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CHINESE PORCELAINS
The four edges of the vase have yellow-glcized margins and a line of aubergine fram-
ing each panel.
The mortar-shaped neck is also invested in pale-green glaze, like the sides, and sus-
tains various flowers, butterflies, and insects which are dispersed over the field; dark-
green and yellow chevron-fretted borders, at the lip and edge of shoulder, accompanied
by a small band in purple manganese, finish the neck. Each shoulder displays emblem-
atic fungus forms, among grasses, in purple and yellow.
The foot is partly in biscuit, and the white-glazed sunken panel bears the six blue
character-marks of the period Ch'eng-hua (1465-1487). Dynasty of the Ming (apoc-
ryphal).
Paste and translucent glazes are characteristic Ts'ing-yao types produced under
K'ang-hsi.
Height, 19^4 inches.
Diameter at shoulders, 5^4 inches.
Diameter at base, 4^8 inches.
From the collection of Chang-yen Huaui, formerly Minister at Washington and
special Imperial envoy to England for the Queen's Jubilee.
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