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494 TAOU-KWANG.
instance, when this vase is placed so that you can see the
inside and outside at the same time.

Yung-ching Verte.
Of older wares imitated this Nos. 884, 885
during reign,
are as of late verte. These
interesting, examples Yung-ching
bowls diameter, 6 inches ; height, 3 inches, mark Taou-kwang
in the seal character are excellent of the ware we con-
copies
sidered in Nos. 669-672. Decorated with the old motive of
lotus and ducks, the is traced in blue under the
design glaze,
which shows the of the as also the
through green foliage, green,
and of the ducks
yellow, aubergine plumage ; the red of the
flowers is a very good reproduction of like shade in Yung-ching
times. The band of five claw at the rim outside is in
dragons
blue under the as also the band inside. The characters
glaze,
forming this latter would seem to indicate that, like Nos. 338,
339, these bowls originally formed part of a set intended as a
from the to some of China's
present emperor tributary princes.
Canton Ware.
In Nos. 886, 887 we have illustrations of a class of
special
Canton ware, a thick of fine as
heavy porcelain (often quality,
seen in the undecorated of No. covered with
portions 886)
coloured enamels.
No. 886. Dish. Diameter, 9| inches; height, 2 inches.
No mark. Gilt
edge.
No. 887. Bowl. Diameter, 7^ inches ; height, 3 inches.
Mark, Taou-kwang seal in red on white ground, which has
been left when on the enamel The bowl
putting ; gilt edge.
is inferior in to the dish, and seems to be made, as
every way
seen at the stand of some coarser material. Both are covered
with two shades of on the
green enamel, the decoration being
lighter of the two shades ; the back of the dish, the inside and
base of the bowl covered with a more bluish The
being green.
bowl, it will be noticed, is ornamented with four mangs a
blue, a pink, a brick-coloured, and a light blue one ; these fit
into a floral in shaded hues of the above colours.
arabesque
The of the bowl is inferior to that of the dish, but
colouring