Page 57 - Yamanaka co Auction catalog

85-PAIR BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS (K'ang-hsi)
Ovoidal bodies springing from a low foot and very slightly
flaring at the rim. Fine white porcelain, light, firm and
sonorous, decorated on all surfaces in two shades of cobalt
blue, and white reserve, with a conventionalized peony mo-
tive, in blossom, scroll and plant. Mark, in underglaze
blue within a blue double ring: Ta-Ch'ing-K' anq-hsi-nien-
chih ("Made in the reign of K'ang-hsi of the great Ch'ing
dynasty"-which disintegrated in the recent revolution).
Have carved teakwood five-legged table-stands.
Diameter, 614 inches.

86-BLUE AND WHITE SMALL ROSE JAR WITH COVER
(K' ang-hsi)
Oviform, the cover cap-shaped. The jar has an all-over
decoration in brilliant blue on the white ground, composed
of rambling stems of lotus flowers and many blossoms,
amidst a formal foliar scroll in fine lines, which is inter-
rupted on two sides by figures of boys, seated and clinging
to the stems as though swinging-sometimes called "The
Twins." The motive, without the figures, is continued on
the cover. Mark, a blue double ring. Has carved teak-
wood stand. Height, 4% inches.