMARKABLE ( Ancient Oriental li of Rare Arti> i RECENTLY I TO BE SOLD AT UN BY DIRECTION Ol MESSRS. N, CHIN ON THE AFTEF MS AND i \| MR. DANA II. • ■DUCTED BY HOMAS E. KIRBY ani MR. Otto Bern The Ami vtion, Managers - Catalogue No. 73 PEONIES IN CHI'EN-LUNG GOLD LACQUER JARDINIERE yy p ■i - ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF Ancient Oriental Imperial Treasures of Rare Artistic Distinction RECENTLY PROCURED IN CHINA AND JAPAN TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY DIRECTION OF THE WELL-KNOWN FIRM OF MESSRS. YAMANAKA & CO." JAPAN, CHINA, NEW YORK, BOSTON ON THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENING HEREIN STATED CATALOGUE WRITTEN BY MR. DANA H. CARROLL THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY AND HIS ASSISTANT, MR. OTTO BERNET, OF The American Art Association, Managers NEW YORK 1916 THE NEW YORK 602765 A ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUND. « 1932 L THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION DESIGNS ITS CATALOGUES AND DIRECTS ALL DETAILS OF ILLUSTRATION TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY PREFATORY NOTE— JAPAN IN A NEW LIGHT True to their custom, the Messrs. Yamanaka & Company have brought together this year a carefully selected number of the works of Chinese artists and craftsmen of past ages, and issue — as has come to be expected of them during the winter's art season — their annual invi- tation to inspect such Oriental works of art and compete for them at public sale. They have made a departure, however, in assembling at the same time two distinct collections of works of Japanese art and craftsmanship, of a nature which can but come largely as a surprise — I believe a welcome surprise, the welcome none the less assured where by reason of possible familiarity the element of surprise is lacking. The Chinese productions include some remarkably fine .jade carv- ings and handsomely arranged miniature gardens of jade and semi-pre- cious stones, a small number of very large jardinieres in pottery and porcelain, and a few more of the palatial Ch'ien-lung birdcages whose beauty and elaboration of adornment have found high apjjreciation here in the last two seasons, since the Yamanakas introduced the country to them. An entirely new Chinese offering is made, — new in character, here, — in a Ch'ien-lung cloisonne enamel cage or house for a pet dog, and other antique Chinese cages in lacquer carving, equipped with appointments for similar service. Akin to the Chinese work in jade, yet of a character distinctly their own, are a few Thibetan jade carvings; and wholly different from Chinese art in painting are a number of paintings from Thibet, — Lamaistic compositions whose peculiar attraction in age-softened colors is not lessened by their mysticism. There is also an assemblage of Chinese, Japanese, Corean and Indian Buddhistic carvings. The distinct novelty of the exhibition is the collection of Japanese dolls. While toys, they are more than toys. The doll in Japan is an institution. Two festivals a year are given to its celebration, one for boys, one for girls; and great attention is and has been for ages paid to the elaboration of the doll as an artistic object worthy of notice and care from palace to hut. Certain dolls were restricted to noble houses, lesser people not being permitted such display of luxury. Those who at the announcement of a doll collection bring to their minds the Japanese dolls of export commerce, sold here today as chil- dren's playthings, can but open their eyes to new conceptions on seeing those of age-long preservation assembled from various parts of Nippon and in many instances figuring the legend and history of the land and people. In large part they arc for the cabinet rather than for chil- dren's play ; there are collectors of dolls, in Japan, as of porcelains or potteries; — there are one or two collectors of these Oriental dolls in this country. Because of the relative unfamiliarity of these productions it has been ventured to offer short introductory or explanatory notes in con- nection with the different groups. Similarly, a brief introduction prefaces the collection of screens, — which in Nippon are interior decorations highly valued as works of art, not the masks of a secretive utilitarianism. Those here assem- bled, in the beauty and range of their conception and the power of their execution, offer the rich chromatic pictures of a "dream of Old Japan." Dana H. Carroll. New York, January 25, 191(5. CONDITIONS OF SALE 1. Any bid which is merely a nominal or fractional advance may be rejected by the auctioneer, if, in his judgment, such bid would be likely to affect the sale injuriously. 2. 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Priced copies of the catalogue of any sale, or any session thereof, will be furnished by the Association at a reasonable charge. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York City. CATALOGUE FIRST AFTERNOON'S SALE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1916 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 2.30 O'CLOCK -Cinnabar Lacquer Snuff Bottle (Eighteenth Century) Bulbous inverted-pear shape, somewhat flattened, with embryonic foot and short expanding neck. Carved in bold relief with scenes of a garden party among the nobility. Underneath foot a Shou medallion and about the neck a key-fret border, both incised. Coral stopper. 2 — Coral Snuff Bottle High-shouldered and full-bodied flattened flask-shape, with low foot and short wide neck. Mottled pink coral showing delicately grained structure, with soft, luminous polish. The only decora- tion two lion-head and ring ornamental handles carved in light relief. Fei-ts'ui jade stopper. First Afternoon No. 3 No. 5 3 — Cinnabar Lacquer Snuff Bottle (Eighteenth Century) Flattened globular form on low foot, with abbreviated neck. Carved in bold relief with a sage and attendants among pine trees and rocks, on a ground of incised angular grill. Cinnabar lacquer stopper carved as a chrysanthemum. 4 — Amber Snuff Bottle Elongated bulbous form with embryonic foot and short wide neck. Translucent brown amber with mottlings of rich black. Carved on all surfaces, in bold relief, with landscape and waterscape, pine trees, rocks, a summer house and a bridge, and figures, among them Tai Kung Pou, the famous fisherman-philosopher who fished ever without hook, partly to escape an importunate wife, partly to evade Imperial preferment and have time and opportunity for his reflections. Stopper of clear golden amber carved in open- work with birds and blossoms. Height, t inches. 5 — Coral Snuff Bottle Bulbous form of ovoid contour, with sloping shoulder and minia- ture foot; amethyst stopper. Carved in low relief, on one face with a four-clawed dragon in pursuit of the flaming disc, which appears above a carp leaping from waves, and on the other face with a monkey swinging from a pine tree and scaring a horse, which, rolling, seems also to be concerned with some bees that are buzzing around, their nest being seen in the tree overhead. First Afternoon -Large Amber Snuff Bottle Light brown amber mottled with bright yellow gold and rich dark brown, with a soft and bright polish. Ovoidal flask shape on a miniature foot, with short cylindrical neck and mound-shaped cover or stopper-handle. Handsomely carved in relief on all surfaces. On one face appear figures on a flat boat, one propelling it, another holding aloft two swords, and a third with two round-headed beating sticks ; a fish emerges from the waves below r them and rocks rise on either side, branches of pine trees projecting from them. On the opposite face a muscular figure with two swords raised appears to be wad- ing in the waves after a fish leaping from them, while overhead other figures look down from a rock ledge, among pine trees and near a building. Stop- per-head crowned with a pair of birds on pine branches, carved in relief and undercut. Green-tinted carved ivory stand. Height, 3T/ t inches. 7 — Turquoise Vase with Cover Quadrilateral on a spreading pedestal foot, with narrow sloping shoulder and expanding lip, both foot and lip holding to the oblong shape of the body; low cover carved with a floral spray in relief. Light blue turquoise with a veining resembling an eccentric crackle, in faint purplish-brown lines. The vase proper stands boldly cut out within an arbor of blossoming trees, in miniature, birds perched among the branches, and at one side a dog Fu standing on his hind legs on a stump. Height, 3'/ s inches; width., 3 inches. 8 — Malachite Coupe Shallow, in the form of a curled-up leaf of the lotus, its under- lying stem bound up with a group of stems supporting leaves and buds and blossoms, carved in relief, undercut and pierced, which project boldly below the cup, giving it a base and extending be- yond its boundaries at the circumference, and across its top. The malachite in characteristic light green hue, with dark mot- tlings almost as of a blackish patina, is beautifully marbled and has a luminous polish. Diameter, 3% inches. First Afternoon 9 — Turquoise Coupe Shallow, in irregularly circular shape, resembling a horizontal section of a slender tree-trunk, hollowed out, and adorned both in the interior and exteriorly with branch carvings executed in the round. These branches, with stems and needles of the con- ventional pine tree, issue from the outer sides of the trunk and wander as twigs grow, about the outer side and over the top into the interior, with birds perched upon them at intervals. The turquoise is of the bluish-green variety, with a soft polish, and shows an erratic crackle in chocolate-brown lines. Diameter, 5^ inches. 10 — Agate Coupe Shallow, of ovoidal contour, in ten-lobed melon-form, with flat bottom, slightly flattened narrow shoulder and wide mouth. Three boys carved in high relief climbing over the shoulder. Soft grayish and a warm russet-brown agate, translucent, and bril- liantly polished. Height, 2y 4 inches; diameter, 4% inches. 11 — Soapstone Statuette of Lohax (Ming) A Lohan is carved in seated attitude, with right foot crossed under his slightly raised left knee, on a polyfoliate base, both figure and base in soapstone. His hair, eyebrows and incipient beard are lightly etched, in black, and the floral embroidery of his robes is finely engraved and reveals traces of gilding. The base is similarly treated in fine line. Relieving the character- istic grayish-waxen surface are softening tomato reds and yel- lows, gray-black, and a subdued vermilion. (Slight repair at hand.) Height, 5% inches; greater diameter nf base, 55/% inches. 12 — Soapstone Statuette of Lohan (Ming) Grayish-yellow soapstone of softly luminous waxen surface, carved with the figure of a Lohan seated sidewise upon a rhinoceros, the animal having a spine of protuberant bosses, the curled and bushy tail of a Fu-lion, and a single horn in the middle of the forehead ; it is lying down with legs folded under and head turned upward toward the Lohan. The Lohan sits with left hand back of him resting on the beast's back, and in his right hand he holds a scepter. His robes are engraved in pat- terns of delicate embroidery, and gilded, and the group through- out shows soft touches of delicate reddish color. Height, 8% indies: animal length, 7% inches. r* Vv< N First Afternoon 13 — Soapstone Statuette of Shou-lao (Ming) Standing figure of the god of longevity, in flowing robes, on a base of rockery, looking downward and toward his left, smiling. His right arm, hanging at full length at his side, is concealed by his robes ; his left arm is folded across in front of him and sup- ports a scepter with a peach, his emblem, at its head. The robes have engraved ornamentation, and the whole shows rich color mottlings of red, gray and black, with a brownish-yellow. Height, 12i/ 2 inches. 