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back one, and a yellow and blue butterfly in the front. On
the shoulder the decoration consists of red and blue paeonies
and lotus flowers, with
green foliage.
In No. 596 we have an example of a small conical-shaped
vase. Height, 6| inches. No mark. Decorated by means of
figures ranged round the vase, as seen in the illustration.
There is a lady and warrior painted in blue enamel, green,
aubergine, black, red, and a little gilt on the head-dresses.
The On the shoulder there is a
top has been cut off. primus
or hawthorn band, with and red flowers thrown
green ground,
thereon, the ice cracks being in black, which show through
the The neck seems to have been decorated
green ground.
by black sprays on the white porcelain, such as is often to be
met with in early specimens, of which this is, no doubt, a copy.
We have a better instance of this same style of decoration
in No. 597, from the Bennett collection:
" 8 inches in diameter. The decora-
White-ground plate,
tion, which is in famille verte, consists of three boldly drawn
either some dramatic scene or a
figures, representing messenger
approaching two high personages. On each figure, depicted
as from their is a small in
hanging girdles, square plaque
white, on which some characters are written, but I have no
means near me of translating these.
"
The enamels are and It is not marked
bright good. ;
but to the of the
it
undoubtedly belongs period Emperor
Kang-he."
incense-
No. 598. A famille verte (blue enamel) tripod
burner. 4 inches ; diameter, 8| inches. No mark.
Height,
Including the stand and cover, the total height is 12 inches.
AVhen you find a piece mounted on a stand of this sort, as a
general rule it is safe to take it for granted that the quality
is above the In this case, which is also
average. important,
the stand and the porcelain seem to be coeval. The stand (as
also the with the of the seems to be carved
top, exception rim)
out of a of wood, the rock-work
single piece design being open
covered with prunus, and even the bottom of the stand, inside,
is decorated with a The incense-burner
spray of that tree.
itself is decorated in the best of this ; the
style period greens
and blues are both very fine, and the reds are applied in light
washes. Some of the trunks of the trees are in
aubergine,