The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-08
IAN Aar sMoW oooD ro sEE.
Decorative objects Beautiful and inter
esting Tilat ArctO go AT Auction.

About go art objects which have been
In the stock OF Georges Glaenzer a Co
have been placed on exhibition at the AmeT1-
can Art Galleries and will remain there
unit sold ut auction in the galleries by
Thomas +. Kirby tomorrow afternoon
The casual observer OF art sales might
readily conclude this season that the art
dealers generally had formed habit Of
having auction sales but the buying public
has had no cause to regret these auctions
this year AZ some excellent specimens
of the art and craftsmanship OF many matt ms
have como into the market at figures well
below those Of the private salesroom.
The objects offered by Glaenzer Co.
are no exception in this respect, although
the collection differs greatly in nature
from any other so far appearing this season
The articles throughout have been chosen
for decorative effect. and some very striking
impressions are presented es they are
viewed from the standpoint Of decoration,
aside from their intrinsic and individual
art value, There are Chinese porcelains,
Mexican tiles, French fans. old tapestries,
carved images. enamels, potteres. deco
ratiye glasses, paintings, rugs, screens ana
furniture
Followers of the art sales will recall that
dealers Obtained number Of obje cts from
the collection of William Churchill Oastler
when II was dispersed at auction five years
ago Three or four porcelains from that
collection are in the present exhibition IL
seems surprising that such porcelain as
tho club shaped vase of kang-hsi $50 OF
the caialogIe), for instance, should have
been permitted to repose so long with its
purchasers at that sale, but here II is, an
inviting specimen of clear white porcelain
of great period in Chinese ceramic history,
adorned with figures pencilled in coral
hue. Another porcelain from the same
collie elton and OF the same period Is vase
in the double lozenge shape, all its faces
in characteristic green's, reds and blues,
plece OF heavy Mexican pottery. with
an ornamentation in blue glaze. Is as at
tractive in its color quality as though the
repairer had not been called upon 10 stay
its ancient proportions and preserve it for
sympathetic admirers. 1t is catalogued
merely as a puebla bowl, but il will mean
more than its name To a purchaser OF APP
Pre- ciatve mind-more, indeed, probably,
though II represent not 80 much In dollars,
than set of 1855 puebla tiles, however
deep their archaeological interest, which
were taken from the Cathedral Of Regina
Coli at Mexico City though these tiles
exhibit tho artistic influences OF Spanish,
Mexican and Aztec ideas combined in a
potter's work Of the eighteenth century.
Certain old Gothic paintings on wood
panels have strong attraction In their
naive motives not less than in their time
colors, and there are several
tapestries ascnbed TO the fifteenth and
centuries that are not to
be overlooked There is a carved statue
Of the Mater Dolorosa" from Mexican
convent, some figure paintings in which the
costumes arr OF mother Of pearl. inlaid;
Chinese embroideries Japanese brocades, |
A carved walnut armchair of Italian Renais
sapce workmanship. upholstered In needle
work Of ecclesiastical design; numerous
screens old and modern fans, a bronze
head of a Satyr, saddle cloths and painted |
and engraved glass temple lanterns. among |
The other articles to he noticed.