Excerpt from Jade Dragons, a Collection of Ancient Carved Chinese Girdle-Clasps in Jadeite, Nephrite, Jasper Rock Crystal, Agate, Chalcedony and Other Hard Stones, Chiefly of the Ming Period, the Property of Arthur Davison Ficke, New York: To Be Sold by Auction by Order of Mr. Ficke at Unreserved Public Sale, Thursday Afternoon, January Twenty-Ninth at Two-Thirty

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