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OLD CHINESE CERAMICS 
A true appreciation of art in its 
highest form is shown by the lovers 
of old porcelains which the Chinese 
have made for many centuries. 
In England today a few wonder- 
ful collections still exist in the hands 
of private collectors, though the 
Museums are constantly absorbing, 
by purchase and 
best examples and it is rarely that 
the private individual has the op- 
portunity to secure these much de- 
sired pieces. 
An instance of recent occurrence 
is the change of ownership of the 
Sir Richard Bennett collection pur- 
chased and sold for more than 
250,000 pounds sterling by Gorer of 
London shows the appreciation of 
these goods. We print below an ex- 
tract from the London Times which 
refers to the catalogue issued by 
Mr. Gorer describing this wonderful 
collection. 
A few rare examples of old Chi- 
nese porcelains and jade are now on 
exhibition at the Colonnade, Mag- 
nolia, by Dreicer & Co., Jewelers 
who control for Gorer the sale of 
these goods in America. 
“The Catalogue of the Richard 
Bennett Collection of Old Chinese 
Porcelains, purchased and exhibited 
by Gorer, 170, New Bond-street, W. 
inheritance, the. 
(£2 12s. 6d. net), describes what is 
probably the finest collection of its 
kind which has ever been offered 
for sale in London; and _ general 
gratification was caused by the an- 
nouncement that it had been 
purchased en bloe and would remain 
in this country, and, further, that it 
would be accessible to the publie. 
It has been favourably compared to 
the Salting Collection in the Victoria 
and Albert Museum, and though 
such sweeping comparisons are eas- 
ier to make than to justify, there is 
no doubt that in this case the com- 
pliment falls little short of the truth. 
Both collections cover much the 
same ground, and both are mainly 
representative of the ripest periods 
of Chinese ceramies—the K’ang Hsi, 
Young Cheng, and Ch’ien Lung, 
from 1662-1796. Certainly, as far as 
these periods are concerned the 
comparison is fully justified. On 
the other hand, neither collection 
Franks Collection, 
whole history and 
development of Chinese porcelain; 
but of the two the Salting is far 
richer in Ming wares, while the Ben- 
nett scores a point with its small but 
choice selection of Sung and Yuan 
pieces, a branch in which the Salt- 
ing is conspicuously weak. It is true 
that the word Ming occurs fre- 
aspires, like the 
to illustrate the 
defects. 
stylish gown creations 
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quently in the Bennett Catalogue, 
but it would be difficult to find a 
dozen true Ming specimens in the 
collection. It is an obsession with 
the compilers of trade catalogues to 
assign to the Ming dynasty (1368- 
1644) all porcelain on which the 
colours are applied direct to the 
‘‘biseuit,’’ though probably not one 
in thirty of such wares in modern 
collections was made _ before the 
K’ang Hsi period. It must, however, 
be allowed that Mr. Gorer has exer- 
cised unusual restraint in this mat- 
ter, and has even allowed some of 
the fine black-ground vases to be- 
long to the present dynasty. The 
Bennett Collection is exceptionally 
strong in this rare and highly valued 
class, with on-biscuit decoration, 
and the large vases with black, 
green, or yellow grounds form an 
assemblage to which it would be 
hard to find a parallel. The Cata- 
logue comprises in all 395 items, and 
is illustrated by some sixty plates, 
all in colour. The descriptions are 
very full, and may on the whole be 
read with a confidence rarely ex- 
tended to commercial catalogues. To 
be of real value to the _ student, 
however, the text would have to be 
considerably revised, and shorn of 
fulsome superlatives and a deal of 
that ill-digested lore which is 
dis- 
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