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red, the houses having black roofs. The border is in purple
the in with red and blue flowers.
pink, garlands green,
No. 856. Saucer, same size as the last two, but not fluted.
Here again the decoration is marked off in sepia, which enters
pretty largely into the composition, along with iron red. The
network diaper is in more of a purple, the reserves being
ornamented in red. The greens and blues of the ladies' dresses
are transparent enamels, with a dirty pink, which seems to be
of much the same as the other colours.
composition opaque
No. 857 differs from the others the be
; porcelain may
rather better, but is less cream-coloured. Diameter, 4f inches ;
1 inch. No mark. Brown The border is in
height, edge.
blue under the glaze, the figures are better drawn, and the
dresses of the lady and the two girls are in delicate shades of
somewhat with blue and and the
pink, purple, yellow, covering
of the lute green ; the rock and tree are in light washes of
iron red. Altogether this saucer is superior to the others.
on the saucers, we will take as a of
Following specimen
mandarin jar and cover of the same period, No. 858. Height,
9^ inches ; diameter, 1 inch at base. No mark. The borders
and the marking off of the medallions is in blue under the glaze,
the surface between being covered with gilt scroll-work, while
between the two small reserves at the sides there is a flower
in the same blue in hatches. These
spray applied parallel
small medallions are ornamented with a red flower with
sepia
The as seen in the illustration, is
foliage. large panel,
decorated with a lady in the dull pink of the period with a
blue skirt, the attendant being in blue and green, and the child
in iron red. The pavilion has a sepia roof, iron-red sides
with green panels. The landscape is in red with purple foliage
and blue enamel clouds. In these late pieces we find the blue
under the used in with the blue over the
glaze conjunction glaze.
Blue and White.
That no illustration of the blue and white of this period,
other than that on eggshell, soft paste, or combined with
other colours, has been given sooner is entirely due to the
fact that as a rule it is very inferior to the blue and white of
A deal was made in
the Kang-he period. great for sale
but little of this seems to have been of fine
Europe, very
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