Page 53 - Yamanaka co Auction catalog

82-PAIR IMPERIAL DECORATEDJARS WITH THEIR OWN ORIG-
INAL COVERS (Ch'ien-lung)
Oviform with high shoulder, the body gently contracting
below, and presenting the semblance of a short cylindrical
section on approaching the foot. Above, the shoulder
rounds abruptly to a short neck, in which the outline re-
curves to a slightly thickened lip. The cover is hat-shaped,
with a lotus bud as button, or knob-finial, and a protuber-
ant cylinder within and below fits into the narrow neck of
the jar. Clear white hard paste porcelain, coated with a
brilliant lemon-yellow glaze, the yellow having the charac-
teristic faint inclination toward green, and a surface repre-
sentative of the fruit-skin texture, with a reserve decora-
tion of clusters of peaches, loquats, pomegranates and wild
cherries beautifully penciled in notes of rich cobalt blue.
Base border of palmations, formal shoulder border, and on
the cover a [u-i scepter-head border, in the same colors.
On the foot the imperial Ch'ien-Iung seal in brilliant under-
glaze blue. (One jar slightly cracked.) Have carved teak-
wood stands.
Height, 12% inches.
(Illustrated in Color)

83- Two PORCELAIN TABLE SCREENS (Ch'ien-lung)
Quadrilateral porcelain panels, set into teakwood stand-
ards carved in relief and openwork with dragons, scepter-
heads and scrolls. The panels, glazed in a pure turquoise
tone which approaches robin's-egg hue, are beautifully or-
namented in gold with wooded and mountainous landscapes
containing pavilions and gardens, the designs being deli-
cately etched and the gold laid in afterward.
Dimensions of tile, 16% by 11% inches ; height of screen, 26% inches.