14 — White Jade Bowl Thibetan workmanship. Delicate jade, almost of paper thinness, through which print, and even penmanship, can be read. Every particle of the surface, interior and exterior, is carved as slender, delicate, fluted flower petals, the whole in con- ventional flower-cup form and all surfaces brilliantly polished. The bowl is shaped as of flat bottom, really resting on a barely palpable foot formed of the petal tips of the flower carved under the bottom, and its deep sides make a quick curve upward and flare lightly. The petal fluting gives it a finely scalloped rim. The upper surface of the bottom is independently carved, with great delicacy, with another flower similar to that underneath. Height, 2 inches: diameter, 5% inches. 15 — White Jade Dragon Coupe In form of a bulbous ovoidal jar with broad shoulder and narrow foot, and small mouth with upright short lip. Gray-white jade of unctuous surface. Carved in the round on three sides of the body are three dragons, two opposite each other serving as loop handles, with their coiling bodies, and opposite the intermediate dragon is the flaming jewel, resting on the shoulder of the jar. Two of the monsters are lizard-dragons, the third a scaled three- clawed dragon with serrate spinal ridge. Height, 2% inches; width across handles, 5% inches. 16 — Pair Fei-ts'ui Jade Tea Cups with Covers The cup slightly ovoidal with broad flare, on a low foot; the cover inverted saucer-shape with the short, spreading, saucer foot as handle. Thin, delicate, transparent jade of musical bell tone — water-clear, vaporous gray with emerald tinge, and touched with the vivid kingfisher green. The color striations in one cup particularly are of a marvelous delicacy under close examina- tion, inviting caress but challenging description. All pieces are brilliantly polished on both surfaces. Height with cover, 3% inches; diameter, &% inches. 602763 A First Afternoon 17 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Pendant In heart shape, without ornamentation ; richly mottled, with patches and veins of emerald in a soft translucent mass as of greenish-tinted melting snow ; soft, brilliant polish. 18 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Pendant Brilliant emerald-green jade mottled with white, in flat pendant form, carved in re- lief in vine-leaf and fruit motive, the leaves delicately veined by light incision. 19 — Tourmaline Pendant Pink tourmaline, sometimes known as Chi- nese ruby, in flattened, irregularly heart- shaped form, or somewhat resembling a palette, and carved with vine leaves and fruit, in low relief with lightly engraved veining. No. 18 (Illustrated) 20 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Pendant Carved in flattened gourd form with leaves and stems, the leaves lightly veined by incision ; on one of the fruits a bat in low relief. The stone softly mottled and brilliantly polished. (Illustrated) 21 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Pendant Oblong, carved and pierced, picturing a bird, a bat and fruits. (Illustrated) 22 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Pendant Carved, pierced and undercut with lotus leaves, cupped and curl- ing, with coiling stems, a sort of catfish involved with them. Bril- liant polish. (Illustrated) 23 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Pendant Carved in bold relief with double-gourds and leaves and brightly polished. (Illustrated) o o Z o First Afternoon 24 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Pendant Carved as two peaches, one above the other and merging, en- twined by leaves and stems in relief ; on one leaf a ladybug. Cloudy translucent grayish and greenish jade, brightly polished. 25 — Rock Crystal Water-cup Compressed-globular form, with flat foot and small circular mouth. Brilliant polish. Carved with an earth dragon in high relief on one side of the shoulder, partly coiled and watching a flaming jewel, also in high relief, on the opposite side. Further carvings of fungus branches in low relief, with stems extending under the foot. Diameter, 3^4 inches. 26—- White Jade Incense Box Carved as a plump little bird seat- ed on the ground, with tail curled down and head well drawn in, looking wise, content and undis- turbed. The feet, down to the tiny claws, are carved in low re- lief, the tail is undercut, and the feathers, carefully carved in tan- gible relief, are finely etched. Where the cover lifts off, the out- line at breast and tail is serrated, following the lines of the over- lapping feathers, the cover there- fore fitting in with firmness. Soft polish. In the interior, which has a brilliant polish, a long spray is carved in low relief. Length, 4'/ 2 inches. 27 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Vase with Cover Deep and slender, flattened-cvlindrical form, with wide neck and straight lip, on a low pedestal foot. Carved in the round at either side is the scrawling body of an earth dragon, its scrolling tail extending to the base and one claw reaching the lip, the head turning forward over the shoulder. On the front, carved in high relief, is a spray of three stems of the polyclorus lucidus, one above the other. The back is left plain. The dome cover is surmounted by an openwork carving of a small coiled land dragon. Brilliantly polished translucent jade of rich emerald- green and soft fog-gray mottling. Carved ivory stand. Height, 6;4 inches. First Afternoon 28 — Pair White Jade Incense Boxes Carved in the form of seated swallows, with their long tails ex- tended straight behind them, forming handles by which the upper parts of the birds may be lifted off, exposing the hollowed box interior. Wings, feet and feathers carved in low relief and etched, with a soft polish, the heads smoothly polished. Over the head of one, a delicate stem of small blossoms in tangible relief. Length, 7y 4 inches. 29 — White Jade Ornament Dense white jade, of soft, lustrous polish, carved in representa- tion of two storks, on a single base, one standing, the other squatted at his feet. The standing bird, on one foot, with head turned over his back, holds in his beak a sprig of the peaches of longevity, carved in bold relief, and beneath him is a tangled growth of the sacred fungus, in undercutting and openwork, on which he poises the foot that is folded under him. On one side the fungus has a naturalistic brownish tinge, an influence of ferrous corrosion on the stone in its bed. The feathers of the birds are engraved. Height, 6 inches. First Afternoon 30 — Elaborate Incense Box in White Jade Carved as a tall, standing phcenix, amid twisted growths of the sacred fungus so treated as to yield also a rockery effect, in undercutting and openwork. This treatment is carried up mid- way of the bird's deep body, where at breast and drooping tail stems of the fungus project and curl upward, forming handles in which are suspended two loose rings. This part of the body is finished as a vase with rounded shoulder and flange lip, the interior being the incense receptacle. The upper part of the bird forms the cover, the wings extending well down over the sides, giving it stability. With neck erect, the phoenix's head is turned back over its body, with a large fungus branch held in its beak, carved in conformity with the openwork below. Pure translucent white jade with mottlings as of melting snow, with a brilliant polish. Height, 7'/ 8 inches. First Afternoon 31 — Fei-tsYi Jade Censer In ancient bronze tripod form highly elaborated. The body, cylindrical and shallow, with flat shoulder and flanged lip, has just under the base line and slightly retired an apron of pendent scallops or foliations, of serrate outline, and rests upon three tall monster-head feet, the toes carved with a figure resembling both a palmette and an adaptation of the ju-i scepter design. The traditional handles are grotesque animal or bird heads between wings that might be bat wings or treatments of the nelumbian lotus leaf, the heads supporting loops from which depend loose rings. In addition, midway of each side are two small ornamental handles — floral loops, each supporting a small loose ring. The body is carved in low relief with the t'ao-t'wh ogre lineaments and details of the thunder scroll. The conical dome cover, with bul- bous lantern, has a torch, or broad knob finial, carved and pierced in the form of five dragon-heads facing outward from a pen- tagonal opening at the top, each supporting a loop with pendent loose ring. The low relief ornamentation of the dome is con- gruent with that of the body. The whole in mottled light emer- ald-green and grayish jade of delicate translucence, with a bright polish. Height, 5% inches: width across handles, i7/% inches. First Afternoon 32 — Fei-ts'ti Jade Ornament Delicate and brilliant light emerald- green jade mottled with white and touched with light yellow, in the general shape of an enlarged spear- head in upright position, carved with the figures of a lady standing, carrying a flower basket in one hand and a peony spray in the other, and a boy seated or kneeling beside her with a vase from which issues a scrolling leaf. The two figures are in an openwork bower, in which ap- pear peonies, a peach tree in bear- ing, an ornamental banana tree, the sacred fungus growing from rock- ery at the base, and over all a phoenix swooping toward the lady's shoulder, bearing a branch in its beak. Bright polish. Height, 7" 4 inches. 33 — White Jade Dish Shallow ovoidal bowl with delicate out-turning lip, on a low foot. Greenish-white jade with soft mot- tlings, thin and brilliantly polished, transparent to the degree that fair-sized black type can be read through it. Unadorned, except that there is a finely incised seal mark underneath. Diameter, 6% inches. No. 32 3-i — White Jade Dish Companion to the preceding and of the same dimensions. 35 — Rock Crystal Vase Wedge-shape, the broad faces convex and the narrow ones flat, on a low foot shaped in conformity; abrupt, sloping shoulder, and wide neck with two animal-head loop and loose ring handles. Dome cover with oblong knob finial broadly faceted. Decoration, a single stem of the polyporus lucidus on the obverse of neck and body, each engraved in line. Brilliant polish. Height, 5% inches. First Afternoon 36 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Cexser Cauldron-shaped but lobed in melon-form, on a low flange foot of foliate outline in conformity with the lobes; two phoenix-head loop handles, undercut and pierced, supporting loose rings. In- setting dome cover, solid, with a broad knob finial carved and pierced in the form of a coiled dragon in possession of the jewel of omnipotence. The whole exterior of body and cover carved in low relief with floral designs and scrolls, of lotus origin, the flower highly conventionalized. Clouded emerald-green jade of varied note, with streaks of brown; translucent, and when held to the light the deeper green cloudings appear as soft as the richest moss of the woods. Bright polish. Height, 5 inches; width across handles, 7 inches. First Afternoon «■.»• *? ti^i a v» SjE^j - *. ' fc''' ^^^^M B '. a [B^^^^^^^^^W ^^: 37 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Censer Oblong and deep, on four animal-head retreating feet with in- verted flutings to the claws. Two monster-head loop and loose ring handles. Pyramidal cover, truncated, surmounted by a dragon carved in the round. On the shoulder of the obverse, an archaic tiger, scrolled, and carved in high relief and undercut. Both cover and body boldly carved in relief with the archaic dragon-scroll in its angular form, after the manner of ancient bronze ornamentation. The jade largely a soft and delicate gray- white, with mottled areas of brilliant emerald-green. Carved teakwood stand with silver inlay. Height, 5y s inches; length, 5 inches. 