New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-09
ives PORCELAINS
BRING TOP PRICES
Three Dealers Pay $47,275
for IL PieCeS-DuveenS
and Gorer Compete.
ONE FAMlLLE VASE
BID IN FOR $4,000
Another, Once Property of Ii
Hung Chang. Fetches S2,l00--
Session Nets S61,607.

Experts in the quality and value oil
Chinese porcelsins and jsdcs were
present yesterday afternoon at the
American Art Galleries. where what
was regarded as the most important
session of the sale of the Brsyton Ives
collection was conducted by Thomas F
Kirby.
Prices went soaring as result OF
competition among GOrer Of London'
the Duveens, Of Paris and this city
and Frank Partridge. The total OF this
opening session was SCI .607.50, anC
these three dealers gave S47,275 for
seventeen pieces.
General Ives bought most Of his i'm
portant specimens from Gorer, and yes
terday II was Gorer who bought nearly
all OF them back again. He paid $22,-
$50 for ten Of the extraordinary speci-
mems Of decorated porcelains, most
OF them vases, and all but one, coral
red gslipot OF the K'ang-hsi period, for
which he gave $1,000. he had sold TO
General Ives for his collection. The
DuveCns' purchases. consisting of four
porcelain vases, amounted 10 Sl3,825,
and Frank Partridge gave SlO9lO for
the three pieces he obtained.
A grand famille verte club-shaped
vase Of the K'sng-hsi period. purchased
by General Ives from Gorer. of London,
brought the top price of One session.
After some brisk bidding it was
knocked down to Frank Partridge for
$4,000. This vase. which came from the
Sir William Bennett collection. Lon
don, is profusely decorated with figures
of court mobiles and ladies waiting an
audience Of the Emperor K'ang-hsi,
who is seen in the upper portion in the
interior &C the palace. ON the other
side Of the vase is a landscape. Mr..
Partridge also gave $3.50 for a pair of
tall famille verte vases, with covers,
also of the Kang-hsi period. and $3.50
for a carved green Jade pilgrim bot
tie of the Ch'ien-lung period.
The Duveen Brothers paid the next
highest price $500 for an oviform
green jar, inches high and with a
diameter Of 6ia inches. 1t was pur-
chased by General Ives from VI. Drei-
Ger & Co., The New York agents OF
Corcr. Of London II is described as
"a very important ovform vase COW
cred with an emerald green glaze over
coarse cracklc. Ming period"
Gorcr bought, for $4,000, a rouleau
shape vase supcrbly cnamelled in all
the colors Of the famille verte. The
background is of rich aubergine, COW
cred entirely with a small floral de-
sign in black. This vase, which is of
the early K'ang-hsi period. is gener-
ally known as the Hamilton Palace
vase, and IS said 20 be the finest speci-
men Of famille vertc in existence.
Gorers other purchases included
$4,000 for a unique tall, slender dec
Grated vase Of the K'ang-hsi period;
$1,000 for a Rang hsi fsmille vertc
ovform jar and cover, decorated with
ho-ho and other birds and the spread
ing branches Of tho peony tree; $1,000
for a gourd shaped millefeurs vase
Of the Ch'ien-lung period, and $1,000
for n tall famille verte vase, with a
pesr-shaped body and decorated with
2 brilliant blue enamel
For a famille-noire amphora Of the
Kang-hsi period, Of graceful shape,
invested with a brilliant black glaze,