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94. Porcelain decorated in enamels on the biscuit . . 142

—Fig. 1. Ewer in form of the character S/iou (Longevity) ; blue and white

panel with figure designs. Early K'ang Hsi period. Salting Collection.

Fig. 2.— Ink Palette, dated 31st year of K'ang Hsi (1692 a.d.). British

Museum.

95. Two Examples of porcelain, painted with coloured

enamels on the biscuit, the details of the designs

BEING first traced IN BROWN. K'ang Hsi Period

(1662-1722) (Colour) 150
154
—Pig. 1. One of a pair of Buddhistic Lions, sometimes called Dogs of

Fo. This is apparently the lioness, with her cub : the lion has a

ball of brocade under his paw. On the head is the character wang

(prince), which is more usual on the tiger of Chinese art. S. E.

—Kennedy Collection.

Fig. 2. Bottle-shaped Vase and Stand moulded in bamboo pattern

and decorated with floral brocade designs and diapers. Cope

Bequest, V. & A. Museum.

......the biscuit
96. Vase of Baluster Form painted in coloured enamels on

(Colour)

The design, which is outlined in brown, consists of a beautifully drawn
prunus (mei hud) tree in blossom and hovering birds, besides a
roclcery and smaller plants of bamboo, etc., set in a ground of mottled
green. Ch'eng Hua mark, but K'ang Hsi period (1662-1722).
British Museum.

97. Square Vase (Colour) 156

With pendulous body and high neck slightly expanding towards the
top : two handles in the form of archaic lizard-like dragons (chih
lung), and a pyramidal base. Porcelain painted with coloured
enamels on the biscuit, with scenes representing Immortals on a
log raft approaching Mount P'eng-lai in the Taoist Paradise. K'ang
Hsi period (1662-1722). British Museum.

98. K'ang Hsi Porcelain with on-biscuit decoration. Dresden

Collection . 160

—Fig. 1.Teapot in form of a lotus seed-pod, enamels on the biscuit.
—Fig. 2.Hanging Perfume Vase, reticulated, enamels on the biscuit.
—Fig. 3.Ornament in form of a Junk, transparent san ts'ai glazes.

99. K'ang Hsi Porcelain with on-biscuit decoration . . 160
160
—Fig. 1. Ewer with black enamel ground, lion handle. Cope Bequest,
—V. & A. Museum.

Fig. 2. Figure of the Taoist Immortal, Ho Hsien Ku, transparent

—san ts'ai glazes. S. E. Kennedy Collection.

Fig. 3. Vase and Stand, enamelled on the biscuit. Cope Bequest.

100. Screen with Porcelain Plaque, painted in enamels on the

.........biscuit

Light green background. K'ang Hsi period (1662-1722). In the
Collection of the Hon. E. Evan Charteris.

101. Vase with panels of landscapes and po ku symbols in

famille verte enamels . . .. .160

In a ground of underglaze blue trellis pattern. ..
(1662-1722). Dresden Collection.
K'ang Hsi period