38 — White Jade Plate ou Shallow Dish Ovoidal with lightly expanding lip, on a low foot. Semi-trans- parent gray-white jade, thickly flecked with snow-white. Lu- minous polish of mirror quality. Diameter, 8% inches. First Afternoon 39 — Rock Crystal Pitcher-vase with Cover Flattened form on an oval spreading foot, with narrow shoulder and abbreviated neck, and mounting spout, with which the elongated, domed and curving cover is carved in conformity. Clear rock crystal, brilliantly polished. On the cover is a sprawling monster, carved in relief and undercut, and on the front of the pitcher another animal is carved in bold relief. The handle is in the form of an archaic dragon, carved in the con- ventional angular dragon-scroll form, the angles pierced, running vertically nearly the whole length of the pitcher, the monster's chin resting on the rim and his muzzle fitting into the rim of the cover. Under the spout is an animal-head loop with loose ring. Height, 6y 2 inches. 40 — Rock Crystal Vase with Agate Colorings The vase, in clear rock crystal brilliantly polished, is in flask shape with sloping shoulder and wide neck, and stands upright within the embrace of flourishing lotus plants carved in heroic relief and widely undercut. These, presenting curling stems and spreading leaves, with bud, cupped blossom and seed-pod, are partly in clear crystal and in parts colored a delicate yellow and mottled agate-red. In a large open leaf a mandarin duck is couched and on the other side are birds pecking at branches. The dome cover is in hair crystal of rich agate-red tinge, and is surmounted by a sitting bird holding a spray in its beak. Height, 57 8 incites. 41 — White Jade Covered Bowl Translucent gray-white jade, mottled as with mountain snows, or with banks and strata of pure white cumulus clouds. The bowl is ovoidal and of graceful curvature, with lightly expand- ing lip, and cylindrical foot, and the cover is inverted saucer- shape, the slightly spreading foot of the saucer supplying the handle. The inner lip of the bowl is very carefully carved, giving the in-setting cover a secure fit. Soft, luminous polish on both surfaces of both pieces. Height. 45 s inches; diameter, 6V4 incites. m CO < Q < I First Afternoon 42 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Altar Set Three pieces. Shallow ovoidal incense burner on three low stump feet, with narrow shoulder and flange lip, and broad, projecting, flat, animal-head handles, from which depend right-angle loops sustaining loose rings ; dome cover with broad knob finial, carved with a conventionalized petal border overlapping the knob. Both cover and bowl carved in low relief with conventional ornamenta- tion after the patterns traditional on the ancient bronze vessels. The same tvpe of ornament, involving conventionalizations of animal lineaments, adorns the low dome cover of the semi-globular box, the bottom of which is left plain, and the body of the wide- necked ovoidal vase, which has two elephant-head and loose ring handles and a low flange foot. The vase is further carved with a border of palmations on the neck and a conventional petal border at the base, in low relief. In all the pieces the jade is in broad mottlings of emerald notes, cloud-white and rich black, with a bright polish. Height of vase, i% inches; diameter of box, 2% inches; height of incense burner, ty 2 inches; width across handles, 6% inches. (Illustrated) 43 — White Jade Altar Set Three pieces: tripod incense burner with cover, covered box and slender vase. The tripod is after the type of ancient bronzes, in cauldron shape compressed laterally to elliptical form, with two upright, out-curving handles, and resting on short, stocky, animal-head feet. Decorated about the body with a conventional- ization of the t'ao-t'ieh ogre motive, carved in pronounced relief. The dome cover is delicately carved in conventional scroll mo- tives, and the knob finial in the form of a flower. The vase is of flattened gourd-shape with bulbous tall neck and straight lip, on a low pedestal foot, and is carved in low relief with conventional floral designs. The ovoidal box with dome cover and low foot is similarly carved with other floral motives. Height of tripod, 6y A inches; of vase, 5 inches. Length of box, 2% inches. 44 — Jade Statuette of Boy Dense gray-white jade partly translucent, with fleeting blue-gray and greenish tinges, carved as a standing Chinese boy in char- acteristic robes. With feet turned somewhat toward the left and body to the front, his head is turned toward the right and he looks downward with a quiet smile. He holds with both hands a long stem of the lotus, conventionalized, which passes over his right shoulder and around his back to the opposite shoulder. Soft, bright polish. (In glass case.) Height. 6% inches. First Afternoon 45 — Polychrome Hydrangea Bush in White Jade Pot With leaves of mottled, translucent green jade, the veins incised, the hydrangea bush displays nine flower clusters in translucent white and opaque green jade, pink tourmaline, carnelian, lapis, coral, and varicolored quartz, all brightly polished. At its foot is a fungus growth in rock crystal, a figure in white jade, a coral chrysanthemum bush with bluish kingfisher feather laid upon openwork gilt leaves, and small ground flowers in green jade carved as miniature openwork medallions. The jardiniere is an ovoidal bowl of gray-white, translucent jade, incised under- neath the foot with the seal mark of Ch'ien-lung. Carved teak- wood stand with silver and tinted ivory inlay. Height of bowl, 2'/ 2 inches; diameter, 5% inches: total height, 10 inches. (Illustrated) 46 — Miniature Garden in Ch'ien-lung Cloisonne Jardiniere A small pomegranate tree in bearing the principal object, with three of the fruits in turquoise, a fourth in pink tourmaline, and blossoms in white jade. A peach in clouded pinkish quartz and a sprig of the Buddha's-hand citron in greenish water-white quartz also sprout from the tree, with a flower in coral. Grow- ing below are a pink rose, plants of the sacred fungus in lapis- lazuli, berries and various flowers in jade, coral, turquoise and other materials. The jar is in inverted bell-shape, on three short bulbous feet, all in Ch'ien-lung cloisonne enamel. Height of jar, 3;4 inches; total height, 9% inches (Illustrated) 47 — Miniature Garden in Cloisonne Jardiniere Companion to the foregoing, differing slightly in details. Height, 10y 2 inches. 48 — Jade Jardiniere of the Floral Gentlemen White jade vase of large disc form; Ch'ien-lung. Both faces carved in light relief with conventional scrolls, and inlaid with de- tached blossoms in malachite, lapis-lazuli, coral and tourmaline. In the jar a group of sprigs, in jade, tourmaline, and kingfisher's feathers laid on gilt leaves, representing the orchid, chrysanthe- mum, bamboo and plum, called by Chinese "the four gentlemen of the flowers." Height of vase, 6i/ s inches; diameter, 5% inches; total height, 17 inches. (Illustrated) o V, o First Afternoon 49 — White Jade Vase with Cover Thibetan workmanship. Flattened and elongated flask-shape with tall, incurvate neck, and deep, spreading foot ; leaf-scroll loop handles with loose rings; dome cover with knob finial. Gray greenish-white jade with bright polish. Carved in relief witli a deep base border of curling leaves of the nelumbian lotus, from which issue on both faces graceful floral conventionalizations, and at each side lotus flowers in conventional form in bolder relief. Both neck and foot carved with a continuance of the leaf motive, and the cover also. Height, 9"- s inches. First Afternoon 50 — Large Ornamental Amber Coupe Somewhat in the shape of a deep ovoidal howl with the sides pinched almost together, giving an oval perimeter, and the foot elongated laterally by the same compression. The solid body of the cup proper appears in rich dark brown amber, brightly polished, within a profusion of openwork carving in light golden and golden-brown amber, picturing pine trees and palms, and other trees, rocks and mountain sides, and figures bearing a bunch of fruit on a pole, a spotted stag and doe and a horse- man, and branches of the pines cross the top of the cup. Height, &y 4 influx; length, 8 inches. 51 — White Jake Vase with Cover Heavy white jade of delicate greenish translucence, brilliantly polished. Flattened flask-shape with wide neck and upright lip, and dome cover with knob finial. Two dragon-head loop handles with loose rings. Rocks and flowering trees in high relief sur- round the vase, with birds on the ledges and among the branches, and on the reverse a tall spray is carved in slight relief. The cover and its knob finial are surmounted by an openwork carving presenting a branch of blossoms on which a bird is perched. Height, 9 inches. First Afternoon 52 — Jade Chrysanthemum In a K'ang-hsi vase of cloisonne enamel. Plant leaves in green jade, the blooms in white jade, coral and lapis-lazuli. The vase is in quadrangular beaker form; its corners and the middle-sides have dentated ridges after the manner of the ancient bronzes. The narrow, projecting mid-band displays eight archaic dragons, in vermilion on a turquoise ground, and two more of the dragons, scrolled, appear in the same color and on the same ground just beneath the lip. Height of vase, 6y 2 inches: total height . 18 inches. 53 — Rock Crystal Vase : Lohax and Tiger An elongated pear-shaped vase on a retired circular foot sup- ports on one side a carving almost as large as itself, depicting a Lohan seated astride a tiger, the rider grasping an outstand- ing fixed ring in the place of a neck-handle on the vase, and the tiger's tail curled around to connect with a fungus branch on the back, thus forming a loop handle lower down. Dome cover with a crouching monster in relief with undercutting, as finial. Brilliant polish. Height, 7y 2 inches. 54 — Miniature Garden in Champleve Jardiniere Red coral trees in natural form and leafless, grow among green and white jade chrysanthemums and other flowers, in a garden where a small figure strolls, in white jade, and plants of the sacred fungus come up in water-white quartz and amethyst. A coral bird is perched on one of the trees. The garden is bedded in a jar of champleve enamel, of quatrefoil shape, elongated, on four scepter-head feet. The enamel decoration is in dark purple-blue, turquoise-blue, turquoise-green, red-brown, white and a purple-pink, and in the form of conventional flowers and floral and angular scrolls. Height of jar, 3 inches; tota! height, 10y 2 inches. 55 — Miniature Garden in Champleve Jardiniere Companion to the preceding, with one of the trees a light pink coral and the other a dark red, and with minor differences of detail. Same dimensions. First Afternoon 56 — Jade Rose Bush in Cinnabab Lacquer Vase Three roses bloom in clouded pink tourmaline, and one is in bud in the same material, while another full-blown rose is in white jade, and the leaves are in green jade, their edges finely serrated. The vase is octagonal, having four broad and four nar- row sides, with an ample, box-like body, and underbody slanting in to a spreading foot ; broad, sloping shoulder, with full neck and flaring lip. From foot to lip each face has seven variously shaped panels of cinnabar lacquer, carved in cavo-relievo with varied floral sprays and landscapes with figures and garden balconies. The gilt foot and lip have incised borders in chevron pattern. Height of vase, 8 inches; total height, 18% inches. -Jade "Lotus Pond" in Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Jardiniere The lotus in bud and seed-pod and opening flower grows in a luxuriant clump in a "dry pond," the buds and flowers executed in yellow-gray jade, the seed-pods in fci-ts'ui jade, and the curling leaves in a soft variety of greenish jade, from pale to dark in color. Small Chinese lilies and other plants appear among the lotus stalks, in white jade, pink tourmaline, coral and green- tinted ivory. The jardiniere or pot containing the "pond" — whose surface has a curiously moist look, as of a marshy place — is of dense white Ch'ien-lung porcelain, modeled as an enlarged lotus flower, the petals worked in light relief and appearing pink, white and yellowish-green, with various notes of pink predominat- ing, in enamel color. Height of jardiniere, 3]/ 2 inches; diameter, 7% inches; total height, 11% inches. 