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FAMILLE VERTE.
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white The further decoration is made to run in lines
ground.
the so that the blue swastikas come on the red
opposite way,
ground and the red swastikas on the green, the same being the
case with the red and blue flowers, so that, looked at one
way,
the blue symbols are on the red ground and the red symbols
on the green ground, the swastikas and flowers coming alter-
nately; while, looked at the other way, the swastikas and
flowers are in separate lines, and it is the colours that alternate
instead of the symbols. The reserves are marked off by wide
blue bands with yellow edgings, and decorated, as so often is
the case in these fine the two
pieces, by despised mang,
being blue, two green. This border shows what they were
of in the of towards the end of this
capable way diapers reign.
The central decoration consists of a charming winter scene ;
a small stream runs in the middle, the water indicated
being
by streaks of light-coloured aubergine, the rocks being in
green, blue, and aubergine. The trunks of the trees are in
aubergine, the pines alone being clothed with green ; while
the is relieved some of the to the reader's
landscape by foliage
hand to the
right being outlined in red, probably represent
The are framed in and roofed
maple. pavilions aubergine
with blue, the one on piles having yellow, red, and green
introduced. A hill at the back, with a
panels flight of ducks,
the The sun is in the
completes landscape. gilt, sky being
coloured red. The four are dressed two in
slightly figures
red, the others in aubergine and blue.
No. 595. Famille verte wine-pot. Blue enamel. Height,
7 inches. No mark. Oval in shape, and fluted so as to form
four panels. The decoration is marked off by means of two
black lines. The handle is covered with a yellow enamel, on
which black rings are painted to imitate rattan (wicker) work.
The base is glazed, the sides at the four grooves being carried
down so as to form four feet. The spout has been replaced
by a silver one. The chief panel, as seen in the photograph, is
decorated with a winter landscape, the roof of the shed and the
trees being in aubergine, while a red semicircle denotes the
sun above some lightly drawn red clouds. The panel on
the other side shows a summer landscape. The smaller panels
are decorated with a intended for
red-flowering tree, probably
and black in the
peach blossom, a bird in blue, yellow, being
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