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PORCELAIN DECORATED

Cups with, outside, clouds and dragons, jasmine flowers,
birds, ladies and playing children, the eight Buddhist sym-

bols on fungus branches inside, grapes, sprays of flowers of
;

the four seasons, Sanscrit dharani and longevity garlands.

Cups with, outside, dragons flying through flowers, histori-

cal scenes, nine blue monsters in red sea-waves inside, scep-
;

tres and fragrant plants, plum flowers on wave ground,

pheasants flying through flowers, red sea-waves with white

crests.

Boxes with sceptres, clouds and dragons, dragons and

phoenixes flying tht'raoiupg'hingf,low"erPs,rotphietiionusscriwpitniodn feng fiao yu
shun, t'ien hsia and
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able rain, peace throughout the empire," a head with hair
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dressed in four pufFs inscribed yung pao ch'ang ch'un,
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preserving lasting spring ! the eight diagrams and symbols

ofyin andjytftfg", figures of immortals with propitious inscrip-

tions.

Boxes with strange monsters in attendance on the celestial

dragon, sceptres, scroll brocades, floral ground patterns,
hibiscus flowers on brocaded ground, musical instruments,
flowers and fruit, birds, insects and flowers.

Boxes with propitious sentences on the sides ; on the cover,
dragons, the flowers of the seasons and historical scenes.

Wine Cups with, outside, flying lions in sea-waves, interla-

cing sprays of flowers of the four seasons, jasmine flowers,
monsters and tigers, pomegranates and fungus ; inside, hibis-
cus flowers and moutan peonies, sea-wa.ves and fairy flowers.

Wine Bowls with interlacing sprays of golden lotus flow-

ers supporting antique longevity characters.
Censers with the symbol of light and darkness and the

eight diagrams, fungus branches, landscapes, clouds, and

dragons.

Censers with, outside, lotus and fragrant flowers, with scep-
tres, dragons and clouds in relief, arabesques of fragrant
flowers, dragons and fairy flowers executed in openwork,
fungus branches and ancient coins.

Vases with dragons and phoenixes flying through flowers,
flowering plants and animals, longevity fungus, brocades and
pheasants, peonies, cranes in clouds, the eight diagrams and

the hemp-leaved Indian lotus.