58 — Jade "Lotus Pond" in Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Jardiniere Companion to the preceding. Total height. 12 inches. First Afternoon 59 — White Jade Censer Rare white jade polished to mirror brilliancy, with snow-like translucence and a soft, beguiling lustre. Carved after the form of ancient bronzes, with a cauldron-like body on three squat and heavy cabriole legs, flat, flanged lip, and two elaborate loop handles with loose rings. The handles spring as a thick lotus stem from the sides, the stem enlarging and supporting leaves, flowers and seed-pod, carved in relief, undercut, pierced and etched. The dome cover is surmounted by a broad knob finial carved and pierced in a lotus motive. Silver inlaid teakwood stand. Height, 7 inches; width across handles, SV S inches. 60 — Jade Mountain Greenish-gray-white jade, dense and heavy, with a pale green translucence, having the shape of a mountainous rocky wall irreo-ularlv arched. The face is carved with trees in relief, and over the ledges are glimpsed the branching ends of other foliage, and in a small cavern at the base, crossed by a rock bridge, a waterfall descends, its stream curling in waves at the bottom. On the reverse fungus grows on the ledges. On the upper left of the face four characters or devices are lightly incised. Height, 9 inches. First Afternoon 61 — White Jade Mountain : A Retreat of Shou-lao Pure white jade, of greenish tran.slucence against the light, of a softly lustrous, caressing aspect, carved and pierced as a moun- tain grotto, rocky, where only the pine tree speaks for vege- tation. The rocky slopes are felicitously streaked with the brown of iron-rust percolations. Within the grotto, carved in high relief, appear the god of longevity, holding his emblem, the peach of immortality, and the Taoist immortal Lan Ts'ai- ho carrying his basket of flowers, the two apparently in amicable conversation, both smiling. Below, a stag looks up with a branch of the sacred fungus, another emblem of longevity, while on the back two storks, servitors of the immortals, on ledges of the rock at different altitudes, look up and down at each other. Height, 8 inches. First Afternoon 62 — White Jade Fruit Dish Shallow ovoidal form, the rim lightly expanding carved with the conventional low cylindrical foot, hut under this is a broad and deep convex foot, spreading almost as far outward as the rim of the dish proper, and carved in openwork. The dish is unornamented save for a lightly incised border on the inner side of the rim. The carving of the large foot presents first a petal border, carved in the solid, followed by a pierced band representing five flying bats among cloud scrolls, the whole rest- ing on a beaded base. Gray-white jade with soft polish. Height, 2y 2 inches; diameter, 9% inches. 63 — Begonia in Champieve Jardiniere Broad, serrated leaves of brightly polished green jade, and blos- soms of clouded mauve-pink tourmaline. Under the plant a lapis- lazuli rock. The jardiniere is of poly foliate outline, with out- standing flat rim having a raised lip, and deep, spreading foot. The gilt rim is engraved with a floral scroll border and the lip is bordered with incised key-fret. The body and foot are orna- mented in champieve enamel with small blossoms and scrolls in turquoise and dark lapis blue, and set into the body are eight quadrilateral panels of Lang-yao porcelain, each finely incised with a poem of the Emperor Ch'ien-lung. Height of jardiniere, 3>\ inches; diameter, 6^ inches; total height, 12 inches. 64 — Begonia in Champleve Jardiniere Companion to the preceding; same dimensions. First Afternoon 65 — Jade Pear Thee in Cloisonne Jardiniere A Chinese pear tree (pints spectab'dis) in blossom, its leaves green jade with serrate edges and incised veins, its blossoms white jade and mottled pink tourmaline, with centers of fei-ts'ui jade, tour- maline and other stones. In the garden below are flowering shrubs in green and white jade, carnelian and red quartz, two fig- ures in white jade, one of them between two swans, and a fungus in rock crystal and a rock of lapis-lazuli. The jardiniere is of polvfoliate contour, on four scepter-head feet, the feet and broad rim in gilt deeply engraved with floral scrolls. The cloisonne enameling of the body is in royal and turquoise blue, pale green, deep vermilion, white and pink, worked in floral medallions of foliate outline and a richly ornamented ground. The enameling is continued underneath the foot. Height of jardiniere, i inches; greater diameter, 8'/, inches; total height, 18 inches. First Afternoon 66 — Large Fei-ts'ui Tripod Censer Beautifully mottled emerald and vaporous-gray transclucent jade, brilliantly polished. Large-bodied cauldron shape, on three cabriole legs. At the shoulder two large ogre-heads, carved, pierced and engraved, with elephant-trunk loops sup- porting large loose rings, and at the sides of the body midway between these handles two smaller handles with loose rings. The flattened top of the dome supports two Fu-lions in the round, roaring. Height. 10 inches; width across handles, 9 inches: length, iy A inches. First Afternoon 68 — White Jade Bowl Ovoidal and deep, with flat foot slightly recessed underneath, and flat, in-turned rim. Gray-white, translucent jade, the exterior carved in bold relief with three- and four-clawed dragons emerg- ing from a turbulent sea which beats upon outstanding rocks, in pursuit of the flaming jewel. Has teakwood stand elaborately carved in openwork with dragons among waves. Height, 3 inches; diameters, H inches and 6% inches: height on stand, 6 inches. 69 — Green Jade Hanging Vase In flattened pear-shape, with spreading foot, and two rectangular loop handles, or ears, by which the vase swings from a heavy bail handle, the depth of whose long loop equals the height of the vase itself — the whole carved of a solid block of jade, and inseparable; dome cover with a flattened-elongated knob handle. Dense green jade of rich color quality, with numerous black fleckings, translucent and brilliantly polished. Carved in tangible relief with scepter-head forms, lotus petals, S-scrolls, and a semblance of ancient animal-head features. In elaborate arched stand, of teakwood, inlaid, carved with lotus and wave forms, and in openwork with dragons and fungus scrolls. Height, with handle, 10y 2 inches; height of stand, 18% inches. First Afternoon t I .. 70 — White Jade Dragon Vase with Cover Pure white translucent jade with unctuous surface and softly luminous polish. Flattened globular bottle-shaped, on a low spreading foot, with two elephant-head and loose ring handles. On obverse and reverse a medallion displaying a dragon and the elusive jewel, and the eight Buddhistic emblems of happy augury. Height, 9jg inches. 71 — White Jade Vase Dense jade, of greenish-white tone, with an unctuous surface and soft polish. Flattened ovoidal form with high shoulder and wide neck, and dome cover with knob finial. It rests with- in hollowed rocks, from among which springs a wild plum tree, the tree and blossoms carved in bold relief and undercut. On the reverse a branch of the sacred fungus and at one side a bird, while on the obverse another bird looks up at its mate. Height, 9'/% inches. First Afternoon 72 — White Jade Vase with Cover and Greex Jade Stand Flattened ovoidal, with spreading foot, two dragon-head loop and loose ring handles, and dome cover with a fixed rectangular bail handle on which play two small loose rings ; all of pure white jade brilliantly polished. The cover is carved with a border of down-pointing fluted petals and incised with a fret border. The vase is encompassed by two conventional double-petal borders, at shoulder and base, with broad animal-heads between them on both obverse and reverse, all in low relief, and on the neck is a border of palmations in three tiers, carved in low relief and etched. The stand, of dark green jade, is carved with a petal border and conventional designs. Height, 10% inches; with stand, 12% inches. First Afternoon 73 — Peoxies in Ch'ien-lung Gold Lacquer Jardixiehe Green jade leaves, and eight large, wide open blossoms in light grayish-yellow, delicate fci-ts'ui and gray-black jade, malachite, lapis-lazuli, coral, and clear golden and clouded amber. Chrysanthemums in carnelian and opalescent agate grow at one side, near a quartz rock of aquamarine hue, and there is another plant in green jade and clouded amber and a fungus in rose quartz. The jardiniere is oblong in form, of foliated contour, in C'h'ien-lung gold lacquer, ornamented with the rock peony and wild plum tree in blossom, lilies, morning-glories, the bamboo and other forms, and with scrolls, all in light relief. Four scepter- head feet. Height of jardiniere, J'j inches; length, 12% inches; width, 9% inches; total height, Ifi'/a inches. (Illustrated in Colo)- — .sec Frontispiece) 74 — Peonies ix Gold Lacquer Jardiniere Companion to the preceding, of the same materials and dimen- sions. 75 — Miniature Gardex with Figure, ix Cinnabar Lacquer Jardiniere A broadly-branching fan-shaped tree of snow-white coral is the principal ornament of the garden, and on different branches are perched three birds, two in pink coral and a larger one in smoke- crystal. Attached to the tree is a lizard-like pink coral dragon in climbing attitude, and in front is Shou-lao, god of longevity, also in pink coral, with his emblem the peach of immortality, and his staff carved with a monkey head, emblematic of the simian who plucks the peaches for him from their high trees in the land of the genii. Shou-lao stands between iris and rose plants in green and white jade and tourmaline. In the rear is a malachite rock and a chrysanthemum bush with flowers of lapis-lazuli, carnelian and white jade. Lapis-lazuli ground. The jardiniere is of elongated quatrefoil form carved with a lotus scroll, lotus flowers and scrolls, sages and attendants. Height nf jardiniere, 3% inches; diameter*. 10i/> indies and 9 inches; total height, 16 incites. First Afternoon -Fei-ts'ui Jade Hanging Vase In flattened pear-shape with slender neck, the body emerging from the back of a sitting phoenix beneath which are openwork scrolls. On the neck two loop handles in archaic dragon scroll swing the vase from a long, deep bail handle whose arched top is carved and pierced with the forms of two dragon heads, jaws to jaws, about a pierced disc that may represent the coveted jewel. From one arm of the bail a chain of double links connects with the cover of the vase, which is lightly carved with monster- features and sccpter-hcads, and the monster-features appear again in low relief in a band encircling the neck. The phoenix's wing feathers are carved in relief, and its tail feathers carved and pierced, and it holds in its bill a branch, below which a loose ring hangs from a loop connecting with the bird's neck. Beauti- fully mottled fei-ts'ui jade, in emerald notes and soft fog-gray, brilliantly polished. Hung in an arched ivory stand carved with dragons and fungus scrolls. E eight, 11 inches; height of stand, 15% inches. First Afternoon 77 — Jade and Amethyst Peach Tkee in Ch'ia-Ch'ing Cloisonne Jardiniere Large and small peaches to the number of nine, carved in bril- liant amethyst of varying hue, and two peaches of dense green jade, grow on a tree of translucent green jade leaves. Below are blossoming shrubs in turquoise, green jade and clouded amber, and a kneeling figure in agate and a fungus in crystal. The jardiniere is oval, with flat rim, and stands on four low feet formed by the lower trunks of peach trees whose extensive branches course around the jar in bold relief, bearing nine peaches. The fruits have a lightly stippled surface. Height of jardiniere, 3% inches: diameters, 9V 4 and G'A inches: total height, 16% indies. 