Page 510 - Chinese Porcelain Vol II, Galland

4 6o KEEN-LUNG.
of curl-work all in red, the pattern, merely relieved by lotus
introduced at intervals: the scrolls or clouds
flowers, being
are in gilt or green enamel. Above this there is a leaf band,
and the reader will notice the broader and more complicated
form of the leaves, as in No. 690, compared with the older
forms of this pattern. Key and joo-e head bands in gilt on
red the decoration,
complete
Dessert Plates.
In no section do we meet with greater variety than in this,
where nearly every style of decoration is to be met with, and
it would be to form a collection of these that
possible plates
would very well illustrate the whole history of Chinese
ceramics during the present dynasty.
No. 802. Rose plate. Diameter, 8| inches; height, 1^
inch. No mark. Brown edge. This is known as the barn-
door pattern, and is probably one of the earliest, as also one
of the most effective of the many designs we find on these rose
dessert sets. The lady in the centre is clad in a green enamel
mantle with yellow skirt, and might have stepped out of a
famille verte dish rest of the decoration
Kang-he ; but the
to the rose On the rim six
belongs entirely period. pome-
granates with shaded rose leaves alternate with six diaper
ornaments, brown curl-work and pink ground trellis-work
turn about
doing duty ; the former are decorated with a citron,
the latter with a peach, both resting on & joo-e head ornament.
At back there are three fungi traced in red.
No. 803. Eose plate. Diameter, 9 inches ; height, 1 inch.
No mark. Brown edge. This is probably of somewhat later
date to the last, and is of a coarse grey porcelain ; but the
decoration is most delicate and very charming. The marking
off is done by a number of pink lines ; the trellis-work border
at the edge is in pink broken by eight small gilt lotus flowers.
The rim is covered with pink fish -roe work, which gives the
a different look to those with the brown
plate quite ordinary
curl diaper. This is broken by two leaf and two fan-shaped
reserves marked off by green, and between these are four large
and small flowers with
pink eight green foliage. To the left,
above a small lotus, the reader will notice a yellow pointed
On the side the flowers are in
peach. pink, blue, and yellow