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CHINESE PORCELAINS
No. 36
Shallow Coupe, of fine white ("Ts'ing-yao") porcelain, with the exterior
surface invested in a brilliant peach-colored glaze ("peau-de-peche"),
showing interesting mottling in deeper and lighter tones of the most
esteemed peach-bloom variety, including markings and flecking of a moss-
like green, characteristic of the best examples of its class.
The interior is glazed in white, and the foot is finished by a fine rim, and bears
underneath in blue the six character-marks of K'ang-hsi (1662-1 722).
Height, 1 ^/g inches.
Diameter, 4 '/2 inches.
From the Startseff Collection, Tientsin.
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