A

CATALOGUE
OF

Highly Curious Collection

Singularly Valuable and

OF

ID rtental

$3orcelatne,

THE GENUINE PROPERTY OF

COLLECTOR OF TASTE,

COMPRISING
Rare and precious Specimens of

Honey Comb,
Raifed Japan.

Burnt-in, and

the fineft

fcarce

The Specimens

Mandarin, Egg-fhell, Crackle, Enamel s

old Blue

collected

and White China, and

with Care and

at great

fine

old

Expence,

are

equally to be admired for the Beauty of the Manufacture and Singularity of the

Devices.

In

this

Collection, are particularly deferving Notice

large

Bowl

or Bafon, with Mythological Figures in the richeft Enamel, upon Grey Crackle,

fuppofed to be Unique

coloured Grounds,

Tea

and Beakers, with Animals upon a waved

a Set of Five Jars

Verditer Ground, highly Valuable.

Various

Jars, Vafes, and.

Pots of curious Forms, &c. &c.

Cabinet Cups, with

Alfo fome fine Specimens

of genuine Japan Lacquer, a Writing Table compofed of Ditto, a Skreen, and a

Rofe-Wood Commode and

Secretaire of ingenious Conftruction, elaborately inlaid

with Gold, Ivory and Ebony.

ALSO,

A Pair of Noble

Enamel China Vases and Covers,

4 Feet 3 Inches high.

WHICH
Mill bt

>alti

hp Auction,

BY MR. CHRISTIE,
AT HIS GREAT ROOM, PALL MALL,

On

U R S D AY,

MARCH

Ike

12th,

1807*

AT TWELVE O'CLOCK.

May

be Viewed

Two

Days preceding the

each)

Sale,

may be had

when

Catalogues (at

in Pall Mall.

One

Shilling

JL he scanty

much

reports of Missionaries,

known respecting

to be

prevents our deriving

information,

The

it is

much

and even of

that country
intelligence

know

satisfactory to

and the

later travellers in China, leave

difficulty

from the natives.

that

we

of the Chinese language

Amidst

this

dearth of

possess valuable documents at home.

proficiency of the Chinese in the chief branch of their manufactures, the state

of their

fine arts,

and even the

from their Porcelaine.

religious opinions

of the people

In the numerous private cabinets

in

may

this

be collected

metropolis are

specimens of the most precious kinds of Porcelaine, for which the Chinese have

been for many centuries pre-eminent, and the manufactories of our own country
already experience the benefit of these models.

With the advantages of more

correct principles of design, the knowledge of perspective, and of the

we are only

colors;

and the
former

deficient in

plastic part, to rival the

may

understanding the

harmony of

mixture of the materials,

productions of Eastern Asia in this line.

be made good to us by our superior chemical science, the latter

nu doubt be acquired by patience and care.

the curiosity which leads to forming such collections, and must cease to
at

high

the

price at

The
will

Every one therefore, must applaud

wonder

which objects of such beauty and importance have been

estimated.

The
It

kind of Porcelaine chiefly prized,

is

termed

displays the greatest ingenuity in the fabrick:

cacy, and the objects depicted Upon

enamel.

The marks however by which

are not decidedly agreed upon

it

its

Mandarin,
characteristic

is

.or

Egg-shell.

extreme

deli-

are of the most exquisite pencilling and

the

Mandarin Porcelaine may be known

some persons have ventured

to

recommend

it

by

3
the thinness and transparency of the material

others

color on the outside, with a green verditer within

by the contrast of some

rich

others again rely, and perhaps

with juster reason, upon the quadrangular cluster of characters inscribed on tha

bottom of the

These groups,

vessels.

under which the

The

of

air,

most ancient characters

believed, are the

and are used as

merely records the Dynasty and Emperor,

is

was made.

for the cracks observable in the varnish,

admired

which

are occasioned by the vase being suddenly exposed to a cool draught

believed,

while the varnish

The more

inscription

specific piece of porcelaine

The Crackle China

it is

it is

their hieroglyphical to a quadrate form,

of China, changed from

a court character.

thick,

is

yet warm.

