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790.   SHALLOW  VASE  "          of  early porcelain,  on three short feet,  and with  two

                        HSIEN,"

       —simple applied handles ; soft celadon glaze broadly crackled. 2 J inches high, 4 inches

       wide. Sung Ming.

                      Lent by William Burton, Esq.

791.   ELEGANT BOWL OF EARLY PORCELAIN GREY, the so-called conventional

           " feather " design on the outside sharply cut. The inside bears an elegantly designed
           rich floral pattern which has been most skilfully carved out of the clay before the
          pieces were fired. Some bowls of this period bear patterns that have been moulded,
           but this is one of the carved examples. 2 inches high, 5 inches wide. Sung.

                This piece was exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1911, and is illustrated

           in the catalogue.

                                           Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

792.   BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, with short wide neck, of early porcelain devoid of orna-

         —ment, but covered with a thick bright green celadon glaze broadly crackled. 6J inches

           high. Sung Ming.

                                                 Lent by William Burton, Esq.

793.   BOWL OF EARLY PORCELAIN, fine simple shape, recalling a vessel carved

           in stone. It bears a thick much-crackled and deeply stained celadon glaze, with a line
           of brown glaze on the rim. 2j inches high, y\ inches wide. Early Ming.

                                                Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

y()4.  SHALLOW BOWL OF EARLY PORCELAIN ; the inside bears a design crisply carved

           in the clay before firing. Very strong, free piece of work with a thick olive green
           c61adon glaze of fine quality. 3 inches high, 7 inches diameter. Sung, (plate xv.)

                                                 Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

795.   FLAT SAUCER, softly fluted in the inside and bearing a modelled design of water-lily

           leaves and flowers, early porcelain, with an unusual yellow tinge of celadon glaze.

          A fine Une of warm brown has been drawn round the rim. 5^ inches diameter. Ming.

                                                Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

796.   SHALLOW BOWL OF EARLY PORCELAIN, with rich oily green celadon glaze

           strongly crackled with brown lines. The piece has been lined and mounted with

          pewter, probably in modem times, to make an ink pot. 2J inches high, 4^ inches

           wide. Early Ming.

                                                 Lent by William Burton, Esq.

797.   STANDING FIGURE OF GOD OF WAR (KWAN-TI), on a base of roughly

           modelled reddish brown stoneware, with a greyish celadon glaze much-crackled with
           strongly marked brown hues. 8J inches high. Ming.

                                                Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

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