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Catalogue of Oriental ceramics and works of art: first day's sale : Japanese porcelain, including a collection of Hirado wares and an early Arita jar in Kutani style ; later Chinese porcelain, including blue and white and 'famille-verte' wares, a 'famille-rose' group of two birds in a peach tree, ruby-back plates and millefleurs vases, a series of 'famille-rose' and armorial vases, and a punch bowl with hunting scenes en grisaille ; second day's sale : hardstone carvings, including jade vases and bowls and a massive rose quartz covered vase ; works of art, including archaic bronzes and jade axes, snuffbottles and cloisonné enamel, ruby-back Canton enamel dishes, and a pair of Lac Burgauté figures ; also early Chinese ceramics, including a saddled T'ang horse and an ox cart, two Lung Ch'uan celadon dragon dishes, and a rare fifteenth century sacrificial red dish

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Corporate Author Sotheby's (Firm)
Title Catalogue of Oriental ceramics and works of art : first day's sale : Japanese porcelain, including a collection of Hirado wares and an early Arita jar in Kutani style ; later Chinese porcelain, including blue and white and 'famille-verte' wares, a 'famille-rose' group of two birds in a peach tree, ruby-back plates and millefleurs vases, a series of 'famille-rose' and armorial vases, and a punch bowl with hunting scenes en grisaille ; second day's sale : hardstone carvings, including jade vases and bowls and a massive rose quartz covered vase ; works of art, including archaic bronzes and jade axes, snuffbottles and cloisonné enamel, ruby-back Canton enamel dishes, and a pair of Lac Burgauté figures ; also early Chinese ceramics, including a saddled T'ang horse and an ox cart, two Lung Ch'uan celadon dragon dishes, and a rare fifteenth century sacrificial red dish
Publisher London : Sotheby & Co., 1968
Physical desc. 99 pages, [10] leaves of plates ; 25 cm.
Note 23/07/1968; 24/07/1968
Including property of Mrs. E.L. Nicholson, the late T.D. Moore, Esq., and the late Sir A. Chester Beatty.
Annotated, with lots 89-90, 246-292, and 368-369 written in pencil on the front cover.
Two contemporary bookmark slips: one between pages 24 and 25, with lots 89 and 90 in ink; another with '246 to 292' written in ink, at page 63, the start of 'The Property of the late Sir A. Chester Beatty'.
Date & place of sale Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 July 1968, London
Person as subject Beatty, Alfred Chester -- Sir -- 1875-1968 -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Nicholson, E.L. -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Moore, T.D. -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Subject Art, Asian -- Catalogs
Porcelain -- Catalogs
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10013560 Box 9
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