Enamel

China

to

is less

be admired for

its

earth and painting,

than for the richness of the colors laid on in varnish, and for the curious symbols
with which

it is

embellished.

The Burnt-in China

considered of inferior quality

is

ing gives admirable richness and effect,

of the Old Japan, which

The Old Japan,

is

are displayed in blue and red,

But what

burnt

mode

of color-

the genuine specimens

its

The broad

weight.

chiefly gives richness to these specimens,

discovered a

fertile

flowers depicted

with the addition of a

in,

of the flowers are executed, and afterwards

The Chinese have

but this

properly so called, combines almost every quality that

separately admired in the Porcelaine of China.

it

when introduced upon

of massive manufacture, and admired for

gilt

is

little

some

the bold relief in which

and burnished.

source for the embellishments of these

ent kinds, in the fables of their religion; and

is

upon

enamel.

it is

remarkable, that

like the

differ-

Greeks,

they have chosen their earthenware to commemorate their most secret doctrines.

Chinese Emperor

were designed

we may
meaning.
created

for

said to have observed, that the dragons

more than merely ornament,

affirm that

The

is

many

subjects depicted

upon

his vest

that they had a moral signification

upon porcelaine have

universe, according

also a recondite

operation of the elements upon each other to produce, the

to the material notions of the gentiles,

seems

first

to

be

expressed by the combinations of the Jiery dragon, with the Fung lioang, or bird of
paradise, expressive of

and the

tortoise,

fish

air,

the Ky-lin

or horned dog, perhaps denoting earth,

or the lotus, which indifferently imply water.

Tour,

the ancient founder of

the Chinese empire,

coeval with

reported to have seen a tortoise issue from the water, bearing on

mystical

diagram.

exhibition.

On

This subject

this

we conclude,

upon some

expressed

vases

in

Noah)

is

its

back a

the

present

account we find a tortoiseshell pattern adopted upon china,

as a border, having open

in natural colors.

is

compartments

Hence, the date of

in

which flowers are painted and enamelled

this

Fohi

appearance to

emblem denotes the vegetable

the combined

being considered,

creation arising from

Water.

We

collect

from Bayer, that Fohi appointed eight Tchin or Spirits; these

were preserving

spirits to

watch round mortals

they are probably no

more than

the eight persons preserved at the general destruction of mankind, with which

must have been coeval, but which he and a few others survived.

may
fish,

or aquatic animal, and are thus distinguished.

1

How

Cing Koe

Hon Chong lie

Quay

a female with

a boy with a

a landing net.
flute.

a man with a crutch and double-gourd.

Tong-fong-sok a man with a
and the
of immortality.
Tchow lok how a man with
or castanets.
Lut hong pan a man with a sword and cowtail.
Tchang colao a man with a bamboo tube and

La mi

4
5

Lit Hit

fan,

fruit

rattles

pencils.

tsui

woo

youth, or female with a basket of flowers; the

implements depicted upon enamel China, are the symbols of these

the fruit borne

many
it

Fohi

These persons

be seen on bowls, plates, &c. standing on water, generally supported upon a

by the fourth person above

vessels in porcelaine

divinities,

named has suggested

and

the form of

were a Chinese to present liquor in a vessel so shaped,

might be deemed a flattering mode of salutation.

We

find

a ninth person superior to

material heaven

he

supposed longevity, he
the

ancient one,

these,

who may perhaps

represent

the

almost invariably seated, he rides upon the stork, a bird of

is

is

bald and aged, and he carries a sceptre.

title

well

known

in the

Mythologies, as Pi-apas and Jupiter Pappams.

He

seems to be

Egyptian, Scythian and Greek

The combats

of these eight Tchin with various

branch of the Chinese Mythology, but of

our enlarging upon

it.

The

evil

this too

spirits,

little is

are an interesting

yet

known

to permit

contest seems to correspond with the Titan

war of

the Western Pagans.

