Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of a Very Important Collection of Antique Chinese Porcelains: Including Fine Specimens of Sang-De-Boeuf and Peachbloom, Tang and Ming Pottery, Carved Jade and Other Hard Stones, Cloisonne Enamels, a Number of Ming Large Plant Jars and Antique Chinese Rugs, Collected by Messrs. Voron and Chiat of New York City Rock crystal brightly polish-cd, carved in elongated melon form, with vine stem, leaves and blossom in relief, and ten drils incised. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.