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766. PLATE WITH DEEP RIM AND FINELY SCALLOPED BORDER, fine white

porcelain with a greyish white glaze. The well of the dish bears a curious emblematical
design of a cow lying by the side of a river or sea regarding the moon, two constellations
being shown incised ; the pastoral habits of the early Chinese are probably responsible
for the amount of symbolical lore that has gathered about subjects of this kind.

10 inches diameter. Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

767. SHALLOW CONICAL BOWL OF BEAUTIFUL WHITE PORCELAIN, bearing

inside an incised design of floral sprays relieved by hatched lines also incised, thin
transparent dehcate greenish-white glaze, recalling that of vases Nos. 707 and 727.
The base unglazed. 2 inches high by 5| inches diameter. 14th century. Yuan (?).
Probably earlier.

Considering its date, this is one of the most surprising examples of porcelain in the

Exhibition.

Exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1911, and illustrated in the catalogue.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

768. ELEGANT BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, with garlic bulb neck and short erect rim,

of fine white porcelain, incised with a boldly drawn scroll pattern of dragons and waves,
with scalloped incised border round the bulb on the neck. The whole is covered with
a rich opaque creamy white glaze, completing a piece of great distinction. 8| inches

high. Early Ming.

769. ELEGANT BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, in fine greyish early porcelain. The body

of the vase bears a strongly-incised design like the previous piece though differing
in detail. 8 inches high. Early Ming.

770. FLAT BOWL, shaped to resemble the top of a human skull, the rim being left unglazed,

evidently with the intention of mounting it with a bronze or silver rim, as was
customary at the period ; gre5nsh white porcelain bearing a dehcately-modelled
pattern inside, and covered inside and out with a cream-coloured opaque glaze.

2^ inches high by 6J inches long. Ting Yao. Sung.

771. BALUSTER-SHAPED JAR, of white porcelain, decorated with a series of boldly

painted floral bands encircHng the neck and the body of the vase in brilliant under-

—glaze black, with a somewhat opaque white glaze. 8 inches high. Sung Ming.

Another fine example of Tz'ii Chou Yao.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

772. LARGE VASE, of the type known as " arrow holder," with tall cyHndrical neck and two

apphed collar-like handles, divided into many bands of floral scrolls and conventional
borders, with figures in the panels round the neck. The colouring is unusual, as, in

addition to the ordinary black pigment a dull brownish red colour, probably a native
clay, has been used to fill in the details. 18 inches high. Sung.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

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