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No.
XXVL
Xn.
Ill,
THH HKAVENI.Y
IJJTI'S.
CATALOGUE
OF
AND DRAWINGS
TOGETHER WITH A
COMPLETE COLLECTION
OF
LONDON,
W.C.
PROBSTHAIN &
41,
CO.,
R Wora
S
this
the
is
been
Sale-Catalog'ue on
first
issued,
on Chinese Art.
that
feel
Chinese A]<t
requires
it
few
that has
prefatory-
remarks.
all
and
all
of which are in
In order to
Enamels,
Painting
etc.,
it is
thus,
attain
judgment of
correct
Porcelain,
Bronzes,
essential that
in
etc.
Chinese Porcelain as
far
back as
1700
ca.
in
But what do we
solely
fact,
due
find
In Pictorial Art.
Our knowledge
o
to the introduction of
of Chinese Paintings
o
Japanese Art
in the
Occident.
is
In
The
ties for
the
Western
to get a perfect
I.
It
is
student,
command
an
attended by
is
who should
sink his
own
many
difficul-
ideas in order
of E^astern Art.
involves, therefore, a
little
Folklore.
(
This
2.
The
vi
lines,
expression of out-
lies in its
its
The
own.
most
lifelike.
of the
Thus,
different.
conceptions
their
in
in
base,
4.
are
to nature,
is
we have
We
which
to contend.
note that
in the
subjects are
varied.
has ended
drawings of
/s this
The
in
it
was
still
a fiasco, and
little
artistic
we now
find
a substitute
in rice
paper
or no merit.
an Original, or a Copy
Here
is
an interesting point.
copy and imitation have two distinct meanings, and are not to be
confused.
all
zve to
important
its
merits.
Paintings
are
carefully
recorded
Art.
in
the
Secondly,
vii
silk,
the
To
conclude,
seriously
be
it
would add
or
pictorial
that, in
ceramic
the
should of a
Collector
1.
Recommended
Grube
(in
German),
Wylie's
Recommended
Macgowan's
Imperial
and
History,
3.
A Grammar
and
Recommended
by Goodrich,
Dictionary.
or Soothill
also
Dictionaries
Prof.
Owen's
4.
find a
5.
Eitel's
These works
to
will
to the
difficult subject.
ARTHUR
London, April, 19 13.
A.
PROBSTHAIN.
No
II
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Tibet.
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Vision of Fairyland.
No. 14
No. 16
No. 19
A Tree
No. 20
A Study
No.
22,
with Birds.
of Lotus Flowers.
No. 23
No. 3S
The Garden
No. 40
No. 50
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Art.
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K'ANGHSI. Engravings
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This work
is
Eight
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.;24
interestinjj
on
many
accounts.
The
scenes depicted
some
being
No. 19. A
15
138
CHINESE WORK.
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Drawings
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CHINESE WORK,
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HSI C'HING
KU TSIEN. A
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1749
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143
KE HEOU
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and
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144
Emperor Kang Hi
To
145
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Lung's
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Southern
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Illustrations,
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Collection of Engravings
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Print.
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Arhat,
III.
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ALBUM
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152
COLLECTION
Oblong
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Drawings are very artistic, they are numbered, and each of them has short
Explanations in Chinese,
silk
The
Drawings
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^6
Ca. 1800
covers.
153
Another Similar
in silk covers.
Ca.
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Oblong
410,
18
1800
We
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Female Doctor, the Fruit Vendor, the Joiner, the Fortune Teller, the Fishmonger,
and all the lowly crafts.
These volumes would be an interesting acquisition to an Ethnographical Museum.
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Drawings on Preparation
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cover.
155
Ca.
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Junks,
One Houseboat,
One
of Fishes,
Lady and
^3
ON
PAINTINGS
156
A SERIES
LEAVES
(Ficus Religiosa).
Two
157
A SERIES
illustration.
OF
About 1750
158
A SERIES
representing
and
OF
in
their
About 1800
159
CANTON. View
160
CANTON. An
State
Canton.
The
British,
161
Butterflies,
A.D.
Size 30 by 17
(Review of Chinese
in half tone
and
collotype,
Text
4to
in Chinese,
in a
Chinese
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Parts i to 12
CHI.
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GARDEN
CITY.
19
(a)
LI
LUNG MIEN
Drawings
S.
