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62-MIRROR-BLACK VASE (K'ang-hsi)
Mammoth pear-shape on a short, spreading foot, with short
neck and trumpet mouth. Fine hard paste of ringing note,
covered with an ebony-black glaze of mirror quality. The
decoration in gold which originally distinguished all of the
mirror-blacks extended in this example from the foot to
the very edge of the rim. Its elaborate lines may be traced
all over the body; the neck was encircled by a band of
palmations, and under the lip a honeycomb border retains
vestiges of its gold. The mouth is glazed in white. Has
carved teakwood stand.
Height) 9 inches.

63-LARGE YELLOW BOTTLE (Late Ch'ien-lung)
Globular-ovoidal. body, with comparatively slender neck,
slightly expanding. Glazed in a brilliant yellow of rich
quality, with various gradations in tone, the glaze con-
tinued under the foot and within the neck. Has a two-tier
teakwood stand elaborately carvd III a lotus motive.
Height) 13% inches ..
(Illustrated)

64-PAIR IMPERIAL YELLOW JARS WITH ORIGINAL COVERS
(Chia Ch'ing)
Ornamental jars, with full bodies, ovoid in shape; on a
short cylindrical foot, and with short neck, lightly molded
at the lip. The covers are hat-shaped, with a mandarin-
button finial. Sonorous white porcelain coated with a bril-
liant glaze of imperial yellow, with the characteristic me-
tallic luster. The glaze continues under the foot, and the
interior of both jar and cover is glazed in white. Elabo-
rately carved teakwood stands.
Height) 11% inches.
(Illustrated)