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773- ELEGANT SHALLOW BOWL, of pearly white porcelain, with two fishes and lines

representing water incised in the bottom inside, with thin creamy white glaze. An

elegant example of the Ting ware of the period. 3I inches high, 9 inches diameter.

Sung.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

774. LARGE BOWL OF EARLY WHITE PORCELAIN, with incised decoration

of water lilies inside, and simple over-lapping leaves encircling the outside. The
rim evidently left unglazed and mounted with a bronze band. 5 inches high, 13 inches

wide. Sung.

This is believed to be the largest bowl of this early type known in Europe.

775. ELEGANT BOWL OF EARLY WHITE PORCELAIN, the inside divided into

panels by delicately raised lines of slip running from the rim to the well. The
well has an incised spray of water-lily. Creamy white glace. Mounted with bronze

rim. 3 inches high, 8 inches diameter. Sung.

This elegant example was formerly in the Trapnell collection.

Levi by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

CASE Dd

A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS TYPES OF CELADON GLAZE, MOSTLY
SUNG AND OTHER EARLY WARES

776. TALL CYLINDRICAL JAR, with short, straight neck, in dense greyish early porcelain,

bearing an incised floral design under a thick bright green celadon glaze, strongly

—crackled. Splendid example of the famous Lung Ch'iian "green porcelain," 13

inches high. Sung Ming, (plate xv.)

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

yyy. GLOBULAR VASE, with short straight neck of early porcelain, with a creamy white

opaque glaze closely crackled, and stained greyish brown by age and use. 7I inches

high. Early Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

778. OCTAGONAL VASE WITH FLUTED PANELS and short expanded rim, two

applied handles, on a carved stand of the same material. The vase and stand united

together in the fire with a thick opalescent opaque greenish-grey glaze. Where the
glaze runs thin on the sharp edges the reddish brown colour of the body shows through.
12J inches high. Yuan, (plate xv.)

779. ORTAZZA WINE CUP, boldly incised design of floral sprays, with an incised border

—pattern running round the inside of the rim, soft greyish celadon glaze. Early white

porcelain. 5 inches high, 5 inches diameter. Sung Ming.

780. GLOBULAR JAR, with short erect rim and two simple applied handles, early greyish

—porcelain with an opaque clair de lune glaze, finely crackled, on the outside. 6 inches

high, 5 1 inches wide. Sung Ming.

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