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628. DEEP BOWL OF WHITE PORCELAIN, bearing outside and in the centre

inside a rudely incised pattern of floral sprays and fungus. The ground of the piece
is covered with rich purplish brown glaze, and the sprays are tinted with white,

—green and yeUow. Height 3| inches. Diameter 7^ inches. Ming K'ang-Hsi.

629. TALL BALUSTER-SHAPED VASE, cut down at neck, and with inlaid black

wood stopper, in white porcelain, with greenish-blue turquoise ground with boldly
painted decoration of floral arabesque. The flowers are painted in pale aubergine
and yellow, the leaves in green, and the stems in pale yellow. The piece has been
cracked across the middle where the original vase was made in two pieces, and is
now strongly rivetted. 15 inches high. Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

630. SHALLOW BASIN OR DEEP SAUCER OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN,

with bright enamelled yellow ground, decorated with white birds in arabesques of
green foliage. All the ornament is outlined in manganese brown. Diameter 7 inches .

Ming.

631. BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, with wide bulbous neck of fine white porcelain, with dark

—cafe au lait lustrous ground, and flowering sprays and birds painted in white slip.

Height II inches. Ming K'ang-Hsi.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

632 and 633. PAIR OF DRUM-SHAPED SEATS IN WHITE PORCELAIN, with

raised, incised and perforated ornament. Decorated with kylins and emblems in
brilliant enamel colours on a ground of rich orange-yellow glaze. 10 inches high.
Ch'ien Lung.

These are two splendid examples of the doings of the i8th century Chinese potter
when he set out to reproduce the styles of the potters of the Ming period.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

634. FLAT DISH OR LARGE DEEP SAUCER OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN.

Ground covered with brilliant green enamel and decorated with wave scrolls, horses
and emblems firmly outlined in underglaze black, and either left in the white glaze

—of the piece or painted with aubergine or pale yellow. Diameter io| inches. Ming

K'ang-Hsi.

635. BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, with wide bulbous neck of fine white porcelain;

—lustrous greyish chocolate ground decorated with a raised pattern in white of

lotus and birds. Height 11 inches. Ming K'ang-Hsi.

This vase was probably made at the same time and place as No. 631, and was
intended to be the same colour, the difference being due to a variation in the firing

conditions.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

636. BOWL OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN, with incised floral sprays. The

ground is covered with bright yellow enamel and the sprays of flowers left in the
original white glaze of the piece, while the stems and buds are painted with purplish-
brown and the leaves with bright green enamel colours. Height 3f inches, diameter

7I inches. K'ang-Hsi.

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