These very imperfect hints adduced by way of preface

sale,

may

be thought improperly obtruded upon notice

arrest the attention of the lover of elegant form

pardon them, and may possibly turn them

to a

mere inventory of

they need not however

and ornament; the

to useful account.

inquisitive will

CONDITIONS OF SALE AS USUAL.

CATALOGUE
Xc.

Ssc.

Xc.

aps

fix&t

THURSDAY, MARCH

>ale,
the 12th, 1807.

MISCELLANEOUS.
1

J^N

oval dish, with St.

John baptising

a pastoral subject in

ditto,

Christ, in relief; a

round

and a cup and saucer of lava

a plate, a cup and saucer, and 2 coffee or creana jug

dish,

ditto,

with-

a scalloped
of curious

manufacture.
2

One

Delft coloured dish, 2 blue and white plates,

with basket handle and three

large

feet.

and one small dish of painted Persian earthenware, one painted

and one earthen

a small tea pot, and a vessel

bell for a

hooka.

curious scalloped flower pot, and dish of red ware, and three pieces Etruscan

brown

6*

vase cf red Persian pottery, beautifully incrusted with the salvia pomifera,

dish,

with festoons in gold, neatly pencilled.

or gall-bearing sage.

FIRST DAY's SALE,

7

Two

Chelsea jars, two ditto

Geiman

glass,

a modern saucer in imitation of

Japan, a Dresden dish, (broken) painted with groups of Chinese figures,

and burnished
8

in gold,

and two

ditto covers for basons.

pierced essence vase of brown and gold, marbled pattern, and burnished

masques

for handles.

9 Two heart-shaped cups and saucers, one old tea cup and
modern Dresden ditto, and one cup, no saucer.

saucer, and

one^

10

Dresden scalloped bason,

11

dish (broken)

12

Five cups and saucers, various, four cups, four saucers and four toy cups.

oval, a dish with pierced border,

and four cups

lined, in imitation of metal.

enamel, a cup, four pieces of burnt-in and Delft, a rich

burnt-in landscape pattern cup,

egg-shell,

13

14

An

saucer and cover, imitation of the old

and 10 pieces blue and white.

with masks of the

pair of beautiful Dresden desert baskets and handles,

four seasons.
elegant chocolate cup, cover and stand of English

manufacture, and a

French cabinet cup and saucer.

15

Ifj

An

pair of Seve chocolate cups, covers and stands.

octagon plate, finely painted, with birds aud insects, Berlin manufacture,
a-yellow sugar bason, with landscapes, and a white stand for ditto, with
ditto.

17

fine plate of old Seve, blue

ground and cameos, and Russian imperial cypher,

in the middle.

RAPHAEL WARE AND ENAMEL.

IS

cabinet cup and stand, with boys, finely painted, and a plate with a landscape.

19

20

A
A

large deep dish, painted with arabesque designs, in the cinquecento taste, ,

large

prsefericulum,

painted with

equestrian figure of a

conqueror the

handle of elegant design.

21

remarkably

fine

cup and cover of the rare enamel, on copper, the outside

ornamented with heads of the

and

.dLneas

1546.

Csesars, in the inside the

the drawing in the grand style of

Also a plate, subject sheep-shearing.

banquet of Dido

Julio Romano,

ttie

date

FIRST DAY's SALE

BLUE AND WHITE,
22

Two

23

large

and three small

Sfc.

and a sugar vase and cover.

fruit dishes,

white tea pot, a cream ewer with animals and insects in

relief,

and

five

vessels with plants in ditto.

24

pierced incense stand and dish, and an hexagonal vessel for burning perfumes,

25

vase with flowers in bas

with coloured figures on the side, in

coffee pots, a

an elephant,

in white

with ears, brown

relief, in

a blue, and white jug, two

pipe.

the early style, and a figure of Pu-ssa on

ware, a brown tea cup, and blue and white saucer,,

outside, three dishes of singular shape blue and white,

and brown edges, and a

2fj

relief,

Dutch family group, &c. a tobacco

ditto ring.

beautiful plate with blue and grey flowers

egg-shell cup, inscribed, also a

on deep blue, a blue and white

honeycomb

coffee-pot,

and a ewer with

dragon handle.

