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CHINESE PORCELAINS
No. 52
Tea-pot (called also wine-pot), of hard-paste porcelain in early "famille
verte."
Cylindrically formed, and in imitation of split bamboo joined together, widi the handle
and spout curved.
The ring-like divisions of the bamboo are picked out with small floral decorations on
the various tinted grounds, including pale green, light lavender, and amber-yellow.
Its cover partakes the scalloped outline of the pot, and is tipped with a bamboo
twig for handle, and also painted with bamboo foliage, all emblematic and symbolical
of longevity.
Ivory-tinted glaze at the foot, with biscuit rim.
Era of K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height, 3 ^ 4 inches.
Diameter, 3 4 inches.
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