78 — Jade and Amethyst Peach Tree in Ch'ia-Ch'ing Cloisonne Jardiniere Companion to the preceding, with the amethyst peaches num- bering seven in place of nine, and the amber shrub replaced by a bush of white jade and pink tourmaline blossoms. Total height, 15 inches. First Afternoon 79 — Arbor of Flowers and Fruit in White Porcelain Garden Stand The arbor is climbed and overhung by a gourd vine in bearing, and growing within and about it are blossoming shrubs and bushes with berries. The leaves are of malachite, white jade and carnelian, the double-gourds of green jade, moss agate, carnelian and amber, and the berries and blossoms of coral, carnelian, white jade, seed pearls, and kingfisher feathers. The stand or jardiniere is quadrilateral, with projecting lip, modeled as resting within an open-topped bow-legged table, the table legs on a projecting base which in turn is supported on four low flat rectangular feet whose inward outline is a quadrant. The stand is of white porcelain, and bears underneath its recessed foot the Imperial seal mark of Yung Cheng, incised. Height of stand, 4 inches; diameter, 6;4 inches; total height, 14 Inches. 80 — Jade Statuette of Kuan-yin Gray-green jade of unctuous surface and lustrous polish, with slight translucence, carved as a representation of the goddess of mercy seated on a lotus throne supported on deeply carved foliated scrolls. She wears her cowl and headdress, earrings and necklace, and both hands and feet are crossed and folded under her robes. At her right is a vase of flowers and at her left a bundle of books. Height, 10i_J inches. 81 — Rock Crystal Vase with Cover and Stand The vase is in mammoth cup form, deep, on a low pedestal foot, with narrow flattened shoulder and flanged lip, and wide mouth; bell-shaped dome cover with hollowed knob finial. The stand is in squat ovoidal jar form, the top solid, with flanged lip, and rests on six scepter-head feet. The whole brightly polished, with brilliant luster. The cover is carved with four bats, its handle with a lotus-petal border. The petal border appears again on the shoulder and base of the vase, which has two loop and loose ring handles, presenting animal features, the scepter-head and fungus, and scrolls. Each face of the vase is carved in bold re- lief with the twin figures representing the god of love. Height complete, 12 inches. First Afternoon 82 — White Jade Vase with Cover and Green Jade Stand Flattened ovoidal form with spreading foot, wide neck and ex- panding lip, and two animal-head loop handles with loose rings; dome cover surmounted by a Dog Fu carved in the round, as handle. Pure white jade with a brilliant polish. Carved on both faces with plum trees in blossom, in bold relief, springing from among rocks. On foot and lip, and also on rim of cover, incised fret borders. The stand, in dark, mottled green, is in broadly elliptical pedestal form, with conventional ornamentation, on four scepter-head feet. Height, 11J4 inches; with stand, 13 inches. First Afternoon 83 — White Jade Dragon and Phcenix Vase with Cover Pure white jade of delicate greenish translucence, the vase proper brilliantly polished and the accessories showing a softer polish. The vase is of ovoidal form on a pedestal foot, with wide neck and expanded, thickened lip, the whole flattened. Its dome- shaped cover is surmounted by a three-clawed dragon carved in the round, with spinose back humped and his scales etched, and there are two dragon-head loop and loose ring handles con- necting neck and shoulder. The vase rests on and within open- work rocks, on which at one side a tall feng-huang carved in the round is perched, beside a rock peony tree and holding a stem and blossom of the peony in its bill. At the opposite side a plum tree is growing among the rocks. On the reverse of the vase is a contorted flying phoenix carved in bold relief. Has carved and tinted ivory and teakwood stand. Height, Oy, inches; with stand, 11 indies. Catalogue No. 86 JADE AND AMBER PEACH TREE IN CLOISONNE JARDINIERE M 38 .oV[ su-golsiaO aaaT HQAaq jiaaiAA cixa aaAL aaaivnaflAL avwoeiojo m %. # 83 — White Jade Dragi ek Pure white jade of delic proper brilliantly polished and the accessories shov ofter polish. The vase is of ovoidal form on , with wide neck and expanded, thickened lip, the whole fla doine- shaped co i ' \ a thn carved in the round, and there are two drag on- g neck and shoulder. T! work rocks, on which at mv the id is per peony in its bill. plum in hold ved !.<1. First Afternoon 84 — Rock Crystal Tall Vase with Cover Large flask shape with stout body, on a high foot of pedestal form, with a broad incurvate neck on which are two dragon-head loop handles supporting heavy loose rings; high dome cover with knob handle. The body is encircled by two narrow strap- bands, carved just below the shoulder and above the base. Clear, brilliant crystal, brilliantly jjolished. Height, 13% inches. 85 — Rock Crystal Tall Vase with Cover and Stand Magnified flask shape, with high, full shoulder; tapering toward a retired foot ; short wide neck and two loop handles with loose rings, below the shoulder, the handles surmounted by bats with spread wings ; high dome cover with large knob handle recessed. Heavy, clear crystal, with perfect and brilliant polish on all surfaces. Height, U inches. 86 — Jade axd Amber Peach Tree in Cloisonne Jardiniere Long and slender, delicately curling leaves of brilliant green jade, the veins engraved, and eleven of the peaches of longevity in clear brown, light golden and clouded amber. Below shrubs in white jade, malachite and carnelian, a lapis rock, and a stag in brilliantly polished white jade, holding a fungus stem in his mouth, the branch resting on his back. Pink coral ground. The gilt jardiniere is octagonal in its broad rim — an oblong with chamfered corners — and the metal surfaces both of rim and body are ornamented with foliar scrolls in relief, the rim having an incised fret border on its outer side. The con- tour of the body is ovoidal, recurving to the expanded rim. On each of the eight faces is an applied panel of fine cloisonne enamel, of lapis-blue ground, the ornamentation bats, emblems, and conventional lotus designs in green, white, yellow, black, turquoise-blue and dark vermilion. Four scepter-head feet. Height of jardiniere, i% inches; length, 9^/J inches; ■width, 8% inches; total height, 18% inches. ( 111 /ist rated in Color) 87 — Jade and Ameer Citron Tree in Cloisonne Jardiniere Companion to the preceding, with fruits of the Buddha's-hand citron in place of the peaches. First Afternoon 88 — Fei-tsYi Jade Tali. Vase with Cover The jade is dense, heavy and translucent, a smoky gray with tinge of green, and necks of pronounced emerald-green, and on one face and shoulder shows a broad area of warm russet. The brilliantly polished surface has an oleaginous luster. Tall dome cover above which rise two ju-i scepters, each top incised with a Shou medallion and each stem encompassed by a loose ring. Around the neck of the vase is a downward-pointing border of palmations, and on the shoulder of obverse and reverse a bat, emblem of happiness, is carved in high relief. Below the bats are baskets of flowers and fruits, carved in relief and etched, and the sides are ornamented with tall sprays. Height, 125-g incites. First Afternoon 89 — Pair Jade Magnolia Trees in Gilt and Lapis-lazuli Jardinieres The delicate leaves of rich green translucent jade, lightly veined by incision, the blossoms exquisitely worked in translucent pure white jade, the graceful petals curling characteristically and the blooms appearing all the way from buds to the widest opened. Below each tree is a flowering bush in green jade and white and red carnelian ; on the coral ground beneath one tree is a stag, standing with head raised looking up at the blossoms, and beneath the other tree is a horse, seated on his haunches, with fore body partly raised, also looking upward. Both animals are carved in pure white jade wifth brilliant polish. The jardinieres are quadrilateral, on elaborated scepter-head feet, the gilt engraved with floral scrolls ai/d angular lattice on the broad rims, and ornamented in relief with lotus scrolls on the sides and ends, surrounding large slabs of rich lapis-lazuli. Height of jardinieres. iy s inches; length, 8% inches; width, 5% inches; total height, 16y 2 and 17 inches. First Afternoon 90 — Amber and Jade Citron Tree in Ch'ien-luxg Lacquer Jardiniere Inlaid with Mother-of-pearl A dwarf tree with delicate leaves of translucent green jade, bearing fruits of the Buddha's-hand citron in clouded opaque yellow amber with russet touches, and clear and brilliant red- brown and golden translucent amber, together with peaches in the clear amber. Below is a hydrangea bush with flowers in opalescent agate, fei-ts'ui jade, coral and carnelian, another flowering shrub in white jade, and a white jade figure, on a pink coral ground. The jardiniere, oblong on four low feet, is of brown and black lacquer, with an intricate mosaic inlay of dark-toned mother-of-pearl. On each face this inlaid ground encloses a gold lacquer panel also inlaid with mother-of- pearl, in landscape motives. Height of jardiniere, 3y 2 inches; length, inches; width, G'/ 4 inches; total height, 16 inches. 91 — Amber and Jade Citron Tree in Ch'ien-luxg Lacquer Jardiniere Companion to the preceding. Total heigh i, 17 inches. First Afternoon 92 — Greex Jade Tall Vase The ground of the jade a dense smoky-gray, with light-gray cloudings and abundant mottlings of rich forest greens, the whole brilliantly polished. The vase is broad flask-shape, with spreading foot, resting on and within openwork rockery from which issue at opposite sides pine and plum trees, carved in the round and offering service as handles on the body, while other pine trunks spring from the neck under the lip and curling down to the shoulder supply conventional handles there. On one face a long-tailed bird perches on a branch looking toward some blos- soms. On the opposite face are two storks carved in high re- lief, one with a fungus branch in its bill. A goat on all fours surmounts the cover. Height, 14% inches. 