New-York tribune., 1886-03-09
The TEDPEACH-BLOW VASE
MRS MORGAN,s GEM SOLD FOR $4,000.
MR. WALTERS WILL TAKE IT TO BATlMoRE-REsCLI
OF YESTERDAYS SALE.


OF YESTERDAYS SALE.
Half a dozen mlliOnaires sat yesterday after
noon among as many hundreds of people not quite so
rich and calmly rolled up the thousands on the pece o
porcelain which any one OF them mlght nave put h.o
his overcoat pocket without its making notceaolo
bulge The vase about eight inches high OF an eA
trencv graceful shape with color that might be
cncd TO stra berries and when the cream mas
slightly cnriled II made In China at some tlme
daring the latter half of the seventeenth or the peRh
ming OF the eighteenth century and 1t belonged 10
Mandarin Prince until a American widow bought IL
through an American dealer FOR $4,000. 1t was the
famous pcach-bow " vase, about which much
has been writ ten and talked during the last two
months The sale OF the Morgan collection OF porceans
was proceeding the galleries OF the American Art As
soci,ton and about hundred specimens of
" blue and white" hawthorn" sOlit color" " egg
she'll" "crackc glaze" and other varieties OF the ware
tcar to collectors had been sold for prices as high as
81 900 and yet OF the general public present
had reached hut a moderate pitch They were waiting
for the vase and when with hut few preparatory re-
marks and no culogistic ones the aucu0neer Win 4
slight touch of the dramatic pointed to the modest look
ing little The stand murInur that cond hardly
he called applause through the audience. The cru
cia tes, was TO he applied and they were to khO"
whether Mrs. Morgan giving the large price she did
FOR specimen, wiso ana farsiShted or remark
ably foolish and easily duped woman; for that seemed
the chief point Of interest TO the bulk OF those
present
what shall say for this vaseT qucricd the auc-
tonccr. and quick as a flash the answer, 4" five
Thousand" aud in the silence which followed n IOaa
.r,mel lifted from tho minds ot 'hc assembly TLey
becn fooled SO much after al aud they saw oc
them really IIre aud valuable Object Bht tho
silence lasted but second ana six. eight nine and ten
followed the drs hid in quick socce'son Then can"
The rirp OF tppauSa and br"au, through u the voice
fun OF suppressed cXcitehcnt-"nve hundred "; then
eleven" followed by "nyo hu'irol' twelve -
five hundred" like an antphonal strain; "thir cen w
five hlnared"; "six-sevenei-ht-uine" and finally
fourteen thousand" The strain became almost in
tense and when without intermediary biIs the giving
rricc OF Mrs Mor.an. 1000 dollars" VS. called the
applause broke ont loudly. Then the bidding crcpt
up slowly in single hundreds tll "siNtecn thousand
ana finally "sevcntecu thouuud' came pause
broken only by the monotonous refrain Of the auc-
onecr. "any advtuccI any advance p and the answer
came in decided voice which seemed to mean "ad.
vance If you dare" aud eighteen thonsind dollars wa,
bid and the fate oi the vase was scaled Ii was to leave
Ncw-York and add another gem to the marvellous col
lection OF Mr. Walters III Baltimore. lis cOmlAnl"n'
which to the uuiuuatcd seemed TO differ
htic went from the initial bid OF 80 up TO Th."pu
and at that price WAS bought by The same collector.
While the beautiful hjte vase with tho tall neck narug
at the top brought 81 OOO did us companion With the
neck Of gold ana silver Two other u the peach blow
specimens beyond this hSurc one vase selling fo
u 200 ana the other small ann h'raShapod one, for
u loo. lhe Ilttc rouge loN htl.'45 IiIEtI tIt" "
dollar brought 500 ana 500 EACH and the TWO other
vases SG75 aud 500 respectively the last being impc
feet and sold "as is
somo hundred specimens were disposed OF
before the "pcach blow vases were
reached The sale began with the specimens OF blue
and white nearly all Of which brought comparatively
moderate prices the large "IIawthOrn" selling for
$500 and the smaller for $500. The "soHd color
specimens which followed were hotiy contested ior
such bdders CHARLES \. Dana and Charles Croker
and dealers Ike Hcrtcr Lautlhcr. L. l.. Moore and
Davis Colamore N Co. running each Object UP to
within a fraction OF ~ market value, lh' hF-t
object which brought @lOp0 w"5 boit vast
coilei a boldly leod dragon n rose color. The fam
ous Sugde b,cQ -Iahcs were lew 90 number oul ior
what ilry wer' are sInI ty eAP-i,' l" A-'c u.ol-,'
GOOD prices The Nrs', small Ep1uar JAR br)utit 80
tue rcN,, @67 30 ana the Lons-N'' nrc bowl 4I2h \
brought 300 aud another $500 Inc Igr mirror bach
one @2i5. Tor a ,argc turluo!..-1lle bottle vac
with raised and cuc9se tcs gu- X T. Moore gave ~3'..
relief 5000 given. The cL'uct objects btouSAt
prices winch seemed IN nearer I"io 10 iHe., 81 ~, q
small rare sOt6c bringing 500, aud tlhI
pcarlgray gioontT jar Sl6O Wh'i" Idic-rolor '---
After tue peach. blows" came cli.onnes. which
price being paid Tor the BuddhIsLc communion sci-
or the bronzcs the highest priced were the large
Japanese vases. made IN Toxic Tor New OK hrm
Hey orHaH.cutcd with gold. silver and lacquer
ccncd. For the choice ot thr'e Mr tiockef
bid $500 and after taki'g IL obtained
ulu -,-b
Icdc als expressly these were sold To another
bidder FOR = 30 The collection oi lad"s and aet's
md other articles closed the sale. The most expensive
jadc the bowl ana cover ciduUtItey carved, winch
brought $40 A green lai" box AMI cover sold for
~5lO shrine garHIIurc IN Pcklu lacquer ioi 500 t.
Mir Hcricr and white Jade stou' vase mounted with
cl0sOuue enamel foI 500 This benz h" last l"t sod.
The tOta dty- SDuo5U iCr I7G lots, or
an average Of about S3i2 iO
Thi. afternoon tie remaining Chinese rorceain' etc.
aud the rNtrluriuary collection Oi snui bottles mum
bcTlug 22l spccgcns viii be sod.
Following lust OF the prices above SIOO Drought
yesterday cents being omitted:
OLD CHINESE rORCEIAtN-,
decorated il blu under the gaze)
nawthOrn Ginger lar 9i9X7 = 2'@ sos
LITLe IIaW thsIu" JaT ]. '2N.f~ go 200
Very laTSc PI"rm bDl shape slNlJ 1Jil.- 30
single or s0ud colorD
gourd shape mirror ack 9inctts l2oj..-... 2G
lO'tlC iron rust gdlc. iNJ t-,t 80
coral red ~ iuCEe- - .I5
OyOd uOitcs1b.d vase % non yellow. -" &,JI. 10
BOtticy1 apple green gaze '4Hi tfbl l-..-... 20
Oyo.d shaps vase, .peachbiow ana darker g.ale -
YaO fire bowl sdD0 ds b0cuf 3a.XD $50 i2O
allie glaze. 5AI4 T. 2-yI.... 100
Large bottle vase powdered blue. 217 '-7i)-.. ID.