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724. ELEGANT BOWL, with scalloped rim and applied ring handle behind. Fine greyish

porcelain with brilliant dair de lune glaze. Diameter 7 inches, height 2| inches.
Yuan.

725. SQUARE DISH OR BULB POT OF WHITE PORCELAIN, with bright blue

opalescent glaze of dair de lune with cloudings of peach colour. Apparently this
dish had four feet at the comers, but these have been sprung off, and only traces
remain on the base to show where they once existed. Height 2 inches, width 6 inches.

Yung Cheng.

This is perhaps the most striking piece in the Exhibition of the skiU of the Chinese
potter of the i8th century in reproducing ancient glaze effects.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

726. SAUCER OF COARSE GREY PORCELAIN, with glaze which has briUiant

opalescent blue patches where it is thick, but runs to pale amber colour where thin.

—Compare No. 709 on the top shelf of the same Case. Diameter 6^ inches. Sung Yuan.

727. SMALL BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, with cylindrical neck, which has evidently been

broken and cut down, with two applied masks. Fine white porcelain of very early
type, the vase has been decorated with floral bands of flowered scrolls in relief, and
is covered with a pale bright greenish-blue glaze of beautiful tone, which has run thin
and worn off the raised ornament. 7^ inches high. Late T'ang or early Sung.

If this piece is of the date claimed for it, it undoubtedly substantiates the Chinese

claim that they made a fine white porcelain, of great delicacy, under the T'ang Dynasty.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

728. GLOBULAR JAR OF HEAVY DENSE STONEWARE. With exceedingly

—thick opalescent glaze of dair de lune, but imperfectly fired. Height 8 inches.

Sung Yuan.
Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

729. GLOBULAR VASE, with cylindrical neck and upright rim, with two flat applied

handles and three carved feet. Boldly modelled with sprays of flowers in high
Arelief, and five lozenges of clay round the rim.
strong but rather crude piece of

work. Covered with thick opalescent dair de lune glaze. Resembles in shape and

style an ancient bronze vessel. Height 8 inches. Yuan, (plate xiv.)

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

730. GLOBULAR VASE, with four small applied handles round a short erect neck.
Height 7J
Coarse grey porcelain with opalescent blue-grey glaze, much-crackled.
inches. Yuan.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

731. SIMPLE JAR OF GREYISH PORCELAIN, with incised design of iris. The

incision has evidently been filled in with white porcelain slip. Glazed with a creamy
white glaze, which is finely crackled so that the piece has become stained in use
and is now of brownish grey colour, much darker than it was originally. Height
6 inches, diameter 5 inches. Early Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

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