Page 209 - Chinese Porcelain Vol II, Galland

FAMILLE VERTE. 353

others in all most in enamel colours.
green, carefully painted
On one side the eight immortals do homage to the god of
who is seated on a As seen in the
longevity, stag. photograph,
Ave have the seven worthies of the bamboo-grove playing
chess. The other three figures probably represent the lament
of Yii Peh-ya, the third figure being the father of the lost
friend who conducted the statesman musician to the grave.
See No. 684.
No. 599. A famille verte blue
(with enamel) ginger-jar.
Height, 9f inches. No mark. Own dome-top decorated with
The means of
symbols. jar is, by green speckled work, divided
into four two of which are decorated with the
compartments,
usual and two with flowers, pseonies in one, chrys-
symbols,
anthemums in the other. This is a fine while
very piece, good
in The of the is excellent, and white
shape. quality paste very
in colour, over which there is a lovely glaze. The design
seems to have been traced in sepia, which shows through the
enamels, which consist of the usual greens, blue, aubergine,
and a light shade of yellow. The reds are the iron tints
common in this class. this is a nice
Altogether very specimen.
No. 600. This is an instance of famille verte decoration on
a cafe-au-lait ground, while the enamels employed are of fine
quality. Diameter, 7| inches ; height, 3^ inches. Mark, seal
in two blue The decoration consists of a of rocks
rings. pile
in green and aubergine, with chrysanthemums on one side and
poppies on the other, the foliage being in a most brilliant
green; while on the other side there is a large butterfly in
the same lovely green enamel, with aubergine body and red
facings. The flowers are in red and various shades of aubergine.
Inside, the decoration is poor ; four groups of small red flowers,
with a form a sort of border at the with two
prunus spray, top,
small red flowers at the bottom.
No. 601. A famille verte bowl of good quality ; but there is
nothing special about it beyond the fact that it seems at one
time to have belonged to the Dresden collection, as seen by
the No. 74 and in cut in the above the mark
porcelain (see
p. 250). Diameter, 7 inches; height, 3^ inches. Mark,
flower in two blue rings (see No. 462). The decoration springs
from a head band on a with red out-
green joo-e yellow ground,
line at and consists of four flower At
top, sprays. top, inside,