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the style of decoration that was in vogue at that particular
than the then
period pigments employed.
Thanks to Mr.
Winthrop, we are able in Nos. 670, 671, to
give illustrations of this ware with the Yung-ching mark.
" of
Gringer-pot pure white fine paste. The whole decoration
has first been delicately pencilled in blue under the glaze and
then treated over the with washes of enamel
glaze transparent
of various colours, the ring on the shoulder being emerald
the base lemon the five circular
green, yellow, dragon panels
of different colours ; on the shoulder is a band of the eight
Buddhist emblems."
. The dragons of the east, south, west, north and middle have
to be worshipped by the mandarin officials on given dates and
in times of as are to the
drought, they supposed possess power
of causing rain.
With No. 672 we will conclude this Yung-ching verte class.
It is a small bowl. Diameter, 6^ inches ; height, 2f inches.
Mark, Ching-hwa, 1465-1488, in two blue rings. Outside the
decoration consists of the eight immortals ; in the photograph
we see Lan Tsae-ho as a lady followed by Chang Ko-laou.
Inside there are two blue rings at the rim, and two more at the
bottom, the latter enclosing the only decoration, consisting of
the god of longevity with a stork all traced in blue, over which
on his robes the usual and
appear transparent yellow green
aubergine enamels, a red sceptre in his hand, and red on the
stork's head. There are also a few rocks in blue and green.
This little bowl is a very good example of this class. The blue
(under the glaze) is excellent, and the polychrome enamels very
and The reds here are the old over the
bright transparent. glaze
type that we meet with in the famille verte of the last reign.
Yung-ching rose bowls.
We must now pass on to another special class that belongs
to this the rose bowls with white
period, namely, primus.
Nos. 673, 674 are not of the best quality, but are very good
examples of this particular ware. 7^ inches in diameter, and
3 inches in both bear the
height, they Yung-ching mark,
arranged in three columns, which seems to have been rather
the fashion at this time The
(see No. 362). porcelain is good,
but of a blue shade, on which the opaque white enamel
grey