93 — Greex Jade Mountain Broad, irregularly arched shape, with rounded, bare top. Dense, heavy, opaque jade of a rich, dark green rarely flecked and mottled, and brilliantly polished. The ledged and jagged flanks of the mountain are carved in high relief with pine, willow and plum trees, pagodas, pavilions and broad stairs. Over the top are cloud etchings. Near one side are two characters and a seal, and on the bald top is an inscription of thirty-two char- acters with seal and signature, all lightly incised. Height, 11% inches; length, 11;4 inches. First Afternoon 9-i — Greex Jade Tall Vase with Cover and Stand Dense and heavy opaque jade, a faint translucence detectible in thinner portions in a strong light, with a ground of confused, dense smoke-gray, unusually and effectively mottled with a rich, opulent green of varying quality, and flecked with black. An ancient bronze shape, with heavy body and wide incurvate neck with straight thick lip. Two dragon-head loop handles from neck to shoulder, with large, loose rings. Broad bell-shaped dome cover, with flattened top on which a Fu-lion rampant is carved in the round. Obverse and reverse are carved in low relief with archaic monster lineaments, after the ancient bronze fashion, and the sides with lotus leaves. Height complete, 19y 2 inches. First Afternoon 95 — Fei-ts'ui Jade Phoenix Vase Dense, gray-green jade, with light gray cloudings and the bright kingfisher-green notes, somewhat translucent but opaque in the mass, with a luminous polish. The block is carved as a large feng-huang, standing, with tail curled down to the ground, and holding on its back a stout flask-shape vase with dome cover. The cover is surmounted by a small, contorted phcenix, the carv- ing pierced and itched. Heipht, ll?s inches; length, 10 inches. First Afternoon 96 — A Varied Garden With Ming and Ch'ien-lung productions. Its outstanding feature a tall shaft of rockery in Ming cloisonne enamel, tur- quoise-blue and deep lapis-lazuli, with the rock strata and fis- sures indicated by the gilt cloisons. Back of it is a wistaria bush of pure white coral, its flowers amethyst, tourmaline and fei-ts'ul jade and its leaves malachite. At one side is a hydran- gea bush with green jade leaves, and fei-ts'ui jade, carnelian and opaleseent agate blossoms. A most unusual statuette of Kuan-yin, a Ch'ien-lung work in gilt, stands before the rock. The goddess has a slender, delicately modeled European figure, in clinging European garments of very fashionable suggestion freely revealing the figure lines, and chased and engraved with foliar scroll ornamentation. The gown is sleeveless and decol- lete. The garden is set up in an oblong and shallow jardiniere, a production in Ch'ien-lung enamel, with rich flower and scroll ornamentation in polychrome, interrupted by panels copied from European paintings in the Dutch manner. Height of jardiniere, 2U, inches; length, 14% inches; ■width, 9y 4 inches; total height, 15% inches. First Afternoon 97 — Soapstone Statuette of Kuan-yin (Ming) In soapstone of richly mellowed color and softly polished waxen surface the Chinese goddess of mercy is figured standing, in a supreme dignity and graceful attitude, her right arm folded across the left, holding in the right hand a folded scroll and in the left a rosary. The goddess stands in a high throne or grotto of rock and bamboo, adroitly carved in ebony. Height of statuette, 13i_, inches; height with stand, \%7/ 9 inches. First Afternoon 98 — Garden in Miniature, in Ch'ien-lung Cloisonne Jardiniere A largo three-trunk tree with numerous ramifying branches, in white coral, dominates a garden of several varieties of plants, including peonies, chrysanthemums and a small pine, in green jade, fei-ts'ui jade, carnelian, tourmaline, coral, and white shell. In front is a carved wood figure of a woman, painted in poly- chrome, standing and carrying a scepter. Height of jardiniere, 4% inches; diameters, 12<4 inehes and 9y 2 inches; total height, 15 inches. 99 — Garden in Miniature, in Ch'ien-lung Cloisonne Jardiniere Companion to the preceding. Total height, 20 inches. 100 — Soapstone Statuette: Kuang Wu, God of War (Ming) On a broad base of rockery, deeply carved, a powerful figure is depicted in dignified attitude and of august mien, seated on a higher rock ledge, with left arm bent and hand resting on his thigh, and holding in his right hand at elbow height a rolled up and bound scroll. It is Kuang Wu, otherwise Kuan Ti, the god of war. He wears an imposing headdress, and long mus- tachios anil chin-beard merging into one, and looks downward with a haughty and aloof majesty, eyelids drooping. Height, 15J s inches; breadth of base, 11% inches. 101 — Grand Fei-ts'ui Jade Incense Burner Its form suggests a pagoda. In four sections, all of clouded, translucent fei-ts'ui jade, each with carved ornamentation painted with gold lacquer and all except the lower section displaying pierced carvings, these also heightened by gold lacquer. The lower section is in shallow cylindrical cauldron-shape, on three massive lion-head feet. This is followed by a deeper cylindrical section with six pierced panels exhibiting dragons and phoenixes among flowers, and between the panels are loop handles in a con- ventionalization of the lotus motive, each with a loose ring. Fol- lows a short incurvate neck fitting into the molded shoulder. The top section, with six pierced panels picturing birds and insects among flowers, has between them six peony-flower loop handles with loose rings, and is crowned with an openwork broad knob finial in the form of a dragon carved in the round, his beard brushing the jewel of omnipotence. Elaborate two-story ebony stand, carved in openwork. Height, l!) 1 :. inches: width across handles, 13% inches; height with stand, 21 inches. First Afternoon 102 — Small Black Lacuuer Bird Cage with Bracket (Ch'ien- lung) In ovoidal lantern shape, with molded circular base on four carved and pierced white jade feet. The flattened dome top has a flat octagonal fei-ts'ui jade finial, etched with an angular border and pierced with a swastika symbol. The cage is of lacquered bamboo. Among its ornaments and utilities are fei-ts'ui and white jade bats and cups, ivory feeding-tongs, and a white jade vase with tourmaline, fei-ts'ui jade, seed-pearl and kingfisher- feather flowers. Hanging-chain of amber, coral and turquoise beads, with rings, and a central ornament of the twin-fish em- blem carved in cinnabar lacquer. Dragon-head teakwood bracket. Cage diameter, 9y 2 inches; length of chain, 25 inches. 103 — Small Ivory Bird Cage with Bracket (Ch'ien-lung) Hexagonal, on six short tubular feet, the corner posts topped by small knobs, the roof flat with ivory upperwork or cupola sur- mounted by a turquoise ball and that by an ivory lantern; white-metal hook. Ivory-tipped perches and delicately carved ivory supports for two white porcelain cups with famille-rose decoration ; one fei-ts'ui jade cup. Feed shaft of carved cinnabar lacquer and an exterior ornament of blue quartz carved as a bat. In the hanging-chain are jade rings, carnelian agate and coral beads, a carved ornament of clouded yellow amber, a remarkable carved ivory ornament depicting archaic dragons in relief on an openwork trellis or diaper ground so fine that it is sometimes called ivory lacework, and a long tassel of imperial yellow silk. Teakwood bracket. Has night cover of Chinese silk brocade with scroll ornamentation. Height of cage •with its metal hook, 12% inches: diameter, 834 inches; length of chain, 20 inches. 101 — Tortoise-shell Bird Cage with Bracket (Ch'ieu-luug) Dome-shaped, with ivory finial of mellow note, carved in open- work with a pair of storks and a pair of four-footed animals under a tree group. The antlers for holding the green vegetable food for the birds are held in place by a double-gourd shaped ornament pierced in minute honeycomb pattern, the whole of ivory ; and other ivory ornaments show gourd and melon vines. Blue and white porcelain cups and fei-ts'ui jade thumb-ring, for convenience in lifting the cage off its hook. Around the base a cock and hen among plants, a bird on a bamboo branch and ornaments from the hundred antiques, in carved tinted ivory, applique. Chain of cloisonne and other beads, cloisonne and white jade rings, and coral tassel. Cage diameter, 14 inches; height of standard, First Afternoon 105 — Tortoise-shell Bird Cage (Ch'ioi-lung) Octagonal, on four openwork ivory feet carved in the squirrel and grapes motive. The squirrels and grapes appear also in the carved ivory finial and in ornaments about the bars, the perch-ends are carved in the pine motive, and about the black lacquer base are applied ivory carvings in the forms of branches of blossoms and Buddhistic emblems of good augury. Two white jade cups, and a green jade ornament carved in openwork in the lotus motive. Hanging-chain of one white and two fei-ts'ui jade rings, with quartz, glass and coral beads. The standard, with two brackets, on which this cage is exhibited, does not go with the cage but will be sold as a separate lot, No. 106. Height of cage, to top of loop, 19 inches; diameter, 9 1 /., inches: length of chain, 15y 2 inches. (Ill nitrated) 106 — Red Lacquek Bird Cage (Ch'ien-lung) Low dome-shape with indented top, the indention sustaining a knob finial of ivory carved in relief and openwork with plum blos- soms ; white-metal upperwork with phcenix-head loop. Bamboo coated with vermilion-red lacquer. Fei-ts'ui jade cup and two porcelain cups in peach-color with pistache interiors. Ivory worm tongs carved with bats, and other utilities and ornaments in ivory and other materials. Around the base plants and in- sects etched and gilded. Two pendent ornaments in openwork white jade and clouded yellow amber, with tassels. Four carved ivory feet. Hanging-chain of white, pearl-gray and fei-ts'ui jade (and small beads of fei-ts'ui glass), with jiendants of ame- thyst, tourmaline, coral and lapis-lazuli. Height of cage to top of loop, 20y„ inches; diameter, 131/0 inches; length of chain, 24 inches. (Illustrated) 107 — Carved Stand for Two Bird Cages (Eighteenth Century) Two circular posts, bent into divergent right-angle brackets at different heights, set into an elaborated pedestal base, the whole of carved wood coated with brown and gold lacquer. The posts and brackets are carved in high relief with winding grapevines in bearing, and at the angle of the taller post is the traditional squirrel nosing a bunch of the grapes. The base is carved with numerous figures and conventional borders, the figures including Chang Ko-lao, Han Hsiang-ts/.e, Lan Tsai-ho and Tsao Kuo- kiu of the eight Taoist Immortals. Height, 6 feet 7 inches. (Illustrated) No. 107 First Afternoon 108 — Ivory Bird Cage with Bracket (Ch'ien-lung) Cylindrical, rounding in to a flattened top crowned by a globe finial of sky-blue enamel ornamented with a gilt lotus scroll in relief. Skeleton-cupola of mellow brown ivory, with a white jade canopy of inverted-saucer shape, pierced in a foliar scroll design, surmounted by a lantern or torch of double-gourd form, also in mellow ivory ; phoenix-head loop in white metal. The ribs are in natural-color teakwood inlaid with ivory strips, and the base is black lacquer inlaid witli geometrical designs in ivory; ivory feet carved and pierced in floral patterns. The profusion of accessories includes an ivory food shaft carved and pierced with a fruit vine in bearing, an ivory center perch formed of a disc borne on the head of monkey-trainer standing on a stump with a simian on his shoulder, ivory worm-tongs carved as a bamboo tree of double trunk, and an ornamental ivory shaft carved as a gourd-bearing vine and supporting flowers and grasshoppers in gilt with seed-pearls and kingfisher-feather ornamentation; cups of fei-ts'ui jade, Ch'ien-lung porcelain with turquoise-blue glaze, and cloisonne enamel; a fei-ts'ui jade thumb-ring, and carved ornaments of turquoise and turquoise-matrix. Hanging-chain of white jade rings and fei-ts'ui jade and amethyst beads. This cage has also a novel and unfamiliar implement, a combination sand-sifter and debris scoop of white-metal, in bell form on a long ivory rod-handle. Cage diameter, 13 inches; chain length, 28 inches. 