ENAMEL AND FINE OLD JAPAN.

27

Three octagon

28

Two

coffee cups

and

sau-cers,

and two scalloped

ditto

scalloped broth basons, and one dish to ditto, enamelled, with the dragon r

Kyiin and planls.

29

Two

30

dishes,

brown

and a

coffee pot, cover

and stand

31

in fine

curious tea pot, cover and stand, with the

two

in the early style.

tea pot with landscapes, neatly pencilled in Indian ink,

and saucer with birds and flowers,

ditto cups,

and an octagon

and a cup

enamel.

chrysanthemum flowers

ditto, with figures of the eight

32

An

33

fine dish,

34

pair of tazzas, with fish and plants, a coffee pot,

in relief,

Tchin.

enamel tea pot with basket handle, a pair of octagon double gourd-shape1
vases,

and a plate broken.

painted with vase of flowers and plants, in compartments, and

various emblems.

on testaceous

mounted

fish

with thunderbolts falling

(curious) also a blue and white coffee pot and cover,

FIRST DAY'S SALE.

35

An

36

A blue

enamel

open work

bottle, with

An

38

Four cups and saucers,

enamel tea or

brown dragon handles, a

coffee pot, 2 egg-shell cups

ditto with flowers,

curious,

and an

pair of ancient enamelled

and a tripod cream ewer, with Bamboo handle.

37

one

jar,

rice bason.

and white

bottles,

from Greek Mythology; an egg-shell

plate, subject

and saucers, with cocks, and

on salmon-coloured ground.

fish-pattern,

one

ditto smaller,

and a cup and saucer red ground.

two other pieces, one

39

tea pot, cover and stand, two canisters beautifully pencilled, a tea pot,

40

bason and saucer, with ornament of dragon

and two cups of pencilled Nankin.

red,

in

spoils

and Chinese

character, on gold ground, burnt-in, and a small bason with crabs and

plants in enamel.

41

curious leaf-shaped bowl, with flowers on a yellow ground, and a yellow

plate to ditto, with aquatic plants, in colored enamel.

42

tea pot with leaves in red and yellow, and a vine in

eating the fruit

also a beautiful

relief,

and

squirrels

honey-comb cup and saucer, the flowers

highly enamelled.

43

44

punch pot and cover, an hexagonal flat-shaped

ware, a dragon canister of red ware, and a

lotus-shaped cup and saucer,

tea pot of

brown and yellow

honey-comb cup.

a blue and white and

brown ware cup and

saucer, an old crackle cup, red tea pot with birds, &c. cup and saucer,

with flowers on a black ground,

gold, a

honeycomb

ditto,

cup and saucer,

pair of broth basons and plates, and two dishes with

4-6

circular flat vessel for liquor, with loops

in carrying, in

to pass

small dejeune of five

tea

egg-shell burnt-in

pot in the shape of a

tea pot.

fruit,

faulty.

a string for convenience

liver-colored tea pot,

flower in relief on the sides

bason and cover, with crabs and plants, in

47

waved border

brown and yellow ware, a square

with chrysanthemum

clay colour and

with pierced edge, and five other pieces.

45

fine

also

an egg-shell,

enamel.

cups and saucers, and a black

with branches in

relief,

and

other

FIRST DAY'S SALE.

10
4S

fine

Japan cup with

figures of four of the

Tchin, in oval red compartments,

and the character, or word To, in the center.

delicately pencilled in blue

49

pair of very small

enamel, and

and white

foliage

An

51

octagon coloured dish, a scalloped

cup

Also a mandarin cup

inscribed, and 1 other.

a curious small hexagonal tea pot, with

(goodluck) in Chinese character, in high

50

egg-shell tea cups and saucers, of the

ditto,

most delicate
the

word Jo,

relief.

and

ditto

with receptacle for a

in the center.

water bottle painted with pheasants, plants and

fish, in

red and gold, richly

burnt-in, a double-gourd-shaped bottle, the lower part, of the scarce sea

green, with border of grey crackle, the neck blue and white.

