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207-PORTRAIT OF A l\IAKDARIX BOY
fin , bright little f .llow i portrayed, who e pre entment
would promptly have di p lled D Quincey' fanta tic af-
firmation that to him 0 venerable wa hina that a Chin
wa an antediluvian being I' n wed and a young Chinaman
an impo ibility. The young ele tial in hi rich mandarin
rob i r clining on one elbow on a woven bamboo ofa
toward the right and face turn d to look quarely at th
pectator, with cl ar, miling, pre ci nt ye. Hi coat i
of delicat, emi-tran p rent gre n-blu silk work d with
floral form ,it black bord I' embroider d in gold and ilv I'
with the ndl -knot embl 111 and flower scroll , and hi
ample trou er ar a 1'0 e-pink. He i fondling a fre h
ripe m Ion of a rich toma.to-r d hu , and above him the
arti t ha p nciled an in cription in fine caligraphic char-
acter ,with eal, ayinO' that the boy' eye i clear, hi'
mind n itive and COlT ct, and hi body neither too fat
nor too 1 an, whil it urfac is a mooth a th kin of the
fre h m Ion hear e.
Height, lay'! inclies ; length, 22y'! inches.