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sea dashing against the pillars of rock, and an immortal
between each. It is to notice
appearing always interesting
how these worthies are portrayed. In this instance Han
carries his fan as usual, but is mounted on a monster.
Chung-le
Leu rides on the trunk of a tree. Le/as usual when at sea,
floats on his Tsaou is mounted on a mule. Lan,
gourd.
as a man, rides some sort of monster. as
represented Chang,
usual, is on his mule. Han Seang-tsze, holding a great gilt
is borne on a leaf; while Ho is seated in a skiff, which
peach,
she steers with her hoe.
No. 796. Rose plate. Diameter, 15 1 inches ; height,
2 inches. No mark. Brown edge. Three red pfeonies at
back of rim. On the rim, at the edge, there is a band of
brown-red curl-work, from which four
spring groups of flowers,
rose and chrysanthemums, with and bamboo
paeonies, prunus
sprays, along with which are mixed yellow and other coloured
flowers. On the sides, two pink and two green bands, with a
flower in the middle of each. The reserves are marked
gilt
off by blue enamel, and filled with symbols. In the centre, two
horses, one rose-coloured, the other dappled brown and gilt,
under a willow tree with purple stalk. This seems to be a
which
very bright aubergine glaze, appears in the rocks also.
No. 797. Eose Diameter, 15 inches
plate. j^ ; height,
2^ inches. No mark. Brown edge. Here at the edge there
is a scroll band in the decoration marked off
gilt, being by
circles. The lower of the rim and sides are decorated
gilt part
with eight red fish among alternate green and sepia green
bunches of water-plant. In the centre there is the usual
etc., the basket itself
basket of flowers, pink paeonies, being
in sepia.
"
These two are and
plates simply fancy pictures, represent
no scene."
No. 798. Plate of Diameter, 12 inches
good porcelain. ;
2 inches. No mark. Brown There is a
height, edge. pink
band with ice cracks and white blossoms at the
prunus edge,
and another
pink band with trellis-work on the side ; between
these the decoration on the rim consists of lotus flowers with
ducks, and in the centre a charming group of pink lotus
flowers, one of which has a blue centre. The is in
foliage
two shades of green, the darker being somewhat of the peacock