New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27
CLOSE OF THE DANA ART SALE.
ARTICLES OF PORCELAIN AID POTTERY
PRING A TOTAL OF Sss7e

BRING A TOTAL OF Ssss
Tho third o,d last DAYS sale OF the collection OF
az, objects formed by the late Charles A Dana
which consisted chiefly OF Chinese and japanese
porcelain and pottery. was held AZ the gaHerl's VI
the American Art Association yesterday afternoon.
Thomas = Kirby was again the auctionser. and
the gallery was. ~ anything even more crowdel
than on the two previous afternoons. Many OF me
most important objects OF the COLLECTION were S"'"
yesterday incltNlng some fine examples OF sang
de-bruf glaze OF early periods. and the PEST o. 'ne
single.color nl4ces FOR which the collection was
particularly famous. These included many larse
examples % turquoise apple green. brown-black
black and yellow glazed porcelain the colors OF
which we're Of a purity and richness the secrets OF
tho manufacture Of which have been LOST for cen
turtles
or those one-color wares that known ne peach
blow rose soufie is by pr the most sought ater
ny collectors There were Only a few pieces Of this
ware IN Mr Dsnas collection but these were o'
the finest quality known a'~ brought large prices
For one Of them tho highest price of The HnoDe
sale was given ~ q hottlc-shaped vase. nine
and one-haf inches high. bearing the seal mark OF
Kien-lung and has long been recognized. here and
IN Europe a. the finest known specimen 81 rose
soufie After spirited contest. Msrsien j, Perry,
vase r,sde h.. T. 1.sin K.sre u5o fve9 from iae2
70 l72l was glazed inside and out with graduated
peach lint. BENJAMIN Altman. ~ iris city. bought
i FOR $500 NJ Altman also pad me highest price
soufres giving 81 40 for tall bottle-shsped vase.
with era ,kiei glaze % an extraordinarily rich dsrk
green.
The specmer Of Thousand Flowers" ware a
vase twenty-five inches high, brought 5000 ?
Ayery. j.. being the purchaser pair ~ vases
twenfy-siN inches high with many colorcd deco
rat!ons IN Opaque and transparent enamels. were
sold 70 F. \ Bel, VINO has been large buyer
throughout the sale a. $50 each.
The few specimens Of eggshell porcelain lid not
realize l.rgo amounts
Several lota besides those already mentioned were
sold ~ amounts ~ & IN - moro lantern with
enamel Of Yurg-chens was bought by Alr Bell for
81 ~. being rho only piece - eggshe ware which
realized larse one thousand dollars was
given by Mr.. Lsnan for ovoid vase. with pale
yellow soYflf and g. 80 WAS paid FOR a tall tur-
quoise-coiored vase by Mr.. Altman. Mr. lnglis Of
Cotfier & Co. secured large sang-ce-oruf vase
for s. ~ and another va1e - ne same ware vas
bought by Mr. Leroy for fl1N0 r. r Moore pur-
chased an elahoratey decorated vase Of kier-lunz
f0r 81 so. and Mr. Moore paid s. o25 Tor Persian
plate. with sur-decor painted by an Italian OF the
sixteenth century.
The important Barge bronze. "Jaguar DeroIrins
n Hare" tho last lo' sold and l. considered 70
nave gone cheap. Mr. Nar4us. a dealer securing
10 for S.i0o The Tanagra figure ot Venus was
also sold az big sacrifice. only $500 being PAID.
while Mr.. Kirby apparently expected the bidding
10 start al 5000. The days sale realized SssF