The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
ART IN THREE COLLECTIONS.
FULLER. KING AND HALSTED
EXHIBITIONS.
beauty Of Ts,sr and Form Found IN Al
--Twe supere Psreetssus-
ceramics. Irenzos and Oriental Tex
tiles That VIII Find Admirers.

In the collections Of art objects, - DIS
tinguished from paintings, made ny tne
late Clarence King, the late William H.
Fuller. and by Richard H. Halsted, now
exhibited at the American Art Oaherles
prior to their sale at auction during TINS
week. there are some of the most interest
ing productions that have come up LOT
public sahs In the course OF TINS ~iho"r
Of many and important auctions
q. Mr.. King bought O few rare and exquisite
Chinese porcelains, and had he bought only
three or four Of those here shown MS COL
lection would have had distinction.
Mr., Halstod's Chinese ceramics are OF
ronob greater number and variety. al
though they are entirely In Monochrome
sia Ms and In blue and white; but here,
too. are to be found distinctly collectors
riocos, along with those which may ne
rnrchssed by admirers OF the potter arr
for their decorative effect only, without
refsrencs 20 the qualities which the e1-
prrt and the amateur find represent In
them.
Mr.. Fuller, among his art purchases,
ssklc from his rarely charming Monet
paintings acquired some bronzes, inciuo-
irf a Barye Tiger Devouring Crocodile.
caN by the artist himself. and few On
entail rugs, among them small antique
Koula rug woven in golden yellow. green,
white and brown.
Among the Possessions OF Mr.. Kings
estate are two superb bottles OF the funs-
oheng period, which II Ia probably safe TO
iudorse the catalogue in declaring rnatch-
Ices. The porcelain Of which they are made
10 pure white. They are Of the naring, or
waie-bodied shape. with tall necks. the
.rouat bottle Of some persons terrnin-
oloRies: but whet a hbei that IL on the
graceful shape OF these twin beauties! IL
Il as IL ore should speak Of womans
beautiful figure on Fifth avenue az marrow
because one had in mind the form OF the
Milo In her exclusive hsfl In the Louvre.
These are vases. Of beautiful chrona'ic
ornf n, ,ntation. 40 charming In the display
of blossoming chrysanthemums in delicate
colors about their slightly fattened globular
bodies. that. like a wieeiy -impressonabl
Brooklyn divine Of famous memory. one
NAV see the painted vase and lis figures,
and revel In its beauty. without thinking
in what furnace those colors were fastened
and by what fire the glazing was fused.
IL makes no difference 70 the beholder
that they were made In the reign Of an
VINO, ~ NsNt
the imperial porcelain factories In the
charge Of man Of whom 1t could BE- said
nsariy two centuries later that all the
artf,yes made by him wers graceful In
form and of fine workmanship these
vases are beautiful, whoever made them
or directed their making.
And Mr.. King bought also bowl OF
the sane period which carefAlv repro
ducss form characteristic Of the fung-lo
period OF three centuries earlier, or the
first quarter Of the fifteenth century. .
fen not surprising when It Ia remsmbered
that the assistant and SUCCESSOR Of the
imperial fxctory's director above mon
toned won hs greatest fame by repro
dlseilG the most beeutiful deetgns and the
most appreciated glases OF earlier epochs,
collection. there should be mentioned an
imperial vase q foot and half high. with
sslaze' Of a fascinating light green, dating
from the latter part Of the eighteenth oen.
fury. the Ch'ien-lung period. and orIla-
Issn,ed , with painting OF peonslss ,s and
In brilliant but not insistent enamels-
cplors that make the vase O whole and do
not draw the eye TO the decoration at the
expense Of the FORM and body glare OF the
M. Haistsd's poroelains have the charm,
not u an irideacent dream. but Of q dream
Of iridescence. Here Is & blue 20 deep
that no aapphire reflects II IN its crystalline
scintl,lations; there . blue as Light as .
spsinkled over a milk white Jade Here
IL the green Of an apple. the green OF the
pale sea, tho red Of the oxs blood, OF the
coral: the brown rcd Of kver the white Of
ivory, the hue Of iron-rust and the blue
iutse pavelains are Of the periods Of
kang-bsi, Yung-ohtlg. and Ch'ien-iung.
tho greatest of the Manchu rulers, under
whom some Of the finest Of porcclaiis wsre
made, and In whose nanef, therefore, oe-
vsspid ndpes Of stribution arr sometimcs
To fssation fsw Of Mr. Ha,Ss~ds piscss
that attrsCt notice. there Ia q X anS -hsi
ealliTpt 81 emerald green. with kyllns sport
Ing With brocsds ball and nlleis streaming
from y; a Chien-luns vase OF masarine
io., oVfosm jsr Of flung ~ Sas date; a
I.ang-yao vase Of X anR- hsi with the char
ac,erisiic n1-dsl0 u tinis; a fine club
siAge vase Of K'ang -hi with the mirror
bisck elsse OF ercst briiliance: . peculiarly
cracked glaze; another oeladon piecs.
Ch'i@n-lung, eth the more usual. very pale
seA.Rren hue; q graceful bottle in clair
d'-ihH' glaye and tall bottle Ia pistscLe
gren.
There 10 q oeladon bottle OF IN len lun
IN the form u a double Gourd that IL 80
sofi In tone and tsslure that IL invites ca
r~sArs; . bottle with the blue green Of the
camelia Iesf Ia its gam; an unusual besker
more than two fset high la blue and white,
with many inscriptions dearribed as Mon
Eolisat q large k'anS-bs ouform blue and
white Jar with All unusual decoration of Q
grapevine In isarnG y blue and white owl
hHn sas@ ~ Chten Jung q foo, tail ~ pure
whits poTc~tein almost AZ thin o. the EGG
shell variety, and . tall. soft paste vsss
svifovm, ~ Yune-shtng With . psruliAr
do',sd blue surface surrounding white
Dsnsl-
TAsrs " not space left Ia sy,ssk lon detail
RI ssme ~ Mr. Kings orieDtsl teRiilss ana
Ms pufeia-s,s ~ obJssss ~ varied Aitrao-
tlons from Different psrts ~ the World,
from the spoii Of madlsyal churci q " the
mats and bssks<s voyea by the Vast Indians
ant the Ainsfiaan IndiaAs
nsx Of Two ~ tho testiiss in the KiAs
eoll.-ii"n wuuid ins,t,sbly a~rfy tbs ssssS,
,aiDi las,hss ln las sssainstian " the 6los
Ius ~ tls-s 10 aI sally 90 ien -Iuls lsssl,ls
hsns,ils ~ rot salysi he WINS Q hAs tons ~
ali aud fpI it- bSdy oIloI, sitL fo.s eDlDI
500 dyll..I hll,,s osiaisins lsd ln Ns ds~lxn
tsa.'il.ss 10 az slshissas,,b oeliuTr IfsllAI
nse'is. saft Iast uss, os,s ~ tho Hrssi lxau
'ifl' II the kl,d lately %boss hare, lAissilsv
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