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A CATALOGUE OF
No. 33
Green Bottle, with cylindrical neck and compressed pear-shaped body, of
fine porcelain covered with a translucent and brilliant-green glaze, re-
sembling dark-colored emerald, or Imperial green jade ("Fai-tsou-i").
This color is carried solidly from the foot to the interior of neck, and the body sus-
tains a superposed black decoration, displaying a bit of landscape, in which a pine tree,
and also a boat with a man, are principally noticeable, painted on the green body-color
before glazing.
The underneath foot is glazed without mark.
Probably produced during the first part of the eighteenth century (Ch'ang dynasty).
Height, 8 inches.
Diameter, 5 inches.
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