Identifier: illustratedcatal00amer_8 (find matches)
Title: Illustrated catalogue of the art and literary property collected by the late Henry G. Marquand
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: American Art Association Kirby, Thomas Ellis, 1846-1924 Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909
Subjects: Marquand, Henry G
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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olden and pearly iridescence. Hispano-Moresque. (Repaired.) Diameter, 16 inches. 1190c — Circular Dish. Large circular plaque of faience. Painted in blue and yellow with religious subjects; St. Veronicas towel with the head of Christ in the centre, with a border of angels in an arcade, and smaller borders of oves and wave pattern. Italian. (Repaired.) Diameter, 18 inches. 1191 — Large Plate. Antique Persian faience, invested with a soft ivory-white glaze. Decoration of Chineseinspiration. The centre medallion is composed of an interlaced diaper patternin turquoise and cobalt blue. A wide outer border of clouded blue is orna-mented with finely drawn floral and leaf scrolls in turquoise-blue enamel andwhite reserve. Reverse, a border of tree peonies amid elaborate leaf scrolls,painted in fine under-glaze blue. Sixteenth century. Diameter, I5j£ inches. 1192 — Plate. Old Delft. Pale bufF ground, with roses, tulips, and leaf scrolls rudely drawn in cobalt blue. Diameter, 13^ inches.
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1199 1193 — Plate. Old Delft. Decoration of floral and leaf scrolls in cobalt blue on a soft creamyground. Diameter, nj£ inches. 1194—Plate. Old Delft. Rudely drawn decoration of flowers, palm, and other designs, painted in cobalt blue on a white ground. Diameter, 13^ inches. 1195 _ Old Delft Plate. Covered with a green glaze. Decoration of flowers, willow tree, and rocks, rudely drawn, and painted in cobalt blue. Diameter, 12 inches. 1196 — Deep Plate. Old Chinese pure white hard paste. Decoration of Chinese warriors on horseback, willow tree, and conventional designs in fine under-glaze blue. Reverse, floral sprays and sceptre-head ornaments in mazarin blue. Six-character mark, Cheng-hua, 1465-1487. Diameter, 15 inches. 1197 — Large Plate. Old Imari. In the centre medallion, blooming peonies and chrysanthemum. Wideouter border, decorated with lotus amid elaborate leafy scrolls. All of theornamentations in under-glaze blue of dark and light tints. Diameter, 22 inches. Terra-

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