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CATALOGUE

ROOM No. I

Nos. I to 125

1. FRAME OF SEVEN SCREENS, Coromandel lacquer. The ornament is carved

through the lacquer into the wood and then coloured.

2. LARGE CARPET SQUARE, with conventional pattern in blue and brown on a warm

buff ground, conventional border with the colouring reversed. 8 feet by 7 feet i inch.

3. TRUMPET-SHAPED BEAKER, with incised ornament, in white porcelain. Ming

period.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

TABLE CASE A
A COLLECTION OF PENDANTS, SEALS, BELT

BUCKLES, &c., CARVED IN FINE
STONES AND AMBER

4. SMALL SQUARE RUG, golden bronze brown, and blue and white conventional

ornament.

5. OBLONG RUG, golden bronze ground.

6. SMALL SQUARE CHINESE RUG.

7. CASE OF SILK EMBROIDERIES. i8th century.

Lent by Mrs. R. H. Benson

8. TWO PANELS OF COROMANDEL LACQUER.

9 and 10. TWO SMALL CARPET SQUARES, orange coloured ground, with blue border;

in the centre a medallion into which is fitted a design of a white bird with
outstretched wings. i8th century.

Lent by Mrs. R. H. Benson

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