Page 268 - Chinese Porcelain Vol II, Galland

372 KANG-HE.

Kang-he era (1661-1722). It was purchased by the owner in
China in 1879."
Compare this with No. 651.
Blue and White with other colours under the Glaze.
No. 642. A beaker of rather fine and
porcelain workmanship.
Height, 172 inches. No mark. Blue and white, with peach
bloom. The decoration consists of with the
pine-trees, eight
famous steeds, half the number on the and the
being top,
other half on the lower of the beaker. One which
part point
recommends these to the collector is the of
pieces brilliancy
the blue, which, let alone other considerations, would seem to
establish their to to the There
right belong Kang-he period.
is a similar beaker to this in the Franks collection at the
British Museum. Some of the horses are in blue, the others
in a sort of peach bloom, while the trunk of the pine is in a
dull red. The has much the look of the
painting being by
same artist as Nos. 233, 234, and the colour on the trunk of
the is also on means of
pine put by hatching.
Celadon with Blue and White and Peach Bloom.
No. 643. A beaker 18 inches.
height, Mark, two blue
rings. Covered with a fine light-coloured celadon glaze, the
four circular reserves are ornamented with in blue and
phoenix
white, and peach bloom, while the four dragons are slightly
embossed, and decorated with the same colours. The symbols
are in blue, and raised above the surface. This
slightly piece
celebrates some the
probably wedding, dragon representing
the and the the bride.
bridegroom, phoenix
Hose.
Although we always talk of rose, the red from gold, as
to the and still
belonging Yung-ching Keen-lung periods,
there is every reason to believe that its discovery was made at
the end of the of and the bowls shown in
reign Kang-he,
Nos. 644, 645 are of interest as seeming to confirm this.
Diameter, 8 inches ; height, 3 inches. Mark, Kang-he in
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two blue rings. Dr. Bushell, at p. 25, tells us : Chinese
attach little value to marks expect on pieces from Imperial
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factory ; and in this case the reader will notice that the