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period. They vary in size, most of them are larger than the
of the illustration, which is 16 inches in
subject present
No mark : base. The are coloured
height. glazed peaches
so as to represent the natural colouring of that fruit, with the
leaves in the stems a dull brown, not
green, being painted
On the other side of this bottle there are three
aubergine.
red bats. Mr. Simons bought this piece in the East out of
a collection formed at Pekin by a Russian gentleman.
No. 659 is one of the well-known rose verte dishes from
the Dresden collection, as shown by the mark. Diameter,
13 inches ; height, 2^ inches, brown edge. The decoration
consists of sprays of pseony and chrysanthemum, the flowers
in a sort of with the buds in the
being chiefly purple pink,
middle in The stalks are like the flowers and
yellow. foliage
traced in and tinted in and other colours.
sepia, slightly green
Some of the flowers are treated in the ribbed that we
style
find about this time. To the reader's are
employed right
three rose-buds. Of this dish it can only be said it belongs
to what is known as the
Yung-ching period, it being impossible
to tell whether many of these rose pieces were made during this
reign or early in the following, but they are all spoken of as
Yung-ching pieces.
Blue and White.
In this class the best examples of this period are, perhaps,
to be found in the so-called hawthorn ginger jars, where it is
often difficult to decide whether a given piece belongs to this
or the previous reign, but, in the general run of pieces there
can be no doubt the blue and white of this epoch is inferior
to that of Kang-he, the like of which we shall not again meet
with.
No. 660. Blue and white dish, belonging to Mr. Simons.
Diameter, 7f inches; height, If inch. Mark, Yung-ching,
(characters arranged in three columns) in two blue rings. The
decoration is marked off by two blue circles at the edge, the
rim being ornamented with five sturgeons. In the centre, en-
closed in two blue is a four-claw in the midst of
rings, dragon
waves. At the back are two blue five nebulae, and two
rings,
more blue rings. Simple as this decoration is, it has been
carried out with the care for which this is so noted. To
period