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PORCELAIN DECORATED

subject, namely, porcelain decorated with blue under
the glaze :

LIST OF BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAINS REQUISITIONED
FOR IMPERIAL USE IN THE 8 YEAR OF THE CHIA-
CHING ERA (1529). (TRANSLATED BY DR. S. W.

BUSHELL.)

Bowls decorated with dragons pursuing pearls ; outside a
balance weighing gold and playing children.

Bowls with sprays of flowers completely covering the
ground inside and out.

Bowls with bamboo leaves and polyporus fungus, medal-
lions containing dragons among clouds, dragons and phce-

nixes flying through flowers.
Bowls decorated, outside, with sea-waves and eight dragons

emerging therefrom holding up the mystical diagrams ; in-
side, with the three Taoist alchemists compounding the elixir

Bowls with dragons, phoenixes, and other birds, outside;

dragons among clouds, inside.

Bowls with four fishes, mackerel, carp, marbled perch and

another, outside ; birds flying in clouds, inside.

Tall Cups with celestial flowers under the inscription shou
shan fu hai, " old as the hills, rich as the sea," two Taoist

genii, inside.

Wine Cups with a pair of dragons among clouds, outside ;

dragons mounting upwards, inside.
Wine Cups with antique dragons, and, inside, storks fly-

ing in clouds.
Tall Cups with a pair of dragons ; a pair of phoenixes,

inside.

Tea Cups with playing boys and the flowers of the four
seasons, peony, lotus, chrysanthemum, and plum, outside;
dragons soaring from waves into clouds, within.

Tea Cups with dragons emerging from water ; with lions,

inside.

Wine Cups inscribed fu shou kang ning, "
happiness,

longevity, health and peace."

Tea Cups with a myriad flowers inside and out; also

dragons grasping pearls, outside.

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