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73. Two Bowls with the Chia Ching mark (1522-1566), with
DESIGNS outlined IN BROWN AND WASHED IN WITH

COLOURS IN MONOCHROME GROUNDS . . (Colour) 50

—Fig. 1. With peach sprays in a yellow ground. Alexander Collection.

Fig. 2. With phoenixes (Jeng-huang) flying among scrolls of ma-tan

peony. Cumberbatch Collection.

74. Two Bowls with gilt designs on a monochrome ground.

Probably Chia Ching period (1522-1566) . (Colour) 54
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—Fig. 1. ^With lotus scroll with etched details on a ground of iron red 64
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(fan hung) outside. Inside is figure of a man holding a branch 74

of cassia, a sj^mbol of literary success, painted in underglaze blue.

—Mark in blue, tan kuei (red cassia).

Fig. 2. With similar design on ground of emerald green enamel. Mark

in blue in the form of a coin or cash with the characters ch'ang
ming fu kuei (" long life, riches and honours ")•

.........75. Ming Porcelain
—Fig. 1. Tripod Bowl with raised peony scroUs in enamel colours. Wan

—Li mark. Eumorfopoulos Collection.

Fig. 2. Blue and white Bowl, Chia Ching period. Mark, Wan ku ch'ang

ch'un ("a myriad antiquities and enduring spring"). Kunstgewerbe

—Museum, Berlin.

Fig. 3. Ewer with white slip ch'i-lin on a blue ground. Wan Li period.

—Eumorfopoulos Collection.

Fig. 4. Gourd-shaped Vase with winged dragons and fairy flowers,
raised outlines and coloured glazes on the biscuit. Sixteenth cen-

tury. Salting Collection.

...76. Blue and White Porcelain. Sixteenth Century
—Fig. 1. Vase with monster handles, archaic dragons. Halsey Col-

—lection.

Fig. 2. Hexagonal Bottle, white in blue designs. IMark, a hare. Alex-

—ander Collection.

Fig. 3. Bottle with " garlic mouth," stork and lotus scrolls, white in

—blue. Salting Collection.

Fig. 4. Vase (mei p'ing), Imperial dragon and scrolls. Wan Li mark

on the shoulder. Coltart Collection.
......British Museum
77. Two Examples of Ming Blue and White Porcelain in the

(Colour)

—Fig. 1. Ewer of thin, crisp porcelain with foliate mouth and rustic

spout with leaf attachments. Panels of figure subjects and land-
scapes on the body : " rat and vine " pattern on the neck and a band

of hexagon diaper enclosing a cash symbol. Latter half of the six-

—teenth century.

Fig. 2. Octagonal Stand, perhaps for artist's colours. On the sides

are scenes from the life of a sage. Borders of ju-i pattern and gad-
roons. On the top are lions sporting with brocade baUs. Painted

in deep Mohammedan blue. Mark of the Chia Ching period (1522-

1566).

78. Porcelain with pierced (ling lung) designs and biscuit

.......RELIEFS. Late Ming

—Fig. 1. Bowl with Eight Immortals and pierced swastika fret. S. E.
—Kennedy Collection.

Fig. 2. Bowl with blue phoenix medallions, pierced trellis work and

—characters. Wan Li mark. Hippisleg Collection.

Fig. 3. Covered Bowl with blue and white landscapes and biscuit

reliefs of Eight Immortals. Grandidier Collection.

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