52

curious reservoir on three feet, with landscapes, and white and gold floweri

53

beautiful plain tazza of carmine colour, a rare and fine specimen.

54

pair of curious coffee pots

55

on a red ground, mounted with a cock

figures of the Ky-lin,

pair of

&c.

for water.

and covers of the massive manufacture with

in gold

on smelt blue ground.

white deep fiuit plates with the Chrysanthemum in

flower and

pheasants in natural colours.

56

Four

57

58

fruit dishes.

bowl of the highly esteemed heavy japan, ornamented with the Fung Hoang

and other devices, enamelled and burnt-in.

large

and beautiful jar and cover indented, each side representing a palace,

with figures in the openings of the doors and window above, and flowers
in

compartments

the

handles composed

of female devotees on

fish,

are remarkably curious.

59

-An ornamental

60

two

Dejeune,

coffee cups,

consisting of a small tea pot with basket handle,

and 2 tea cups and saucers.

bason of beautiful Mandarin china, the outside rose colour, and in the
inside flowers

and dragons, in cameo and tortoiseshell border, also a

small dish of the same

broken.

61

small ditto upright vase, with red foliage on a rose-coloured ground.

62

pair of superb jars and

covers, with birds and insects, exquisitely painted

from nature, on a rich smelt-blue ground, the handles to the covers

gilt *,

FIRST DAY's SALE.

63

curious plate of the tortoiseshell brown or black ware, with silver flowers-

6i

pair of square vases, of the

65

An

60

pair of neatly shaped burnt

67

beautiful massive bowl of singular manufacture

esteemed for

its

weight and rare pattern.

Chrysanthemum

pattern, of the

fine

raised

japan.

octagon

and gold flowered pattern, very

fruit dish, blue red

each side are

figures,

irr

and enamelled japan bottles, in openings on

poultry and flowers in

relief,

partments are flowers and

68

partment

is

fruit trees,

comb

oval

Japan

jar, with

finished.,

-j

ornaments in red and gold, and honey-

top

73

A pair of beakers* to match.

A pair of bottles ditto.
A capital large blue and white cistern.
A remarkably fine large japan jar, with

74

pair of ditto beakers to match.

75

pair of very curious large models of Pagodas, of blue and white

70
71

72

com-

and stands; upon each com-

a vase in enamel, bearing flowers and painted with figures

capital old burnt-in

comb

in

relief,

delicately enamelled.

jars, covers

and domestic groups, exquisitely

6)

curious./

and pattern, the ground

verditeror blueish green, reticulated with white in

pair of Hexagonal honey

fine.

the Ky-lin, storks and various orna?

ments

Porcelain.

Nankin

t*

76

pair of superb jars, of the fine old japan Porcelain, of similar pattern with

77

large blue and white

78

Lot 73.

pair of

uncommonly

Nankin

cistern.

elegant large jars and

ornamented

covers, profusely

'

with flowers and birds, in natural colours, in rich enamel 4

RARE OLD JAPANNED LACQUER,

19
gO

A P alr
A pair

ft.

%c.

of cranes in coloured enamel.

of white ditto, and a pair of white flower stands or cisterns.

in.

high.

FIRST DAY's SALE.

12
81
82
83
84

A pair of large Ky-lin,

A pair of white ditto

in black japan.

A pair of large Josses in enamel.

A pair of circular waiters of the very fine old

raised

and spangled japan, rare

and very curious.

85

Two

86

A japanned back-gammon board and men.

A beautiful tray of scarce and fine japan, with

japan

one of them remarkably fine with a landscape and

trays,

fir trees,

in imitation of almost every variety of precious metal.

87

view of a stage and dramatick

representation, delicately executed.

pair of Indian bird cages, of curious workmanship.

89

A
A

90

beautiful small writing desk,

88

very highly finished model of a spinning wheel, complete, under a glass

case.

surmounted by a looking

91

92
93
94

A small cabinet,
A ditto

composed of

and

with folding doors, the inside ingeniously fitted up.

