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A CATALOGUE OF
No. 41
Reticulated Hanging Flower-Vase, hard white ("Ts'ing") porcelain,
made to resemble netted cords and open passementerie work.
The vase is glazed amber-yellow and striped in black; the several bordered surfaces
form a framing and sustain an interior cylindrical vessel, which at the top is richly deco-
rated with a brocaded band involving blossoms on a green srippled ground.
The exterior rim displays a floral brocaded design with green ground; and, below, a
red "herring-bone "-fret encircles the shoulder; another small border in red fungiform
tracery finishes the base.
The porcelain chains and cross-bar are decorated to imitate gold-inlaid bronze.
The foot is glazed in greenish-white and contains a pierced diamond in a circle.
Attributed to K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height, 6'/2 inches to top of ring-holders.
Diameter, 4 inches.
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