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KANG-HF,
362
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Mr. Winthrop writes : Red ' au grand feu,' the red under-
'
such as the * de bceuf and those of its
glaze, sang family,
slide away until they reach the ' peach-blow,' which is only a
* and between which and the ' de bceuf '
sport,' sang there is
no dividing-line. A vase of mine in the island is about mid-
way between a light ' peach-blow ' and ' sang de bceuf.' But I
have a larger one of the deepest ' sang de bceuf ' also."
Our American cousins were the first to bring peach bloom
into fashion, and it in the United States much the
occupies
same as de does in France.
position sang boeuf
The blue, which, in addition to the stated above,
places
decorates the on the and as also the
foliage pomegranate peach,
sweet border on the neck, is of the old slate shade, valued
flag
by collectors on account of its rarity, in fact, looks more like a
celadon than the blue under the This
ordinary glaze. piece
probably belongs to the Keen-lung period, but is taken here
so as to notice this colour at what we may consider about the
date of its origin ; but most of the finest specimens of peach
bloom belong to the two following reigns.
Ornamented with liaised Figures.
For Nos. 620, 621, we are indebted to Mr. G. E. Davies.
"A pair of long-necked white bottles, 8^ inches high.
These are most in form ; the is
elegant porcelain very white,
and of fine The only decoration is a raised dragon
quality.
surrounding the lower part of the neck and upper part of the
body, and this is coloured in a delicate shade of peach bloom,
flecked all over with green markings to represent the scales.
These bottles are of very high class, and are marked at the
base with the six characters of the Kang-he era. I have no
recollection of ever having seen duplicates in any of the
collections I have visited."
Many of the small vases made towards the end of this
are most to
reign beautifully shaped, apparently owing
European influence, most of them being decorated in lovely
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whole colours.
Mazarine Blue and Peach Bloom.
Nos. 622, 623. Exhibited Fine Arts Club,
Burlington
1891. 482 and 483. "A of
Description, pair globular