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CASE Aa

686. JAR, with creamy white ground with a decoration of figures in panels boldly lined in

—black, the figures painted with red and green enamel over the glaze. 12 inches

high. Sung Ming.
Lent by W. C, Alexander, Esq.

687. FIGURE TILE, with boldly modelled figure of a seated warrior, in dense buff stoneware

coloured with strong green and yellow-buff glaze. 15 inches high. Early Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

688. LARGE WINE POT, in the form of the Chinese character " Fu " (happiness), with

dragon spout and handles, incised with Chinese characters and foliage, pottery, covered
with bright green glaze. 15 inches high. Late Ming.

689. FLAT BOWL OF COARSE LIGHT BUFF STONEWARE, bearing outside a
8 inches diameter.
pattern of incised dragons, &c., and with a rich yellow glaze.

Ming,

690. DEEP BOWL OF REDDISH STONEWARE, coated with a white shp, through

which a floral border has been rather roughly incised down to the red body and
covered with a bright green glaze. Compare No. 851 in Case F/. 4I inches high,

9 inches diameter. Ming.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

691. DEEP PLATE, with flat scalloped rim of greyish stoneware coated with an opaque

white glaze exceedingly soft and rich, and much-crackled, so that it has become stained

to the tone of old ivory. 12 inches diameter. Early Ming,

DEEP692. DISH, of simple outhne, with flattened rim, on three short feet, early porcelain,

with a soft creamy white glaze. 5 inches high, loj inches wide. Sung.

693. DEEP BOWL, with a thick opaque creamy white glaze, much crackled, and stained

by use to a dark ivory tone ; the inside of the bowl is unglazed below the rim. 4I inches
high, 12 inches diameter. Early Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

694. AN ELEGANT OINOCHOE EWER, recalling the shape of a Greek bronze with

moulded spout and applied handles and rosettes, with a dark olive brown glaze, now

much dulled on the surface, probably by burial. 20 inches high. T'ang period.

695. HEAVY JAR, with strongly carved everted rim, in dense buff pottery ; the body of the

jar is strongly incised with a boldly drawn arabesque of flowers and leaves, and the whole
is covered with a pure yellow glaze. 9 inches high. Early Ming.

Though somewhat coarse, a strong piece of work.

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