New-York tribune., 1882-02-13
FINE ARTS.
NJ sICHELs ORIENTAL PORCELAIN

NJ Sichel, whose shop at No. IL Rue Pi-
gale. Paris is wellkrown to all travelled Americans with
taste for Oriental porcelain and money 10 ratfy 'hetr
taste has sent to this city second consignment OF choice
specimens. which exhibition at the rooms Of
Messrs Thok E. Kirby CO.. who advertise
that they will sell them auction the
afternoons Of Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
February l6 l. and H. beginning at halfpast O'Clock
each day The pieces view. very conveniently
arranged for examination. and we advise everyone who
wishes to become better acquainted with the peculiar
Of the Chinese in their treatment o porcelain visit
these rooms and study this interesting collection
The Avery collection owned by the Metropolitan Nh
seum the first consignment Of NJ sichel brought over
and sold by the Messrs Kirby last May and the extra
ordinary lot imported by Mr. f. f. Moore in October
have given all excellent opportunities Of becoming
acquainted with Chinese porcelain at te best II from
the preeent collection get knowledge that makes
place higher value this product looked at in
relation art confirmed by It in admiration
Of its material perfection
The collection consists OF COS Numbers and embraces
good deal Of variety. 1t Is not however exclusively
made up OF Chinese specimens but ncudes few pieces
from Rhodes and ether places In Ass Msor. These are
and tsnkards for the most part In well worn con-
dtion and with the familiar conventional tnps
hyacnths and pnks that associate with the Persian
style OF Shabby those pieces VIII look to
the ayman they deserve attention from the student OF
design. and they play rather mschevous part In this
asseblage OF and dgnihed Chinese specimens,
for they stand almost alone here showing what an
instinct 90 in dealing with instgnifcant mate
als as against the costliest perfection Of manu-
facture.
is often the case find the nearest approach IN
artistic treatment In the smaller pieces though the
Chinese certainly excel in the design OF large objects In
tended for display in stately apartments H. az we be
eve have before suggested these large vases and jar.
do not always find themselves in harmony with
Is no
ribnted to them as a fault but is explained by the
character of the apartments for which they were
originally intended Where the decoration OF rooms is
rich. sumptuous and profuse, It may well be that
Japanese objects Of this character VIII harmonic bet
er snch surroundings than would the finer sorts
of Chinese But, given large rooms treated II digni-
fed and style. with an absence OF trivial de-
tails and the large vases, bowls and jars Of Chinese
manufacture made for snch places They come
10 us from palaces in their country from stately
abodes Italy and Germany from old burgher houses
in Holland and in our country find them repos-
ing ia handsome houses OF English or Dutch descent
and looking with cold wonder and dSapproyal upon the
pranks and Eherlies of this froward generation.
Here in NJ. Siches new consignment we hnd objects 70
all tastes. Here arc BOTTLES and cups Tor the toilet
table Jars and for the boudor larger objects for
the dra and II may safely be said tha ny ar
the larger part Of the collection is Of things innslcay
good Of their kind. We cannot always account tor
the whms of collectors and there colors here and
decorative tantrums which we look at curiouly and
leave those who have vowed their allegiance 10 such
bent the knee as yet to mustard yellow; we
cannot as yet distinguish my quicker beating
OF the heart at the sight OF any member OF VI
JacGuem fGDlHe does TIE fGDHe rerte for
for any OF the various splashes calls liver, and
there a specimen here, moveth not our appetite
though blood has now. as we see Dy the news
papers got from porcelain to ladies' dresses. we Ike
nor in either fabric Therefore, stand rnmCved when
we are shown the "InOst remarkable vase OF fine and
rich mustard yellow glaze" althoust know the caa
logre when it calls II unusually large spec1-
men Its shape is good, admit and we know II de-
compliments, but We pass IL on
without sigh to the Uch amateur, VINO Las
marked the melancholy costly thing for lis own -
There are some curous specimens Of glass here, said
by NJ SicEel for the catalogue is bis 70 he from the I'm
peria manufaCtory at Pekin under the Keen Lung Dy-
nasty Thsse bottles, for they are almost all or tnat
form are very heavy translucent and are all engraved
on the with the seal mark OF the Keen-ung Dy-
nasty W T. Moore, Of this city. had collection OF
objects in this material, which be called glaze, and
indeed IL has the appearance OF being something De
glass proper and porcelain 1t is very curious and
well worth examining. -. -. .
among which may call special attention 10 NOS $40,
$40 and lO2 No 500, called COrean especially moves
admiration 1t great pie ssure TO the eye TO study
many different efTects produced by white alone.
Looked at long they Uake all other decoration seem
little vulgar
An interesting piece is No. $50, Fountain as 1t Is
called receptacle for water The subject chld mold
ing up basin OF lady who washes her hands,
while attendant stands by with a large towel is
painted uffhand nat II in Strlklng contrast
to the common Chinese formality and meagrencss
But readers Will 90 and these handsome thlngs
themselves To describe them all in detail or only 10
upon the best would he impossible for MS NJ Schei
shown excellent i'll his selection, and we hope
have often OF his discovery OF new mar
for objects in which he is so distinguished conuos