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A CATALOGUE OF
No. 37
Semi-spherical Coupe, of fine white ("Ts'ing-yao") porcelain.
This specimen is glazed in a brilliant "peach-bloom" color ("peau-de-peche"), with
beautiful variations, in its mottling resembling the skin of a ripening peach, and display-
ing deep tones melting into the shade of ashes-of-roses or pale and softer tints, vsith moss-
green flecks also visible, especially at the smeill neck: a characteristic coloring found only
in the most umque specimens.
The foot is finished with fine edge, and underneath the white glaze bears in blue the
six character-marks, Ta-tsing, K'ang-hsi, Nien-chi period (1662—1722).
Height, 3 V2 inches.
Diameter, at base, 5 inches.
From the Startseff Collection, Tientsin.
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