Evening star., 1924-03-16

WoSnu DC af11pCSStDte TO commend
too highly the exhibition Of art
objects brought to this. city by
Parish, Watson q Co. of New
York. now on view in the Vandyck
galleries, 1911 Connecticut avenue
The collection, which is said to ap-
proximate two million dollars in
value. is made up of the r1rest ex-
>amples of Chinese porcelain ano
bronzes. Persian potterfes, French
furniture. and tapestries and oriental
rugs.
Each piece is what max well be
termed museum exhibit. For ex-
ample, there is the great Rhages vase,
the most important specimen Of Per
sian relief pottery in existence. " hich
stands twenty-stx inches In height.
fifteen inches in diameter, and was
discovered more than forty feet below
six pieces, hut has been so skillfuiIy
81. put together that it appears without
flaw. Seventythree of the pieces
were found at one time: the seventy
years later These fragments were
shipped to Paris. where the vase Was
restorcds then the discovery was
made thHt q small portion OF the body
was missing, and further excavation
on tie site finally revealed the two
./eristio ovoidal shape with truncAted
Nase and tubular neck tapertng to-
ward the mouth, and has am all-over
decoration in high relief.
Unlike most vases of the period.
this particular specimen seems to
have been hand-shaped. not turned
un the wheel, and shows hand-mod-
cled decoration in the way of frieEes
of human figures-in one frieze a
procession Of men on horseback, sup
posed by some to represent polo
players. The game of polo was in
vented by the Persians and about the
period back TO which this vase dates.
Its original color was cobalt blue,
but this is now partly covered by a
yich golden silvery iridescepce. At
derfves it's name from the ruined city
OF Rhages, destroyed by the ongo!s
' In 1221 AID, on the site OF which II
was found.
There are other. beautiful Persian
potteries in the collection. one case
contains specimens from the eightk y
TO the twelfth century RaQqa faien %
Of beautiful quality and condition.
There is another case of tweifth TO
thirteenth century Rhages pottery.
Some of these Persian jars and ooWls
have brilliant translucent oiue
in thick black slip. In many IN
Stances this is partly obscured by the
iridescent covering resulting from
contact with the earth. beautlIui
nal coloring comes forth in all Its
l.piendor
fThere are several cases of Chinese
Horcelains and potteries, several
beautiful peach, ,bloW pieces haionxine, dateu Iu-
at one time to the Morgan coilectloh.
There is a charming pair of Lang fao
apple-green galipots and an e1cep-
tionally fine full-sized apple green
oviform vase with short neck r;aa anu
. There is, likewise, wonderful sang :
de-hoeuf mandarin vase OF the nnest
quality and the most exquisite shape;
which also at one time was inc!poeo
is an interesting large white ring
Yao oviform vase of the sung
dynasty; not to mention the so-calied
black season vase. one OF the nnesl
specimens of famille noire in exist
ence. which Mr.. Morgan secured from
the Garland collection.
Among the bronzes there is a Hoa-
tion ~oh'et, a type or vessel origlnateo
under The Shang dynasty, which, ac,
cording to the book of rites, could
only be used by the princes Of XII,
the princes of Sung and the princes
OF tLu in Shantung. There Is also a
square bronze vase constructed IN
three sections, S,o though CAST ass,vn IN ena ons
now incrusted with a deep greenIsh-
brown olive patina on three sides the
fourth showing light green tinge,
an important. example of archaic
Chinese bronze metal casting. There
is a sculptured head in granite. sup
posedly of the third century. which
wears an enigmat;cal smile. There Is
An early Chinese bronze heao OF
Bodhisattva, in which Greek tnnuence
is traceable and which dates back to
the early Tang dynasty. 61S-S0S; be-
sides a carved and polychfome WOOD
sculpture of a seated figure. OF inter-
aSting type:
there are several, are of extraordinary
. value Four are from a famous
album of portrait miniatures descrto-
cd in F. r. Martins book on Minla-
ture Painting in the East. and nave
been shown in famous exhibitions.
The walls are hung with fne tap
estries, one a Flemish Gothic tapestry
az about 1905, another q Flemish
renaissance tapestry OF about l6oO.
Royal Beauvais, the last represent
ing "The Fortune Teller" and de-
signed by Francois Boucher. In addi-
tion to which there is a very rare
mile fieurs Arras tapestry of about
1870 Besides the tapestries there are
:, few English portraits on the walls.
The floors are covered with PERSIAN
and Chinese carpets of the sixteenth
century. one OIL Which Was Aoi y th
he James W. Ellsworth collection,
while lending further interest to the
rooms are some interesting specl-
mems of Frenc.l furniture of the time
- Louis NNI-chairs. hand carved
and covered with tapestry woven at
the Gobelin and Beauvais factories,
and tables of italian and Spanish
make of the seventeenth century,
hand carved and beautifully polished
by use.
This exhibition. which offers rare
opportunity to Washingtonians. Will
continue until the end of the month
and is open to the public. 1t brings
to mind not only the treasures of the
Freer collection, but those once as
sembled and generously shared with
the public by the late Thomas Nag-
Ean,an of this city. The Waggaman
collection was undoubtedly Inspired
in turn by the Walters collection in
Haltimore. which was assembled oy
The present owners father and con =
Eins, as is we'll known. extraordi-
parilv fine and rare specimens OF
Chinese porcelain. To have such col
1ncticns as this brought to Washing
Ion not only benefits the public but
gives evidence OF the increasing rec