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on by means of hatching, instead of the broad washes then
current.
Blue and White with Gilt.
No. 558. An inverted vase with
pear-shaped spreading
base and narrow bottle neck. Height, 9 inches. Mark,
leaf. Here the pseony sprays are on six fluted lotus-shaped
medallions, and what marks this piece out from the general
run is that the biscuit handles and are
elephant rings gilded.
Blue and White with Glaze.
Coffee
No. 559. A globular vase with cup mouth. Height, 7
inches. Mark, leaf in two blue rings. The body is divided
into twelve fluted decorated with
compartments, pa?ony sprays
and a band. This is like hundreds of others, but
j'oo-e piece
it serves to illustrate a particular class, and on the collar below
the cup and at the base there is a narrow band of coffee glaze
of a rich brown hue.

Blue and White witli Bed under the Glaze.
Nos. 560, 561, 562. A blue and white, with red under the
beaker vase. 17 inches. Mark, a leaf.
glaze, Height,
Except where the figures appear, the surface of this piece is
ornamented with a raised lotus and fungus scroll pattern that
has been moulded in the paste before the baking. On the
are two one a of cash to a
top part figures holding string
three-legged toad, the other with a crab. On the bottom part
are two more figures one with a lotus flower and crab, the
other with a and toad. The
whip three-legged triangle diaper
bands are in blue, the red in the dresses of the men
appearing
and in the flower. The Chinese character for is
longevity
dotted here and there in red in the dresses of the two
top
figures. Although not of fine quality, this is an interesting-
old piece.
"
In ancient times there was a toad who lived
three-legged
in a and was able to a exhalation
deep pool, expel poisonous
which Later on a named Liu
injured people. young fairy,
Hae, hooked it with a gold cash and destroyed it. This
ancient legend is taken as symbolical of modern fact, viz. that