Illustrated catalogue of the remarkable collection of ancient Chinese bronzes, beautiful old porcelains, amber and stone carvings sumptuous eighteenth century brocades interesting old paintings on glass and fine old carpets, rugs and furniture, from ancient palaces and temples of China : Comprising the private collection of a Chinese nobleman of Tien-Tsin ..
An 1914 auction catalogue issued in New York by the American Art Association, listing the private collection of a Tien-Tsin Chinese nobleman, including bronzes, porcelains, carvings, brocades, paintings on glass and carpets. The four pictures show a dark glazed bottle vase with a patterned cloisonné-like body, a monochrome bottle vase on a carved wooden stand, a bronze dish and footed bowl, and a pale rug with a central medallion and border of flowers and creatures, suggesting motifs for dark-glazed ceramics, bronze patina and Chinese carpet borders.