A very handsome ditto, larger, on a stand.

A japan dome, designed for the cieling of a
Porcelaine.

ivory, elaborately engraved

glass.

boudoir, or repository for japan

End

of the First

Days

Sale,

13

econtr

g>ale,

MARCH

FRIDAY,

the

1807.

13th,

MISCELLANEOUS.

Blue and white bason, brown outside, and ten other basons of different

sizes

Forty-six pieces burnt-in, and blue and white.

desert piece, a crab in a dish to contain sugar, and a dragon bason.

red tea pot with vine in

relief,

a red tazza to ditto, a curious tea pot, two

red ditto, two cups, and a blue and white sugar bason and cover.

Two

blue and white flowered vases, and

two

ditto bottles,

and a

ditto seed

rack with a perch for a bird cage.

tea pot, cover and stand incrusted with the

Chrysanthemum

blue and white chocolate cup with flowers in

coffee cups

Two

relief,

in colours,

and four hexagonal

and saucers.

small red tea pots, two bottles of fine old blue flowered, two small ditto
coffee pots,

one vase, and a sea-green beaker.

SECOND
8

DAY'S SALE.

globular vessel with three feet and

cover with tree in

one other small octagonal cup, two

ditto

a small coffee pot

lizard handles,

honeycomb cup, 6 white

and"'

of the Ogdoad, and

a white cup with figures

relief,

vessels of white

wave and covers, a

a group in colours, and a lozenge

cups,

shaped pedestal with compartments of open work.

fine

10

pair of octagonal vessels with covers and stands, for burning perfumes, and

dragon bason, blue and white, one other bason and a dragon tea pot.

a curious model of a place of worship.

1 1

One

very curious cup of white ware, with a dragon in the clouds attacking a sea

monster, in

relief,

and a clay coloured cup and cover of transparent

manufacture-.

12

small cistern with rock work, temples and

at the

game

called

Whey-Ki,

13

An

14

Aspersoir in the shape of a

and a small group

tea pot of

in

fish,

two small

figures

on

buffalos,.

and a figure with an animal.

with a handle, two pair of figures on animals,.

colours playing at Whey-Ki.

brown ware, shaped

in imitation of a plant, also

cups of citron flower shape of the same

15

two groups of figures playing

fish,

in white ware,

in red ware, and a while dolphin,

ferfect

two sweetmeat

and fine.

small dejeune, a brown dragon tea pot, iwo hexagonal cups, four cups

and saucers of various manufacture and patterns, one of them with figures
of the Ogdoad.

16

small jar and cover with the lotus, in

coffee cups, a small tea pot, a

relief,

a stand to ditto with

fish,

perfume sprinkler, and sugar bason and

cover.
3

7 Figure of a stork and a

coloured enamel, and two smalt cisterns with

tree, in

rock work and flowers, in

18

stork, in enamel, a

relief.

peacock and plant

in full flower,

and a cistern with a

bird on rock work, with Fungi.

19

fountain

20

pair of purple beakers, (one faulty) and a tea pot of

composed of a

pair of ducks, before

them

is

the leaf of an aquatic

plant to hold the liquor, a coffee cup shaped is a lotus and saucer, and.
a green leaf containing insects in relief

curious.

brown

ware.,!.

SECOND DAY's

SALE.

15

21

vessel for

22

massive dragon dish, and a rich enamelled ditto, of curious shape.

25

A
A
A
A

26

pair of valuable basons of imperfect octagon form of

27

pair of ditto smaller, with pale edge, and a bason (faulty), in

sweetmeats in the form of a shell

fish,

with cover, of lively blue

colour.

23

24

pair of ornamental groups of females with children, each to carry one light.
tea pot incrusted with nuts and pods of plants, the
capital figured vase of blue

an inverted mushroom

lid

and white, of elegant shape, and curious handles

OLD CRACKLE.
and very

brown

crackle, entir:

fine.

imitation of

alabaster, with inscription.

