Page 238 - Chinese porcelains collected by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio, by John Getz

A CATALOGUE OF

Tall Square Vase, of dense heav a, with " famille verte " decora-

tion : made to hold arrows. ^ - =; mounted on a Louis XVI

bronze stand to replace u pedestal.

The four quadrangular sides of t. Nit< arc alternately embellished with raised and

openwork ornamentation in separate msions, and with painting in polychrome enamel
amber-colored ground in "over-glaze" decora-
—colors of the early K'a ^ •
A broad horizontal

dons surrounds No 7| ' " four-clMYecU^ dragon-like serpent
(Mang), altemai • a-nbrsqnr foliage in green and lotus

blossoms in red d Pair of Tall Cylmdncal Vases, Seven-color decoration each side into three

distinct sections, (K'ang-hsi) .„ iwo sep)arate adom-
>liage in bold relief, and a rich
—ments two{.e., rais<

flower and fruit d. being (two) raised
circular " Longe\

The lower division, i; decorate

each side, displaying a IS gems," r

conventional cloud ar.(' jjMS are green, alternating with
one in aubergine and one ;>
-niiti and eai^hiisze
Two narrow and raised '^ >th a deUcate and barely visible celadon

with a third band sho
the middle and upper

The white body-glaze i^

fchade.

Early K'ang-hsi (1662

Height, 18 inches.
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Body, 4 inches square.

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