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8-CELADON COUPE (Ch'ien-lung)
Globular, with small circular mouth; a writer's water ves-
sel. Pure white porcelain of delicate structure, invested
with a clear, luminous celadon glaze, which is continued
underneath the foot, the glaze a light and soft sea-green
of notable purity, even in tone throughout. Under the foot
a four-character mark of ownership-of the palace or tem-
ple to which the cup belonged. Carved ebony lotus stand.
Diameter, 3 inches.

9-SMALL TURQUOISE BOTTLE (K'ang-hsi)
Egg-shape, on a bold circular foot, the body attenuating
slowly in a steeply-sloping shoulder to a short, slender,
tapering neck. Pure white hard paste, coated with a bril-
liant, mirror-like glaze of pure turquoise-blue, minutely
crackled and revealing an infinite series of fine lateral stria-
tions. Teakwood stand.
Height, 5 inches.
lO-UNIQUE PINK BOTTLE (Yung Cheng)
Graceful pear-shape with a low foot and short tubular neck.
Pure white porcelain of heavy body, invested with a fine
glaze of dull luster and soft, unctuous surface, whose color
presents a baffling problem together with an inherent guar-
antee that the vase is truly unique. Experts of wide ex-
perience have never seen its prototype or its companion.
That it was an accident seems indubitable-albeit a happy
one. The glaze is a monochrome, or perhaps it might bet-
ter be said a symphony, in the most delicate and elusive
violet-pink, nascent in an impalpable ash of roses. It sug-
gests the last evanescent flush of a lingering sunset, or the
first faint blush of wakening dawn. Has stand.
Height, 6 inches.
Il-BLEu-sOUF]'LE BOTTLE (Ch'ien-lung)
Globular-ovoidal with straight tubular neck. Covered with
a bluish and white souffle glaze, of dull luster and unctuous
surface. Rim and interior of neck glazed in green. Has
carved teakwood stand.
Height, 6 inches.