Page 396 - Chinese Porcelain Vol II, Galland

KEEN-LUNG.
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" the when the Huen
During T'ang Dynasty, Emperor
ladies for his harern, one damsel named
Tsung was choosing
Yang Kwei-fei, a very pretty girl, was chosen to sit in the
chariot and enter the The took a
royal palace. emperor great
to her, and made her a concubine. She is here
fancy royal
depicted leaving the chariot."
A full account of this lady is given under No. 710 as the
Princess Yang.
Nos. 722, 723, 724. Before passing on further we may as
well look at another form of this style, a conical vase.
15 inches. No mark. There is a metal at the
Height, ring
so at one time it must have been and
top, apparently higher,
for some reason or other been cut down. Of porcelain, some-
what similar to the pilgrim bottle, No. 703. The decoration,
done with less care, here consists of three female figures, one
of which is on the neck, with the trunk of a tree at her back.
On the other side of the vase there is nothing but the trunk
of a tree sketched in sepia and tinted with a sort of purple
wash, a pink and yellow fungus resting at foot. The ladies
and enamels of trans-
dresses are in blue, green, yellow good
with the same we find on the
parent quality, gold purple
pilgrim bottle, only of a redder shade. There is no trace of
which this time seems to have out
aubergine, by gone quite
of fashion.
"
Once upon a time two fairies took their hoes, and going
to the mountain of the heavenly terrace, planted a garden of
medicinal herbs."
No. 725. A rectangular vase with carved wood top, base
apparently fixed into wooden stand. Height, 18 inches.
White inside. This vase seems to have been made
porcelain
in four which were before the
pieces joined together firing.
The are bamboos
panels edged by green spotted with brown,
two are decorated with one with and
peaches, pomegranates,
one with The
finger citrons, all having aubergine stalks.
rocks at foot are in shaded colours, red, blue, and This
green.
vase is not as old as it looks, but is probably a reproduction
of an old the are in of so we shall
shape, peaches shapes pink,
not be far out in the more
very calling it a Keen-lung piece,
so that the a
colouring of the rocks, having tendency to rain-
bow tints, is in with this It is odd that
quite keeping period.