Page 303 - Chinese Art, Vol II By Stephen W. Bushell

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ENAMELS, ETC. 87

carefully copied, whiK' the floral ornament and other minor details
of the decoration betray its Chinese conception. An interesting
example of such work for foreign clients is a large oblong salver
of Chinese workmanship and style in the museum, three feet four
and a half inches long, No. 645-76, which is bordered with a long
Armenian inscription of the date a.d. 1776.
Another example in the museum, a perfume sprinkler of Persian
shape, which is illustrated in Fig. 102, is richly enamelled all
over in Chinese style with floral sprays, foliated bands, and
ornamental scrolls. It was made, doubtless, for one of the countries
of Central or Western Asia, where sprinklers of this kind are used
to hold rose water.
The shaped bowl with spreading foot and cover rising in suc-
cessive tiers to be crowned by a knob, which follovvs in Fig. 103,
must have been made by a Canton enameller for the Siamese
market. It is described as a :
" Cinerary Urn (Tho-Khot) and Cover of enamelled copper
; the urn is
painted with four red medallions, each containing a representation of the
Buddhist divinity Norasiiig ; the rest of the surface is covered with yellow
scrolls on a green ground. The dome-shaped cover is painted in tiers with green
and purple bands containing yellow scroU-work ; the lowest band also con-
tains four red medallions, each enclosing the Buddhist divinity Tcphanon.
The inside is enamelled pale green."
The last piece selected for the illustration of this chapter is a beauti-
fully finished basin of delicate and rare workmanship, which is
reproduced here as an exceptional specimen of Chinese craft, in
Fig. 104. It is labelled :—
" Bowl of bronze, deep, with wide flat rim, the inside decorated with
flowers and foliage in gold, silver, and translucent enamel, and the outside
engraved with similar ornament covered with blue translucent enamel."

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