Page 60 - Yamanaka co Auction catalog

90-WHITE "BODILESS" BOWL (Yung-lo)
Practically in inverted cone-shape, the sides, however, show-
ing a slight curvature in their broad flare after springing
from a very low foot. Varying from the rare Yung-lo
bowls of this type usually found, the perimeter of this one
is not indented, but forms a sharp-edged perfect plane cir-
cle. The structure is that known as "bodiless" porcelain,
the paste having been removed after the marvelously deli-
cate work of tracing completely around the bowl an in-
tricate ornamentation of dragons amidst clouds, and within
the bottom a finely designed border. These may be ob-
served only against a strong light, when the translucent
fabric seems more than ever as though composed of glaze
alone. Has stand of carved teakwood in which is embedded
a white jade medallion carved in high relief with two
spotted deer under a pine tree, a branch of the sacred
fungus between them.
Diameter) 7% inches.

91-WHITE ENGRAVEDPLAQUE (K'ang-hsi)
Circular, in the form of a deep dish or plate, on a low foot
from which the body springs in ovoid curve, changing into
a flaring rim with up-turned edge. Pure white hard paste
sonorous porcelain, coated with a luminous glaze of soft
milk-white, with a brown rim. The upper surfaces dis-
close an underglaze decoration, incised in the paste and un-
colored, in the center a large medallion enclosing a four-
clawed dragon fiercely pursuing the flaming jewel amid fire
and cloud scrolls, and on the rim a border of blossoms and
intertwining foliations. Accompanied by a carved teak-
wood stand in which is set a large medallion of white jade,
embodying the four-clawed dragon carved in bold relief and
undercut, coiled, his head facing straight to the front and
features and members engraved.
Diameter, 10% inches.