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......79. Wan Li Polychrome Porcelain
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—Fig. 1. Vase {mei p'ing) with engraved design, green in a yellow
ground, Imperial dragons in clouds, rocks and wave border. Wan

—Li mark. British Museum.

Fig. 2. Bottle with pierced casing, phoenix design, etc., painted in under-

glaze blue and enamels ; cloisonn6 enamel neck. Eumorfopoulos

—Collection.

Fig. 3. Covered Jar, plum blossoms and symbols in a wave pattern

ground, coloured enamels in an aubergine background. British

Museum. (Colour) 84

.....80. Covered Jar or Potiche

Painted in iron red and green enamels, with a family scene in a garden,

and brocade borders of ju-i pattern, peony scrolls, etc. Sixteenth

¢ury. Salting Collection, V. A. Museum.

81. Beaker-shaped Vase of Bronze Form . . (Colour) 88
90
With dragon and phoenix designs painted in underglaze blue, and red, 90

green and yellow enamels ; background of fairy flowers (pao hsiang

hud) and borders of " rock and wave " pattern. Mark of the Wan
Li period (1573-1619) in six characters on the neck. An Imperial

piece. British Museum.

.......82. Late Ming Porcelain
—Fig. 1. Jar of Wan Li period, enamelled. Mark, a hare. British
—Museum,
Fig. 2. Bowl with Eight Immortals in relief, coloured glazes on the

—biscuit. Eumorfopoulos Collection.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5. Blue and white porcelain, early seventeenth century.

British Museum.

83. Vase

With blue and white decoration of rockery, phoenixes, and flowering
shrubs. Found in India. Late Ming period. Halsey Collection.

84. Vase of Baluster Form vs^ith Small Mouth (mei p'ing). 96

(Colour)

Porcelain with coloured glazes on the biscuit, the designs outlined in

Aslender fillets of clay. meeting of sages in a landscape beneath

an ancient pine tree, the design above their heads representing the

mountain mist. On the shoulders are large ju-i shaped lappets

enclosing lotus sprays, with pendent jewels between ; fungus (ling

Achih) designs on the neck. Yellow glaze under the base. late

example of this style of ware, probably seventeenth century. Salting

&Collection, V. A. Museum.

85. Vase (Colour) 104

With crackled greenish grey glaze coated on the exterior with trans-
parent apple green enamel : the base unglazed. Probably six-
teenth century. British Museum.

86. FuKiEN Porcelain. Ming Dynasty . . . . .112

—Fig. 1. Figure of Kuan-yln with boy attendant. Ivory white. Eumor-

—fopoulos Collection.

Fig. 2. Bottle with prunus sprigs in relief, the glaze crackled all over

—and stained a brownish tint. Eumorfopoulos Collection. Ivory

Fig. 3. Figure of Bodhidharma crossing the Yangtze on a reed.
&white. Salting Collection, V.
A. Museum.