W.
[also called Li
Monochrome.
in
Bushell,
who
a.d.).
Len].
A Series of Five
have the authority of Dr.
Kung
We
Unsigned.
The Pictures
represent Scenes from
Foreign and Strange Lands "
opposite each Picture there is a Chinese explanation, of which
the appended English Translation has been given by an
eminent Chinese Scholar.
There are red Seals on each page
Painters
of
the
Sung Dynasty.
"
From
the
Period,
Prints Collection
of
Shag An-Yu
[of
the
Sung
960-1280].
THE
Painting I.
SAN-FOH-TS':
in
[San-bud-dze in some
N. Sumatra], Country
State.
Painting
III.
THE
HWEI-HUH
^ Ouigour
Turk]
Country.
That is the Hwei-heh-tz of ancient times [which remained so] until the
T'ang Emperor, Teh-tsung [meaning Z'/wwj- Emeritus, 779-785]'^ time, when
They joined the other [Turkish]
their appellation was first changed by him.
tribes in attacking the Sieh-yen t'o [Turks], cut them up, and annexed their
They are of huge masculine build, powerful, ruthless and
territory.
50
persistent [all this is a matter of history well known].
20
THE
Painting IV.
K'UN-LUN TS'ENG-K'I Country.
[The Zandj (or blacks) of K'un-lun (Madagascar or Pemba)].
Their land
In the south-west parts adjoining [an] island in the sea.
possesses a huge bird [the rue of Arab writers ; see Marco Polo, chapter
XXXV, on Madagascar and Zanzibar].
You may cut the quills of their wings
carrying on each end
to make water-carrying utensils out of them [meaning
of a shoulder pole].
Moreover, they are black-bodied wild men ; if you
entice them with food you may barter as many as you like to do work [as
:
Painting V.
Mexico].
Arab]
[i.e.,
FU-SANG
60
traders.
STATE
[generally
accepted
as
any kind
[Presuming the general view that Fusang were identical with America (see
book), this would probably be the First Mentioning of
America.]
J'rice on application
Leyland's
Painting
N.B.
VI. ON TIBET.
li should be stated
While the
seems to say
Size i6 by 28
by an Artist
2\
in.
eldest
is
See
annotations.
50
and
See Illustration
A WHITE FALCON,
Century.
illustration.
Size 12 by 27
/16
in.
los
II., p.
NOCTURN,
13
by 53
in.
by
Tio
Hui Tsung.
Kwang
Lur,
Sung
Dynasty.
Size
^21
No.
40.
lo
21
Birds),
by a Sung
Artist.
Size 31^ by 51
in.
^100
(b)
1
Yuan Dynasty
(1280- 1368
ft.
is
Size 6
ft.
in.
Price on application
2 in.
This
A.n.).
undeniably the
first
We
need not marvel therefore that the Artist portrayed Kublai Khan
for he is the Emperor-^at his favourite pursuit, the Chase.
We
behold him in all his regal splendour, forming the centre piece, seated on
his black charger and wearing his hunting costume of ermine
a sign then,
as to-day, of royal status.
The bow, the quiver of arrows, and the sword
form his equipment. A trusted friend rides on his right, the falcon perched
aloft on his hand is ready to f5y.
A body servant brings up the rear laden
himself
still
in
the rear
is
number of huntsmen are speeding their arrows with deadly aim, the
horses snorting and quivering with excitement, their forms bent almost into
a circle.
boar and a hare are being pursued.
Two huntsmen, armed
with spears, follow the deer.
The
vast area
its
The painting
Home.
N.B.
is
in
See Illustration.
12
In beholding this
when we wove
22
undulating plain, with the habitations cunningly inserted here and there
like a fine network of lace with the airiness of a spider's web, all these
attract with a mesmeric influence.
Our vision is further enraptured by the gorgeous greens and blues of
the numberless rocks.
As the mist rises, the mountains in the background
become visible. They are studded with majestic pines, the poetic waterfalls
descend from the mountains through the rocks into the plain below. Three
farmhouses with the workmen and buffaloes returning from work forms a
pretty picture of home.
The boat, light as thistledown, plays on the
water, where the weeping willows bend their boughs.
The
see
Illustration.
13
STUDY OF A SAGE,
14
Size 39 by 76
Sien.
by Chien
-^135
in.
