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body and slightly spreading mouth. Height, 13f inches.
No mark. Here the white and covered
paste is beautifully
with a brilliant glaze, below which, when looked closely into,
the surface is seen to be covered with a network of very large
crackle. The blue is very thickly applied, evidently by means
of and
hatching stippling. On the neck, as also at the base,
there are bands with the ornaments
diaper joo-e head-shaped
which enter so into from about this time
largely compositions
onwards. The main decoration consists of the peach, pome-
and Buddha's-hand citron, in three extended
granate, sprays
so as to ornament the whole surface. As the reader already
knows, these symbolize the three abundances, viz. years, sons,
and
promotions.
Fitzhugh Pattern.
No. 781. Plate. Diameter, 9f inches ; height, If inch.
No mark. Made of soft crackle and decorated in blue
paste
under the glaze with what in America is known as the Fitz-
which is often to be found on India-China ha$l
hugh pattern,
The outer half of the rim is covered with a wash
paste. light
of blue, on which a trellis- work is in a darker
diaper painted
shade. This band appears also in the centre, enclosing four
in half so as to show the fruit inside, and
pomegranates split
four-hand of Buddha critons. The rest of the decoration of
this blue and white consists of four of flowers and
plate groups
symbols. On a European plate the decoration would at once
be to be transfer work, but when looked
pronounced carefully
into, turns out to be the result of hand-painting, and an
excellent specimen of Chinese manual labour. Arising from
the of the decoration, there has been a
particular appearance
good deal of discussion as to whether these plates were made
in the north or south, some that the latter was
people holding
the case, and therefore that all the mandarins with this
style
of blue and white were made in the of Canton.
neighbourhood
On this Mr. writes as follows : " I have
subject Winthrop
been, since a little boy, accustomed to the daily use of a
certain rather coarse Canton blue and white China
depicting
the time-honoured ' willow It was in use at
pattern.' my
maternal house. At her death I received the
grandmother's
service, or what remained of it, and I have always renewed