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A CATALOGUE OF
No. 47
Tea-pot, melon form, of hard-paste porcelain simulating curved and split
bamboos; the spout is also formed like a shoot of bamboo, while the
handle, in imitation of ratan, is glazed in amber-yellow, on which the
black rings imitate wickerwork.
TTie globular body is painted with small floral decorations of various kinds, in poly-
chrome colors, distributed on the bamboo sections over a white ground, in an alternate
design, and a red-fret band inclosing the neck and base.
The cover is similarly decorated and grooved, and finished with a scalloped edge and
a penciled border.
The foot is white.
Era of K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height, 6 inches.
'/ 4
Diameter, 4 inches.
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