Page 230 - Chinese porcelains collected by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio, by John Getz

A CATALOGUE OF

No. 68

Tall Rectangular Vase, massive fine white porcelain, with small raised
openwork medallions, brilliantly decorated in "seven colors" of the
"famille verte" palette.

The four upright panels display elaborate " over-glaze " painting, which effectively

involves red lotus blossoms, on a transparent green brocaded ground \vith arabesques
and foliage, in combination with the raised openwork medallions.

Each side sustains two "a jour" medallions slightly raised; of these the lower are uni-
formly square, and have lamdscapes \Nith the fabled "dog Fo" in lustrous glazes; the
upper row of medeJlions are alternately fan-shaped euid round, depicting flowering plants
and birds, together with IcUid and water scenes, all carefully executed in the paste and

picked out with bright-colored enamels.

The sides are uniformly inclosed by a narrow green and black border, with the outer
edges showmg the glazed white body-color. The decoration on the incline of shoulder

carries the brocaded design from the sides into a raised " scepter head " or fungus-like
band in green " over-glaze," with a white reserved outline.

The square neck, with its raised band of green palmation upon the white body,
starts from a small key-fret in red glaze, and is finished at the top by a projecting rim,
showing on each side two small green archaic motives.

The base, which is slightly contracted from the body, carries a small diamond-shaped

border, and the lower edge is fimshed wath a small scroll.

The under foot is biscuit, with a glazed sunken panel.
Its period is seventeeth century (late Ming or early K'ang-hsi).

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Height, 1 ' 2 inches.

Diameter, 6 4 inches.
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