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and on rock, the other with hawthorn and
pseonies pheasant
birds. The handle is covered with small floral designs, as also
the spout. The cover is in aubergine, with plaques of flowers
and bands. No red appears in the decoration.
"
It is a very dainty little piece of the earlier portion of
the Eang-he era."
"
No. 528. A bowl 3 inches high by 8 inches in diameter.
"The groundwork of this bowl is yellow, on which are
drawn various fish in green, black and white, and white, swim-
stems and leaves of seaweed and other
ming amongst aquatic
The interior of the bowl is at the bottom of
plants. yellow,
which is a in with black scales.
carp green
"
It is marked on the base with the six characters of the
Hwa 20
Ching period (1465-1488), but this is evidently a mistake,
as it to the earlier of the era."
clearly belongs portion Kang-he
No. 529. "A small sexagonal teapot of pale sea-green
ground.
"
Each panel is separated by a narrow yellow line, and on
the shoulder are fancy borders in aubergine, green, and yellow.
Each contains of various utensils and vases in
panel drawings
several shades of and black. It is
green, aubergine, yellow,
surmounted by a cover of a pale green, on which are several
symbols and borders ; and the same decoration is on the
The handle is in with black lines
spout. pale yellow, repre-
the bamboo.
senting
"
This also to the earlier of the
belongs portion Kang-he
era."
Three-coloured.
Although, as we have seen, this style had got merged into
others, still it appears at times to have been reproduced in its
original simplicity. Of this we have a very good example
in the little vases
interesting (Nos. 530, 531) belonging to
Mrs. which are
Bythesea, very good examples of this class,
the enamels
being very transparent and of excellent colour.
!0
I should think, without doubt, this is an early Kang-he bowl. The
mark of Ching Hwa is placed on many specimens of the Kang-he period
intentionally, and it is supposed that the artists paid homage to the period
Ching Hwa, and may have been copying specimens which are now almost
undiscoverable. T. J. L.
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