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CHINESE PORCELAINS
No. 9
Blue and White Tea-pot, globular form, with small handle and spout
fine-textured hard-paste porcelain.
The surface is uniformly covered with a brilliant blue ground, and shows a lotus
arabesque design, in white reserve, involving a naked boy on each side, among the
scrolled stems/
A chevron fret borders the rim, and the cover is decorated to match, and carries a
fine white arabesque motive with two shades of blue, and also tipped by a button.
The handle and spout show the glazed white paste with simple decoration.
The foot underneath bears a blue ring with a spherical object with ribbons, symbol
"of " the Pear! {chin or chu).
Era of K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height, 4 inches. spotless. This motive is usually found only on
faultless porcelain,
Diameter, 4 inches.
' .T^e combination of children and lotus flow-
ers IS Buddhistic and supposed to show that the
hearts of youth are good, as the flowers are
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