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334 KANG-HE.
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with the remark
following : These, as at present photographed,
cannot be recognized."
No. 573. Dish. Diameter, 14 inches; height, 2 inches.
No mark. Brown everted Here the decoration consists
edge.
solely of paeonies and grasses, with two birds and a number of
insects surmounted by a gilt sun. The flowers are boldly
drawn and and
effectively coloured in red, aubergine, purple ;
the large bud near the middle is in gilt, those at the top in
red. The rocks are in green, with a little blue enamel.
"Grass in abundance is to the
supposed represent people."
No. 574.
Octagon jar (cover wanting). Height, 12f inches.
No mark. Bounded stand but base. This is made
unglazed jar
of thick but is decorated. From
heavy porcelain, pleasingly
and rocks
eight green aubergine spring eight aubergine trunks,
ornamented with red, blue, and
yellow flowers, with green
The as seen in the illustration, has
foliage. prunus spray,
blossoms in light green and blue. We find this pattern in
blue and white. It seems akin to the old Japan connected
with the name of Kakiyemon.*
No. 575. Dish, with groove stand. Diameter, 13 inches ;
height, 2 inches. Mark, a symbol with fillets, perhaps the
shell, in two blue rings. The decoration is in green and
aubergine, with very little red, and represents the ki-lin, or
on the of the waves.
some other fabulous animal, careering top
The sun and are indicated in faint red. The under
sky very
of the and chest of the animal are
part body striped with red,
with a little on the lower The band at the rim is in
jaw.
aubergine and green, three of the mangs being in red, the
other three in the hair on the tail and
aubergine. Except
head, which is in an almost dull slate colour, there is no blue
on this dish.
No. 576. Dish. Blue enamel; groove stand. Diameter,
13 inches ; height, 2 inches. Mark, leaf in two blue rings.
red conventionalized lotus flowers with
At back, eight green
The no means uncommon, and as usual
foliage. pattern is by
the quality varies greatly, some being much finer than others.
The decoration in this instance is marked off in red, the sides
being broken into four by diaper bands, between which the
four seasons are represented by flowers in red, blue, yellow,
*
See note 21.