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white, almost a pale yellow. On the body are depicted con-
ventional flowers in green, red, yellow, etc. Bound the neck
is a raised coil, apparently hollow, which in some way through
the handle formed a connection with the interior of the vase,
but, unfortunately, the handle has been broken off, so that it is
difficult to follow out what the idea was. The decoration on
the neck consists of a band in green and black, then con-
ventional flowers in yellow, red, and green. The coil is of
with in black ; below the neck there
green, slight markings
is reticulation surrounded by green enamel slightly etched
with black. The pedestal of the vase has various bands in
also etched.
green, slightly
" an
Though it bears no mark, this is unquestionably early
of the era. it has been muti-
piece Kang-he Unfortunately,
lated, but the writer considers it a piece of considerable
interest, both on account of its shape and also its curious
from the of the enamels
decoration, apart charming colouring
and
ground."
Three-coloured.
We now come to one of those three-coloured pieces, so
" "
called by the Chinese, in distinction to the five-coloured or
famille verte class, because are decorated with
they yellow,
and The covered with
green, aubergine. ground is generally
yellow glaze, on which the green and aubergine appear in
or other in most cases, as in the
diaper patterns designs ;
black is often with the other three
present, employed along
colours, or the design is sketched in black, which shows
through the coloured enamels.
No. 499 is one of those holders to date
cylindrical supposed
from Ming times. Height, 10}, inches ; diameter, 5i inches.
No mark. Made of a coarse sort of porcelain. The base is very
slightly glazed, as also the inside. The three white bands, by
which the is encircled like the of a cask, are
piece hoops fairly
white. The lion handle is only on one side, and pierced for
a ring ; the head, covered with yellow enamel, for some reason
is on down. The surface is covered with an excel-
put upside
lent which the black
transparent green enamel, through diaper
pattern of circles sketched on the porcelain show. The horses,
symbols, flowers, and waves are in aubergine, yellow, and