28

small crackle cup with plants, in relief; a ditto of white ware, and an

29

small crackle bottle with trees, in

30

pair of very

enamel cup, shaped

fiat

as a plant without,

and with

relief,

butterflies within.

mounted

octagon essence vessels, beautifully enamelled.

mounted

in

superb bowls and

ormoulu,

in the

covers of the

handsome

old

or-moulu, also two

in
*

sea-green crackle,

French

taste

noble specimens

ENAMEL.
-31

small oval vase and cover, pea green

cups with the ancient deity and

saucer,

32

his

a ditto red with flowers; a pair of

stork,

a dragon cup and a dragon

the colouring spurious.

pair of shallow tazzas of fine manufacture, with the

Fung Hoang and

flames,

and a pair of heavy dragon basons of inferior manufacture.

33

lotus-shaped tea-pot, incrusted with the plant in

flat

surface of the fruit with

its

pair of cups with

the

the lid exhibiting the

seeds; also a cream ewer, the handle

formed of a dragon creeping over the

34

relief,

lip of the vessel.

Fung Hoang, a plant

in

his

mouth over water, and

dragon inside, and a ditto purple vase and metal cover, and an enamelled
cup.

SECOND

16
35

SALE.

DAY'S

brown ware, covered with black and green enamel, and dragons

tea pot of

displayed over waves

curious.

37

A white broth bason and cover with emblems of the Tchin, in lively enamel.
A jar and cover, with dragons and flames on water, in red and green enamel

38

39

An

36

curious.

cup and stand in the shape of a Chinese

in enamel,

and a brown

fruit,

with

chrysanthemum shaped cups and

pair of

flowers

and insects

tea pot with landscape, in Indian ink.

ornamental dejeune, consisting of a tea pot, with

Lotus

in its different stages

Lotus

in

of flower and

figures in

saucers,

fruit,

enamel, and a

supported

upon the

a sea-green dish with

the

enamel.

40

A cup

41

large

42

sugar bason and cover of old japan,

with citron

ground (faulty) a tea pot of whimsical shape, one other,

a coffee pot of modern enamel, 2 ditto scoops, and two sugar basons, red

ground.

soup bason and

sea-green, pencilled in imitation of foliage,

dish,

with flowers delicately enamelled in oval compartments.

birds in compartments.

43

An

extremely curious figure of the Ky-lin,

on the forehead, a smaller Ky-lin at

and

44

A large

45

An

fish

very perfect, a sea-green tazza, with

in colors, with a

its feet,

Chinese character

on a pedestal having a dragon

contending, in a compartment shaped like the double gourd.

white beaker with flowers in natural colours, in high

hexagonal essence vase, with cover and stand, the

relief.

sides of

honeycomb

work, on the compartments are vases of flowers beautifully enamelled. _

*47

A chocolate cup with plants in enamel, and red seal

A square cup with figures of the Eight Tchin in landscapes in exquisite enamel

48

A fine

49

46

bronze figure of Lit Hit Quay, with his crutch and double gourd.

BURNT-IN.
pair of capital jars with dragons and bats,

coloured ground of waves

above

is

in

blue and white, on a liver

the shell of a

shoulder of each vase a Chinese inscription.

tortoise

on

the

SEdOND
A

49

DAY'S

SALE*

If

mazarine blue font, surmounted by the Ky-lin, in gold

cistern, the inside painted with fish, burnt-in

also

an octagonal

on white.

MANDJRW.
50

cabinet cup and cover, with the Ky-lin in gold, burnt in and rich enamel,

51

remarkable

inside sea green, with inscription in quadrangular characters.

bason of the scarce imperial Jive-clawed dragon pattern,

fine

in lively green

and red enameh

52

53

pair of cabinet cups

and saucers with

flowers,

upon a citron-coloured ground

-rare and very fine

54

pair of ditto, with flowers

53

tazza of scarce and fine manufacture, with a wreath in the center, and four

56

cup With flowers enamelled on a pearl coloured ground, curiously tooled

rare.,

upon the imperial yellow ground

exceedingly

dolphins in red and gold, on a waved sea-green ground, tooled to imitate

the leaves of a plant.
;

and a ditto with scarlet and gold, burnt-in ground, and landscapes in
enamel.

