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CHINESE PORCELAINS
The picture subject is inclosed at the shoulder by a broad border in brocaded design
(involving the lotus), with an elaborate scallop-pointed edging that overlaps the white
ground of the landscape below. This border is followed by another immediately above,
with a crimson honeycomb-fret, including white reserve medallions and emblematic attri-
butes; above this, the neck displays fragments of terraces, flowers and herbage, amid
rocky peaks, on a white ground ; this same motive, with its horizontal line indicating a
flooded country, is also shown on the base, over which is a band of lotus palmation, that
also overlaps the landscape subject on the body.
The cover is bell-shaped and topped by a large knob with a lotus flower, and sus-
tains a subject similar to that on the vase i.e., court ladies in boats among the lotus;
the flanged rim is bordered with a diaper design involving four white medallions with
emblems.
Era of the Emperor Yung-cheng (I 723-1 735).
Height, 33 inches.
Diameter, 91 ' 2 inches.
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