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Catalogue of the collection of fine Chinese works of art, the property of P.D. Krolik, Esq. ; metalwork, including early bronze mirrors, a Han silkworm and an inlaid belthook, late Ming copper-gilt and bronze censers by Hu Wen-Ming ; cloisonné enamels, including an important large Wan Li marked incense burner, a series of sixteenth and seventeenth century examples ; lacquer, including a Han ear cup and a northern Sung dish, a large early Ming carved cinnabar dish, dated examples of sixteenth century carved and incised lacquer, an eighteenth century incised lacquer basin, Guri lacquer and lacquer burgauté ; carvings in a variety of materials, including ivories and a Chi'en Lung marked twin-carp ivory snuffbottle, a bamboo figure of a lohan and smaller bamboo carvings, a bamboo brush-rest by Chiang Hsi-Huang, an extensive series of rhinoceros horn cups ; also soapstone seals and figures ; jade carvings, including a series of small animals and vases, a white jade duck waterpot and a white covered box, a translucent pale green jade double-handled bowl, an eighteenth century pale green jade vase and cover, and a finely-carved spinach-green jade screen ; also ceramics, comprising Korean pottery and a Yung Cheng blue and white jar |
