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ySi. TALL ELEGANT BOTTLE, with short, slightly expanded, neck, fine white porcelain,

bearing a richly-modelled design of floral arabesques covered with a greyish pale
celadon glaze ; white glaze inside and under the base, which bears an i8th century

mark in blue. 9J inches high. i8th century.

It is interesting to contrast this i8th century piece, with its refinement of material
and manufacture, with No. 776.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

BOWL OR782. DEEP CUP, on feet, early white porcelain, bluish celadon glaze broadly

crackled. 5 inches high, 5| inches wide. Early Ming.

783. LARGE BOWL, with short and everted rim, standing on three simple tripod legs,

with modelled heads as handles. Covered with a streaky, opalescent yellowish-

brown glaze. 6 inches high, 12 inches wide. Ch'ien Lung.

This is an interesting archaistic i8th century piece, the shape being copied from

an ancient bronze, and every attempt made to get the effect of a Sung piece.

784. SEATED FIGURE (THE GOD OF PLENTY), in early porcelain, with thick

brownish celadon glaze strongly crackled, with brown lines. 7 inches high. Ming.

(plate XV.)

785. SEATED FIGURE (THE GOD OF CONTENTMENT), holding a rosary of beads

in his right hand, with conventional lotus border, on pedestal; in early porcelain,

covered with a bluish-grey celadon glaze, broadly crackled. 9 inches high. Ming.

(PLATE XV.)

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

786. DEEP BOWL, with a simple impressed band of key-pattern forming the border on

the outside inside, incised panels bearing figures surmounted by another key-pattern
;

border. Early porcelain with thick brownish olive-green much crackled celadon glaze.

4 inches high, 6| inches wide. Sung, (plate xv.)

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

787. BOWL SIMILAR TO FOREGOING, but the inside bears incised figures of

—the Eight Immortals. The glaze is a soft greyish green. 4 inches high,

6^ inches wide. Sung Yuan.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

788. SMALL TRIPOD VASE, in the shape of an ancient bronze; white porcelain, rich, soft

bluish-green celadon glaze, broadly crackled. 3I inches by 3I inches. Ming.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

789. SMALL TRIPOD VASE, with thin flat rim, elegantly shaped; fine white porcelain,

with soft bluish celadon glaze of remarkable quality. 3 inches high, 3^ inches wide.

Sung.
Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

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