This subject was already practised by the Sung Artists, and again during
In this
the Ming Dynasty, of which Lin Liang was the chief exponent.
Yuan Painting a few flowers in colour are skilfully intermingled.
See
15
Illustration.
(c)
16
Size 28 by 53
See
17
a.d.).
seated on an Elephant,
^30
in.
Illustration.
Size 29 by 75
^45
in.
In
18
the
foreground a
The branch
Size 19 by 47
in.
by a Ming
^14
23
19
sitting
Size 38 by 75
Artist, unsigned.
its
looking at a waterfall.
See
20
Illustration.
""
is
in existence
insignificance
all
others.
See
Illustration.
Sien.
Size 29^ by 59
standing on a
in.
Rock. Artist,
60
five Sages look upwards, while the other two are evidently
Below the rock, a
discussing with great persuasion questions of moment
The whole picturesque
waterfall is rushing down under a bamboo bridge.
scene is shaded by a tree growing from a rock.
Three of the
This
is
The
faces
22
by Lu Chi.
Size 31 by
120
in.
due
23
to the great
Size 22 by
']']
in.
The
lifelike,
i\
24
LANDSCAPE,
in the distance,
25
24
in
by Shen Chau.
AN OLD MAN
Size 19 by 35
^12
in.
on a Buffalo, a Servant
by Tang Yin. Size 13 by 40 in.
Riding
;^IO lOS
26
boughs
with Birds
its
SEATED ON A
A PHILOSOPHER
attendant
unsigned.
28
ecstasy
in
is
IS
ascending two rocks are most
Size 20 by 49 in.
;
HILL,
the
skilfully executed,
los
;/J"i2
A WHITE CAT
29
30
Picture.
Size 20 by 44
the wing.
^22
in.
ARHAT
31
A LANDSCAPE. A
Lake
32
THREE PHILOSOPHERS,
strokes
Standing,
painted in a few
Size 27 J by 68 in.
^66
o3
A TAOIST PAINTING.
There are two
distinct
Unsigned.
groups
on
this
Size 3 by 4^
large
canvas.
ft.
^2
The God
of
No,
151),
PAINTINGS ON LEAVES.
No.
KiT.
.MANUKACTL^KE OF SILK.
=5
Manchu Dynasty
A THRUSH
34
sweet melody.
the
picture.
(1644
191
2 a.d.)
THE GARDEN
35
CITY.
Artist
unknown.
Size 18 by 65
in.
Hills.
See Illustration.
36
Size 21
in.
by 6
1750.
;^i5
ft.
A TAOIST PAINTING,
37
,
Deities.
The
picture
Rock.
a.d.
by Sun
Nan
Ping.
Ca. 1750.
^20
ft.
is
used generally
for
"a
great
number
" (see
39
Bamboo,
Pines,
and other
trees, in
various colours.
with thrushes
^7
40
los
41
(very choice)
Unsigned,
Seventeenth
Still
in.
An
Angler
hanging rock.
in.
is
Life.
6s
9s
26
43
A STUDY
IN
Century, unsigned.
44
in luxuriant
Eighteenth
los
"]
in.
beautiful
TWO COURT
arms,
45
the
Period, unsigned.
The Rose-Mallow
in its
is
Kang Hsi
(> 6s
in.
most delicate
tints.
There are
also
two birds
46
TWO PHILOSOPHERS
distance are mountains.
Size 14 by 25 in.
47
TWO FEMININE
by
48
in a Summer-house shaded
Eighteenth Century, unsigned.
\2
in.
Size 20 by 44
Date about
los
']
in.
16 by 35
51
los
FIGURES,
BIRD OF PARADISE,
grow
50
\o
A STUDY OF PEONIES,
1750.
49
fine
Size 20 by 58
.seated
Very
^5
in.
A COCK,
FETE CHAMPETRE.
Date about 1650.
Size 20
Ko
Chi
Bi.
5s
Date
^17
by
12
ft.
los
This might be the realization of the European Idea of the Elysian Fields,
There is a bower of
it is a Fairy Garden of Fair Women and Flowers.
Suspended from a branch is a white
graceful bamboo and pine trees.
Parrot on a peculiar cage.
There is an arch and wall of flowers and rocks.
for
group of ladies
the harp.
Two
ZIbe
lEnb.
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Wo.
50 A COCK,
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