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referred to above, we may take No. 766. Seemingly a teapot
made for the European market, height 6^ inches. No mark.
The body represents the flower, and is of brilliant rose shades,
and knob of the lid in while the
with the stalk, edge, green,
bamboo handle and of a white
spout, being very porcelain,
show up in marked contrast thereto.
No. 767 a with a
represents Pseony-shaped drinking cup,
twig spout. Diameter, 5 by 6 inches ; height, If inch. No
mark. The cup is in delicate shades of rose, while the stalk is
green, and seems intended to be placed in the mouth.
In No. 768, an dish
eggshell (diameter, 8i inches ; height,
1 inch no mark), we have an example of another style of
this lotus decoration. The foliage and seed pod are in green,
lined with the flowers in shaded rose. The ducks
yellow, being
have backs and tails, with blue and while the
green gilt wings,
lower of their bodies and necks are shaded with rose like
part
the flowers. The water is indicated the and
merely by green
in front of the ducks.
yellow ripple
Lotus Rose with Blue and White
In No. 769, we have an example of how the Chinese mixed
blue under the glaze painting, with enamels over the glaze.
Diameter, 13g inches ; height, Ijj- inch. No mark. The prunus
pattern on the rim, as also the spiked band enclosing the
central decoration, are in blue under the the
glaze, ordinary
blue and white, the four reserves filled with little land-
being
scapes in green, rose, and gilt. In the centre there is a lotus
flower in rose with a gilt middle, the rest of the
bright ground
being covered with an arabesque design in white enamel, which
is relieved rose and four
by eight gilt spots.
Decorations in Blue Enamel.
No. 770. Plate. Diameter, 11 inches; height, 1[> inch;
No mark. At the back of the rim there are some'
gilt edge.
twelve indentations all the way round, as if it had rested on
twelve small supports before being baked. This is a very nice
plate, good in all respects, and uncommon in decoration ; it
belongs to the armorial class, owing to the crest in gilt, red,
and black on the rim. As is often the case about this time,
the rim is covered with in white enamel, to which in
arabesque