A ditto and ditto.

A pair of;:cups with

67
58

ground

59

An

60

covers and saucers, with natural flowers on a sea-green

upright vase of elegant shape, with delicate red foliage,

ground, the inside of the

lip

and stand are sea green.

on a rose-Coloured
%

cup and cover with flowers and animals on clay-coloured ground, the

inside

sea greeny with- a long inscription in quadrangular characters.

61

62'

plate of rare

63

cup and cover of the eggshell mandarin, with dragons

pair of cups and covers of transparent manufacture, with fruits; the inside

on the

sea green;
j

top

is

a Chinese character in scarlet.

manufacture; highly valued for

its

weight and colour

flowers and insects in white, on tea-green ground.

:-

ion ja^sea/rgre&n #avedigxound.>i

'<

with

in five various colours,

SECOND DAY'S

38

SALE.

64

65

A mandarin white bason with Ky-lins, &c. in beautiful red

A vase of elegant shape, lilac reticulated ground, on each side is

66

pair of ta2zas, on the outside are 4 fish pencilled in gold over waves

flower in beautiful enamel.

67

a ranunculus

This Vase of the ponderous manufacture

the country by a Native,

so highly prized in China was presented in

collector as an object of extreme rarity,

cup and cover of the most transparent Egg-shell manufacture, with plants

in full flower

and

This precious

insects

enamelled in the most exquisite style of finishing.

bit is the

very perfection of the art in China.

.>

68

An

69

pair of sea-green beakers shaped as fish

70

pair of elegant vases for flowers of globular shape, with wide extended lip,

71

pair of large hexagonal jars with landscapes in blue and white, the angles

aspersoir shaped as a Chinese fruit, of sea-green colour

the outside pea green, each with

ditto.

modern

of the vases are sea green with tooled ornaments in

a yoke and chain to suspend them.

Also, a pair of bronze brackets to ditto of

72

rare.

design. ,

Mosaic,

bowl of grey crackle, upon which the Dragon and the Fung Hoang

capital

are painted in brilliant colours

an unique specimen of

this

manufacture,

OLD JAPJN,
73

74
75

76
77
78

A pair of very small tazzas, deep blue and bronze coloured ornaments rare
A pair of red and blue Japan basons and covers
A pair of ditto
A pair,of ditto square bottles transversely striped
A chrysanthemum-pattern broth bason and cover
A pair of superb large upright bowls with handles, covers and dishes of the
burnt-in Japan

79

80

A pair

pair of blue and white vases with ornaments in the ancient style.

of capital jars and covers of the rich old coloured japan, the shoulders

of each pierced in the honeycomb fashion.

81

One

82

and a pair of

ditto,

set of

fine

ditto beakers.

and curious jars and 2 beakers, with the Ky-lin in various

colours devouring Patera;', upon a gre-n and white

high

relief,

the inside verditer.

waved ground,

in

SECOND DAY'S

SALE,

19

RAPHAEL'S WARE.
83

24

pair of large flasks of compressed globular shape, with ornaments in

85

noble vase with handles of Satyrs and Arabesque designs, -

867

most splendid rosewood backgammonboard,

pair of Tazzas, one painted with the story of Jael and Sisera, the other
allegorical.

quecento

taste.

cm?

CURIOUS ARTICLES.
mother of

88

A dice box
A beautiful

89

An

87

ivory, ebony, and

small dressing chest of the fine old lacquer.

elegant stand for a collection of china, disposed in the form of a temple,

on various stages or

90 A

inlaid with

pearl.

of ivory, elaborately carved.

floors,

of fine lacquer.

superb and unique, secretaire of rosewood inlaid with ivory, ebony, and gold ?
the inside ingeniously fitted up and lined with green velvet.

91

92

A
A

picture frame of tortoiseshell and ebony inlaid.

double table, with a draft board.

End

of the Second Day's Sale.