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A CATALOGUE OF
No. 39
Semi-egg-shell Plate, octagonal in form, of hard-paste ("Ts'ing") porce-
lain; the decoration shows two borders: the inner, with a purplish
enameled ground, involving the lotus, is overlapped by the outer bor-
dering with its foliations, including blossoms and a fret design.
These borders encircle the center panel, depicting a landscape with two women;
one is in a boat, accompanied by a child, and the other is in the foreground upon the
shore, carrying a child on her back, and a tree bearing red blossoms completes the
scene.
The under side is glazed in white.
Late K'ang-hsi or Yung-cheng (1723-1735).
Dicimeter, 7 V2 inches.
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