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741' CONICAL BOWL, with erect rim of dense greyish coarse porcelain, covered inside

and only partially on Athe outside with brilliant black glaze," marked with brownish
streaks and patches. hare's fur the Chiin Yao.
remarkable example of " glaze of

Height 3 inches, diameter 7^ inches. Sung or Yuan.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

742. LOBATE BULB POT, of elegant form, with flattened rim, bearing a raised edge and

four carved feet. Greyish porcelain of fine texture. Inside a brilliant clair de lune

glaze, with well defined crabs' claw marking, while the rim and the whole of the

outside are of rich opalescent mulberry colour. Underneath there is the incised mark
=
Yi and two lines of Chinese characters have been engraved through the glaze
( one),

after the piece was fired. Height 3 inches, diameter 9 inches. Chiin Yao. Sung.

This is probably the most beautiful specimen of this type of ware in the Exhibition.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

743. "HARE'S FUR" BOWL, simUar to No. 741 in this Case. Sung.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

744. FRAGMENT OF THE BASE OF A BOWL, of dense greyish stoneware, with

brilliant clair de lune glaze, with purple markings. This piece was evidently so
highly valued that at some remote period when the original bowl was broken it was

—carefully ground down, and the edge protected by a thin rim of gold. 1^ inches high,

diameter 6 inches. Sung Yuan.

745. FLOWER POT, with the neck cut down, and mounted with a silver rim, of dense grey

stoneware or coarse porcelain, with a thick opalescent glaze showing the transition
from clair de lune to mulberry colour. Chiin Yao. Height y\ inches, diameter
of neck 6| inches. Sung.

746. CONICAL BOWL OF GREYISH PORCELAIN, with thick opalescent clair de

lune glaze. Height 4 inches, diameter 8i inches. Sung.

747. SIMILAR BOWL OF CLAIR DE LUNE GLAZE, but with mulberry- coloured

—splashes inside. Height 3^ inches, diameter 8 inches. Sung Yuan.

748. CYLINDRICAL FLOWER POT ON DEEP FOOT, with flattened rim. Greyish-

white porcelain of elegant shade, beautifully made and finished. Pure brilliant

clair de lune glaze. Height y\ inches, diameter 7^ inches. Ming.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

749. CASE Co

A COLLECTION OF THE RARE AND BEAUTIFUL
EARLY WHITE PORCELAINS

DOG OR LION, on square deep plinth, in white porcelain, with creamy white glaze,

much crazed. Boldly modelled and very distinctive example. 16 inches high.

Early Ming, (plate xiv.)
Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

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