109 — Black Lacquer Bird Cage (Ch'ien-lung) Dome-shaped, set on a deep base of antique brown lacquer inlaid with flowering vines in mother-of-pearl. The base rounds in in a shallow ovoidal curve to a deep and broad cylindrical foot flaring at the base in bell-form. The cage has a carved ivory finial in the form of a seated goatherd with three goats about him, carved ivory worm-tongs and various other ivory carvings, a feed-shaft of carved bamboo root, cups of white and fei-ts'ui iade, and lettuce-green porcelain, and an ornamental basket in gilt and kingfisher's feathers with a long tassel of coral beads. Cage diameter, 14 inches; height (with base and metal mountings), 26 inch i 8. First Afternoon 110 — Black Lacquer Bird Cage with Standard (Ch'ien-lung) Ivory perch-ends and floral, fruit and figure ornaments ; ivory center post and worm-tongs. Bamboo feed shaft carved in open- work ; fei-ts'ui jade, blue and white porcelain and Ch'ien-lung cloisonne enamel cups. Mirror with white jade back carved in relief with peaches of longevity and having as pendent orna- ments carnelian, coral and fei-ts'ui-gla.ss beads, a chased and repousse silver snuff-bottle vase with dragon handles, and a long double tassel of light green silk. Rich, luxurious hang- ing-chain of white jade, fei-ts'ui jade and amethyst (with small beads of fei-ts'ui glass), the larger ornaments being a "sound- ing stone of musical jade" in carved and pierced white jade, and a larger panel of fei-ts'ui jade, carved and pierced, with a scroll and Shou medallion designs. Red lacquer stand copied after a Ch'ien-lung pattern. Cage din meter, 14% inches; chain length, S0y„ inches; height of standard, 8 feet. Ill — Black Lacquer Bird Cage with Standard (Ch'ien-lung) Carved ivory openwork finial representing the peony flower, numerous carved ivory bats about the bars of the cage, and other ivory carvings in the squirrel-and-grapes motive ; central post- perch of ivory carved with plum blossoms, and ivory worm- tongs carved with figures among pines and willows. Fei-ts'ui jade and blue and white porcelain cups. Teakwood standard with cloisonne top, the base carved in baluster-shaped vase form with heavy dragon-scroll feet. Cage diameter, 14 inches; height of standard, 8 feet 4y 3 inches. 112 — Tortoise-shell Bird Cage with Standard {Ch'ien-lung) Among the various ivory ornaments are pine branches and pomegranates, a figure of Shou-lao accompanied by the spotted stag, one of his emblems, a panel representing a domestic scene with a lady and children, and a panel of warriors approaching a gate in a walled city. Worm tongs carved with a crab and a lobster among lotus plants. Attached on the exterior is a mirror, and around the base are soapstone ornaments, applique, show- ing pomegranates, flowers, birds, rocks and winged insects, Thumb-ring of fei-ts'ui jade, with pendent tassel of coral beads. Teakwood standard with cloisonne top, the base carved in vase form with heavy feet. Cage diameter, 14 inches; height of standard, 7 feet 9% inches. First Afternoon 113 — Black Lacquer Bird Cage with Standard (Ch'ien-lung) Dome-shape, with white-metal upperwork including a flower- basket form, and phoenix-head loop. Knob finial of tinted ivory carved with blossoms in openwork. Carved ivory center-post in the form of an immortal carrying on his shoulder his emblem, a double-gourd, and supporting a plate on his head. Tinted ivory feed-box carved with figures in relief on an openwork trellis ground, and various other utilities and ornaments in the same material, carved with landscapes and pavilions, figures and flower sprays, the flowers principally plum blossoms; the worm- tongs are similarly treated. Ebony feed-box with ivory bats applique; two fei-ts'ui jade cups, and a cloisonne enamel cup adorned with butterflies hovering over blossoming trees, in poly- chrome on a sky-blue ground. Around the base, citron, pome- granate, lotus and magnolia, in tinted ivory carvings applique. Worm box of cylindrical form, in Ch'ien-lung porcelain with bats and conventional lotus sprays and scrolls in polychrome enamels on a canary-yellow ground ; interior and bottom in pis- tache-green. In the hanging-chain are white jade pierced carv- ings adorned with the peach, pomegranate and Buddha's-hand citron, the dragon, and swallows among blossoms; fei-ts'ui jade rings and amethyst spheres. Gold lacquer standard copied from a Ch'ien-lung pattern. Cage diameter, 14% inches; chain length, 26% inches; height of standard, 7 feet 11 inches. (Illustrated) 114 — Ivory Bird Cage with Standard (Ch'ien-lung) Dome-shaped, with a carved ivory openwork finial representing a melon vine in bearing and a winged insect, a motive repeated in various of the ivory ornaments with which the cage is deco- rated; ivory feeding tongs carved with plum blossoms. Two cups of fei-ts'ui jade, one of lapis-lazuli, and one of K'ang-hsi cloisonne enamel depicting the famous eight horses of the Em- peror Mu Wang of the Chou dynasty, in yellow, vermilion, white, black and lapis-blue, with gilt line, in a turquoise-blue ground. Around the base, which is of black lacquer, are tinted ivory carvings, applique, with flying birds among peonies, pome- granates, tlie magnolia and the lotus. In the chain suspending it from its stand are white jades carved and pierced with scrolls and a phoenix, and a large fan-shaped yellow-gray jade carved in relief with bats among the clouds. The standard has a cloisonne dragon top on an imitation teakwood base. Cage diameter, 14- inches; height of standard, 8 feet 4 inches. (Illustrated) f#^»^£?**M No. 114 First Afternoon 115 — Tortoise-shell Bird Cage with Standard (Ch'ien-lung) Dome-shaped, with ivory fmial showing a human figure among the mountains and a dog running over rocks. In other carvings appear trees, pavilions, figures, birds and boats, besides melons and flower sprays. The feed tube is etched with trees, birds, and inscriptions, and the tongs are carved with figures among pines and willows. Two fei-ts'ui jade cups, and a Ch'ien-lung porcelain cup with peachbloom glaze, the delicate pink necked with the admired green spottings; cloisonne enamel cup with squirrels among the grapes in polychrome on turquoise-blue ground. Hanging on the outside is an oval mirror, in which the birds can admire themselves, with a convex back of white jade carved in relief with a fruit vine in bearing, and ornamented with an openwork silver pendant. White jade thumb-ring with pen- dent tassel of coral beads. Teakwood standard with cloisonne dragon top, the base of the standard carved in vase form, with heavy feet. Cage diameter, 14% inches; heir/lit of standard, 8 feet. (Illustrated) 116 — Tortoise-shell Bird Cage on Standard (Ch'ien-lung) Dome-shaped with flattened top; white-metal upperwork display- ing among its numerous details Fu dogs, rats and grampuses ; the whole swung from a dragon-head loop. The dome finial is of carved ivory, of enlarged knob form, representing a group of figures, encircled below by a deeply carved border of small birds and blossoms. Aside from numerous ivory ornaments, and acces- sories for the care and comfort of the bird or birds, there are, within, blue and white porcelain cups, and on the outer side a cloisonne water cup with polychrome enamel ornament, to which the bird has access under a melon arbor. And around the outer side of the base are carved ivory ornaments applique. Pendent tassel of white and fei-t.s'ui jade, amethyst and coral. The standard is formed of a carved wood Buddhistic figure with gold leaf overlay, covered with lacquer of a rich amber tone, posed on a pedestal base and supporting a phoenix-head bracket from which depends a green, white and fei-ts'ui jade chain hold- ing the cage. The figure, originally a temple banner-holder, with its base, is of Ch'ien-lung date or earlier; the post is modern. Cage diameter, 13y 2 inches; height of standard, 7 feet 5% inches. (Illustrated) No. 115 No. 116 First Afternoon 117 — Brown Lacquer Bird Cage on Standard (Ch'ien-lng) The cage, of brown-lacquered bamboo, has a post-perch of a carved ivory figure supporting a disc, cups of blue and white porcelain with cafe-au-lait crackle, a cup in fei-ts'ui jade, carved ivory worm-tongs showing a sage among pine trees, a stick- bracket for green vegetables, and various other interior and ex- terior ornaments and utilities; and about the base are ap- plique carvings in varicolored soapstone, representing the lotus and other flowers, and numerous figures. At one side hangs a silver filigree perfume bottle, with fei-ts'ui stopper and enameled lotus ornaments. The cage hangs by a chain of Ming jade pendants and amethyst globes from a dragon-head standard is- suing from a quadrilateral base guarded by a Fu, in carved red lacquer, gilded. The Fu is of Ch'ien-lung workmanship, the rest of the standard is of modern make. Diameter of cage, 14J 4 Inches; height of standard, 8 feet 1% inches. {Illustrated) 118 — Brown Lacquer Bird Cage on Standard (Ch'ien-lug) Brown-lacquered bamboo, decorated about the base with vari- colored soapstone carvings applique, including flying birds headed toward blossoming plum trees, dragon-flies approach- ing a clump of bamboo with fresh shoots, butterflies fluttering toward chrysanthemums, and bats hovering near other plants clustered about rocks. The interior objects for the use and comfort of the bird pets include a fei-ts'ui jade cup, and two blue and white Ch'ien-lung porcelain cups, while on the out- side of the cage among various ornaments of carved ivory, many of them aged to a warm and mellow color, is a pair of carved ivory worm-tongs of gourd ornamentation, a most deli- cately carved basket of flowers, and a hand mirror with ivory back minutely carved in an open trellis design, the openwork interrupted by two figures cut out in the solid and painted in the European manner — a custom of the Ch'ien-lung era. Beneath is a pendant of white and fei-ts'ui jade, coral and lapis-lazuli, finishing with a tassel of yellow silk. Tall dragon-head standard, issuing from a quadrilateral base guarded by a Fu, in carved red lacquer, gilded; similar to that of the preceding number (117). The Fu, like that of the forego- ing number, is of Ch'ien-lung workmanship, the rest of the stand- ard being of modern make. Diameter of cage, W/ 4 inches: height of standard. 8 feet ly 2 inches. (Illustrated) No. 118 No. 117 First Afternoon 119 — Large Tortoise-shell Bird Cage (Circa 1800) In tall, arched, antique carved red lacquer stand. A bird palace, in tortoise-shell and ivory, jade, amber, coral, and cloisonne enamel. Cylindrical form, of more than fifty beautifully mottled tortoise-shell rods or bars, of rich color, rounding in to a flat- tened top, with boxwood ribs carved in fine spiral flutings ; tor- toise-shell base, and three deep carved ivory feet. Carved and pierced white jade feed shaft and carved white jade cup, both Ch'ien-lung productions ; three choisonne enamel cups. Mirror with Ch'ien-lung white jade back carved with a vase of flowers, and pendants of fei-ts'ui jade, coral and amber, and green silk tassels. The numerous and elaborately carved relief and open- work ivory fittings and ornaments about the cage are with few exceptions representations of incidents in the life of the first Han emperor, Kao-tsung, in his progress as a conqueror over China. The feet offer the most elaborate illustrations, including present- ments of the emperor, his leading general, and the empress, among his warriors. The smaller carvings exhibit details of the same illustrations. The obvious exceptions are the panels of fruits and basket of flowers. The lacquer standard is deeply carved with pomegranates, leaves and blossoms, and at the base of the columns are two ancient figures of vigorous execution. The cage is suspended under the arch by a chain in which appear two carved white Ming jades, besides fei-ts'ui jades and lapis- lazuli spheres. Heiqht of cage (without metal mounting), 28% inches; diameter. 