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A CATALOGUE OF CHINESE PORCELAINS
Nos. 31 and 32
Two White Cups ("a jour"), of fine hard paste with blue borders.
The fine pierced diaper-work is in combination with five circular-formed medallions
that sustain two figures each in high relief, undercut, and with gilt robes, the heads re-
—maining white biscuit ; representing ten Chinese mythological persons probably the
eight (Pa-sien) legendary beings of the Taoist sect, together with Lao Tsze and Si
Wang, the Genii Queen.
The base is decorated with a band in blue foliation under the glaze, and a second
blue band in blue diapered design encircles the top near the rim.
The foot is white biscuit and of typical texture, produced under the Emperor K'ang-
hsi (1662-1722).
The two cups vary only in the blue border near rim: Le., one shows a diapered
band at the top, and the second carries instead a dentate band otherwise they are alike.
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Height, 2 inches.
Diameter, 3'/ 2 inches.
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