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Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of the Beautiful Old Chinese Porcelains and Other Art Property: Collected by the Connoisseur the Late William Churchill Oastler of New York and to Be Sold by Direction of Dr. Frank R. Oastler and Thomas F. Keating, Executors at Unrestricted Public Sale on the Dates Herein Stated But his activities as an engineer did not interfere with his love of collecting Chinese porcelains. In the notable loan collection of these beautiful objects held some years ago by Messrs. Duveen Brothers, the Oastler cabinets were well represented, for Mr. Oastler was regarded as a connoisseur of refined taste and sound judgment. He was a close friend of the late Benjamin Altman, and the two Often conferred together and submitted to each other's criticism many of their prospective purchases Of Chinese porcelains. 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.