16y, inches; length of chain, 21 inches; height of standard, 6 feet 11 inches. (Illustrated) 120 — Black Lacquer Bird Cage with Standard (Ch'ien-lung) The dome is topped by a carved ivory finial representing the happy god of wealth, Pu Tai, seated smiling among a plentitude of melons on their vine. Among the various cups for food and water are two in blue and white porcelain, one of white jade and one in Ch'ien-lung cloisonne enamel decorated with lotus flowers in polychrome on a turquoise-blue ground. The worm-tongs, in carved ivory of mellow tone, present again the melon motive. Dragon-head standard issuing from a vase on a quadrilateral base, in brown lacquer with gold ornamentation, reproduced from a Ch'ien-lung original. Diameter of cage, 14J4 inches; height of standard, 7 feet liy a inches. No. 119 First Afternoon 121 — Black Lacquer Bird Cage with Standard {Ch'ien-lung) Deep dome-shape, arching to a composite knob finial of cinnabar lacquer and an ivory carving of blossoms and pomegranates, some of the fruits cut open, in high relief and undercutting; the cinnabar ring is part of a knob ornament in that material which continues underneath the cage-roof. White-metal cupola- upperwork with a hexagonal lantern pierced in swastika shape, surmounted by a double-gourd torch. Cups of blue and white porcelain and of Ch'ien-lung cloisonne enamel with lotus decora- tion. Ivory ornaments of melons and pomegranates, a panel with figures in relief, and a robed figure carved in the round; ivory center perch with the post carved with melon vines and the disc with a phoenix; bamboo feed shaft. Tinted ivory applique orna- ments about the base, presenting numerous figures among flowers and rocks. Suspended at one side an oval mirror with foliated white jade back carved with landscape and figure in low relief, having a white jade pendant carved in light relief and openwork, and a long tassel of small coral beads. The hanging-chain, per- haps the richest in the entire collection, is almost wholly of fei-ts'ui jade, in polished spheres, carved and pierced oblong ornaments, rings of varying size, and pendants carved as double- gourds and as a bat among clouds (the smaller beads in the fei-ts'ui hue are of glass) ; there are in it, besides, coral beads and a large white jade panel ornament. Gold lacquer dragon- head standard, reproduced after a Ch'ien-lung original. Cage diameter, 14i< inches; chain length, 25% inches; height of standard, !) feet. 122 — Ivory Bird Cage with Standard (Ch'ien-lung) Broad dome shape, with an openwork knob finial in carved and tinted ivory in which several figures appear, among them Shou- lao with his peach and stag, and the familiar three-legged toad, while over the top is a bat. The god of longevity and the stag appear again elsewhere in the delicately carved ornaments freely distributed about the cage, as to other figures, and blossoms of the lotus and other flowers. Tinted ivory carvings of the peony, lotus and magnolia, with a stork and other birds, are applied around the black lacquer base. Among the jades in the elabo- rate hanging-chain is a white jade openwork carving of a dragon and rat, and a large panel of translucent grayish-yellow jade, carved and pierced, presenting two dragons about a Shou medal- lion. The standard has a cloisonne dragon top and imitation teakwood base. Cage diameter, 14 inches; height of standard, 8 feet 4 inches. First Afternoon 123 — Black Lacquer Table (Ch'ien-lung) Oblong, with four cabriole legs, which rest on an oblong plat- form. The top decorated in red and gold with the phoenix among peonies and magnolias, and with a border of floral lattice interrupted by four-clawed dragons and flaming jewels. On the Corners, underneath, are Shou characters. The apron and legs are adorned in red and a quiet green with conventional peony scrolls. Total height, 3 feet '2]/ 2 inches; length, 5 feet i inches; width, 3 feet 2 inches. 124 — Antique Red Lacquer Dog Kennel Rectilinear, on four heavy feet, the walls formed of vertical metal rods ; solid floor. The broad doorway is arched, with an animal mask, winged, looking down over the arch, as do similar ones from either end of the ridge-pole on top of the flat roof. The door posts are Fu-lions on their haunches, with forepaws raised above their heads supporting conventional lotus platforms on which the corner posts and the arch rest. Around the base are panels carved in.high relief with plum trees, vases of flowers, and figures. All of the carvings are gilded, as are the cage bars. On the door posts are large green and white jade rings, to which a pet dog may be tied. The entire back of the cage is a hinged door, which makes easier both cleaning and the removal of the Chinese silk brocade quilted mat which covers the floor. The kennel is provided with two quadrilateral food and water dishes of white porcelain, the interior of which is decorated with strap- work raised and gilded, the compartments so formed being adorned with flower sprays in famillc-rosc, and the exterior painted in coral with an archaic dragon-scroll band and bor- ders; the under side of the bottoms is glazed in pistache-green, with the seal of Tao Kuang in coral on white reserve. The kennel is supplied with a night covering of Chinese silk bro- cade and silk embroidery. Height, 3 feet 8y 2 inches; length, 3 feet 7 inches; width, 3 feet 2 inches. First Afternoon 125 — Antique Red Lacquer Dog Kennel Quadrangular, on four deep cross-shaped feet, the upper surface of each branch, which is cut in waved line from the top-center to the bottom edge, carved with a peony flower. Solid floor; sides formed of metal rods, gilded; arched solid roof, in four panels adorned in gilt and black, centering at a large knob finial carved in a conventional lotus motive. Four ridge-poles at the junctures of the panels recurve and terminate at the four corners of the kennel in projecting gilded phoenix-heads, in the nature of gar- goyles. These circular poles match others along the eaves and the four corner-posts, all being deeply carved with peonies, but- tercups and pomegranates. The entire back of the cage opens on a hinged door, making for convenience in cleaning and in the removal of the quilted mat formed of a Chinese rug, which covers the floor of the cage. On all four sides swing night cur- tains of Chinese silk brocade. The cage has a food or water dish of Ch'ien-lung porcelain, the interior and the under sur- face of the bottom glazed in pistache-green, the exterior deco- rated with bats, lotus flowers and scrolls, and a scepter head border, in enamel colors on a royal-blue ground. Height, 3 feet 11 inches: 3 feet 2 inches square. 126 — Cloisonne Dog Kennel (Ch'ien-lung) Quadrilateral, rolling on four wheels. The structure is of brass, the low quadrangular base, resting on the wheel axles, orna- mented on all sides with cloisonne enamel picturing dragons among the clouds, in turquoise-blue, white, vermilion and yellow on a deep lapis-blue ground, a motive that recurs in the corre- sponding upper part of the frame and in the corner-posts. These latter have center-panels decorated in the lotus motive in the same colors, but with the ground turquoise-blue. The open roof is of gilded rods, arching to a bell-shaped dome in cham- pleve enamel, with pointed finial in cloisonne. Champleve en- amel is used again in parapet ornaments of gilded dragons in relief amongst enamel clouds, topping the four sides of the upper frame, and gilded lion-heads in high relief adorn all sides of both upper and lower frames. Double doors forming a broad pointed arch, with white jade rings at the centers. The wheels are ornamented in cloisonne enamel in conformity with the general decorative scheme. The under side of the dome is inscribed with the four characters of the reign. Has Ch'ien- lung water or milk dish with the seal of the reign, and a feed Catalogue No. 126 CLOISONNE DOG KENNEL (Ch'ien-lung) 'A 9Sf .oVI sirgonij^^ O. b, the upper surface from the top-center bottomed r. Solid floor; sides f 01 ; roof, in four panels ad irge knob finial carved re poles at the junctures of the the four corners of the -, in the nature of gar- tlong the eaves and sts, all being dee] d with peonies, but- ! pomegr The en1 :■ of the cage opens • I door, i nience in cleaning and in the of the quilt led of a Chinese rug. which the floor of the cage. On all four sides swing night cur- The - a food or water, dish of Ch'ien-lung porcelain, the interior and the under sur- of the bottom glazed in pistache-green, the exterior deco- ! with bats, lotus flowers and scrolls, and a scepter head bolder, in enamel colors on a royal-blue ground. Height, 3 feet 11 inches: '■} feet 2 inches square. 126 — Cloisonne Dog Kennel (Ch'ien-lung) Quadrilateral, rolling on four wheels. The structure is of brass, the low quadrangular base, resting on the wheel axles, orna- mented on all sides with cloisonne enamel picturing dragons among the clouds, in turquoise-blue, white, vermilion and yellow on a deep lapis-blue ground, a motive that recurs in the cor spending upper part of the frame and in the corner-posts. These nter-panels ■' lotus motive in the lie colors, but with the ground turquoise-blue. The open f gilded rod , haped dome in cham- imel, with point. sonne. Champleve en- - of gilded dragons .ds. topping th( four sides of the upper frame, I gilded lion-heads in high relief adorn all sides both u] ' 'ames. Double doors forming a eh, with white jade rings at the centers. The ,1 in clo mel in conformity with de of the dome is m characters of the reign. Has Ch'ien- lilk dish with the seal of the reign, and a feed First Afternoon tub of the same period. Ornate night covering of blue silk em- broidered in gold thread with peonies, pomegranates, peaches, the Buddha's-hand citron and the eight Buddhistic emblems of happy augur v. Height, 3 feet 8% inches; length, 2 feet 9% inches: width, 2 feet 5 inches. (Illustrated in Color) 127 — Large Plant Jar {Yung Cheng) Broad, inverted bell-shape, on a short retired foot, lightly ex- panding to a rather broad rim with lightly molded lip. Resonant hard-paste white porcelain, with a luminous white glaze, deco- rated in overglaze colors of the famille-rose with cocks and hens and fuzzy chicks, amid blossoming roses and other bushes, grow- ing near rockery. On the upper surface of the rim a border of lotus scroll in similar coloring. Has tall stand of black lac- quer and gold. Height, lOj-i inches; diameter, 18 1 /, inches; height, with stand, 47 inches. 128 — Cochin China Fish Bowl {Ming) Broad and shallow ovoidal form with slightly in-turning lip. Resonant porcellanous stoneware, the exterior coated with a lustrous gray glaze of bluish tinge, slightly suggestive of the clair-de-l lines. The glaze is minutely crackled in hair lines, scarcely visible, and in places shows a metallic iridescence. The lip and shoulder drip with a light splash or souffle glaze of gray- white, with a hint of yellow, both this blended white and the bluish-gray having something of a dove-color suggestion. The glaze originally covered both the interior and the bottom, but in long use has disintegrated and largely peeled off from those surfaces. Has six-legged carved teakwood table-stand. Heiaht, ll- 1 , inches; diameter. 29% inches; height with stand, 39 inches. 129 — Blue and White Large Fish Bowl, or Jardiniere {Kang- hsi) Stone-weight porcelain in deep ovoid form, decorated in two shades of brilliant blue. Between large panels are smaller ones also of foliate outline, each with a Shou character in one of the many forms in which it may be written, and above and below these scepter-heads impinge upon the trellised ground. Beneath the lip is a narrow border of swastika lattice. Has carved five- legged teakwood stand, of scroll pattern. Height, I9y„ inches; diameter, 22% inches; height with stand. 39 inches. First Afternoon 130 — Large Butterfly Fish Bowl (Tao Kuang) With straight sides broadening very slightly in inverted-cone form from a broad flat foot. Shallow. Sonorous porcelain of Tao Kuang, with a white glaze greatly resembling the charac- teristic white of Yung Cheng, after which the piece is copied, decorated with numbers of butterflies in famille-rose colors and gilding. Height, 10y 2 inches; diameter, 24y, inches; height with stand, 3iy± inches. (Illustrated) 131 — Large Butterfly Fish Bowl (Tao Kuang) Companion to the preceding and of the same dimensions. 132 — Blue and White Large Jardiniere (Ch'icii-lung) Deep and full-bodied ovoid form, the whole exterior covered with a luxuriance of ornamentation in brilliant underglaze blue of sapphire and cobalt quality. Small medallions present groups of three peaches between bats — emblematic of long life and happiness. Has light colored natural wood stand carved after the European manner. Height, 2V/ 2 inches; diameter, 29% inches; li