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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the art and literary property collected by the late Henry G. Marquand
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: American Art Association Kirby, Thomas Ellis, 1846-1924 Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909
Subjects: Marquand, Henry G
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
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laze. Teakwood stand. Height, 16 inches. 253 — Large Vase. Globular body with cylindrical neck. Invested with a dark green celadon glaze, appliedover a pronounced brown crackled surface. Kang-hsi, 1662—1722. Height, 18 inches. 254 — Tall Hexagonal Vase. Of graceful form and finished technique. Sonorous porcelain of the Chien-lung period(1736—1795). Invested with a monochrome glaze of powdered-tea color ofuniform tint and very fine quality. The foot underneath is coated with thesame glaze, and has an impressed seal mark. Finely carved teakwood stand. Height, 28 inches. 255 — Large Bottle-shaped Vase. Globular body with tall, cylindrical neck. Thick porcelain .of the Chien-lung period(1736—1795), and covered with a glaze of pale sea-green tone. The decorationin relief modelling, fashioned after an ancient bronze, consists of bands of archaicdesign and borders of sceptre heads and gadroons. Underneath foot, seal markpencilled in blue. Carved teakwood stand. Height, 25 inches.
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— SECOND AFTERNOONS SALE Monday, January 26th, 1903 BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT 3 OCLOCK 256 — Cup and Saucer. Lotus design. Old Chinese hard paste. Decoration of miniature figures and floralfestoons. 257 — Covered Pitcher. Hard paste of the Chien-lung period (1736—1795). Decoration of foliage and land-scape in various enamels. 258 — Miniature Vase. Oviform. Covered with a monochrome glaze of camelia-leaf green, minutelycrackled. 259 — Miniature Bottle-shaped Vase. Coated with a thick mottled glaze. 260—Cup and Saucer. Pekin enamel. Decoration of floral scrolls and medallions, on pink ground. 261 — Porcelain Bowl. Leaf patterns modelled in low relief in the paste. Brilliant emerald-green glaze. 262 — Bowl. Clear white porcelain of the Chien-lung period (1736-1795). Outside covered withrobins-egg souffle glaze. Seal mark in coral red. 263 — Incense Bowl. Outside covered with orange-yellow glaze. Decoration of dragon chasing the pearl ofomnipotence etched in the paste and
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