Page 329 - Chinese Porcelain Vol II, Galland

KEEN-LUNG. 393
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good example of the rougher or trade productions of this
remarkably interesting period.
Nos. 680, 681. A rose verte dish of wavy porcelain with
in the bamboo but not coloured.
pierced sides, pattern,
.Diameter, lOf inches ; height, 2 inches. No mark. The
decoration is marked off by black lines, the trellis-work band
at the rim in a blue enamel with
being chiefly grey yellow
centres. This is broken rose-coloured flowers. In
by eight
the middle, on a ground coloured light green, a boatman has
shouldered his oar and fishing-rod, and follows a lady who
walks in front holding up a flower. The figures are drawn in
red lines, the boatman a blue tunic and
having green pants
with straw hat. The bodice is in the same
lady's green
enamel, but the skirt in a bluer shade of this colour. The
boat, made fast to the bank, is in brown, like the oar. The
green boughs of a willow tree hang from above, with pink
blossoms in the same colour
peach showing below, and foliage
at the root of the willow. The sun is in red. The back of this
dish, as is so often the case about this time, is carefully
decorated. There is a head band at the in
joo-e edge green
with red outline, while above the stand rise four rocks in blue
which waves traced in black throw
enamel, against green up
their foam in white enamel. The idea seems so good that the
back of the dish has been photographed, as seen in No. 681.
" brave man
During the Sung dynasty there lived a very
named Soia, who had a named Cassia-blossom. Both
daughter
father and were well in the use of
daughter taught weapons,
but earned a livelihood A certain tax collector,
by fishing.
named one called
Ting, day upon them to collect the fish tax,
and treated them but his whole were
very roughly, family
afterwards put to death by these brave persons. The picture
shows them starting on their revengeful errand."

KEEN-LUNG, 1736-1795.
To begin with, no change was made in the management at
King-te-chin, so that unless there are marks to guide us it is
most to tell the wares of this from that of
impossible period
the last, and they all pose as Yung-ching pieces.