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807. CYLINDRICAL VASE, with short neck and flattened rim. Three bands of ornament,

consisting of eight trigrams (Pa-kua) cut in the paste below the shoulder. Design of
water-lilies on one side and a spray of peony on the other. All the ornament is
carved. The unglazed porcelain base has turned red. Early grey porcelain with
smoky-green celadon glaze. Ch'-chou-fu ware. 6^ inches high. Early Ming.

This piece was exhibited at the Burhngton Fine Arts Club in 1911, and was

illustrated in the catalogue.

808. DEEP BOWL OF EARLY GREY PORCELAIN. Same type of pattern as

No. 786 shown above. Height 4I inches, diameter 8 inches. Sung.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

809. DISH, with a broad rim, the edge of which is scalloped, the scallops cut by hand.

—Early white porcelain. The design is sharply carved in the clay. Bright pale green

celadon glaze. Diameter 8 inches. Sung Ming.

810. LARGE VASE OR BOTTLE, with a narrow neck and flattened rim. Magnificent

example of Tz'ii Chou wares. Skilfully painted design in black on creamy white
ground. Compare with examples in Case Cc. Height 13 inches Early Ming.

811. GLOBULAR VASE, with wide, short cyhndrical neck. Fine white porcelain with

much-crackled white glaze. The outside is entirely coated with brilliant mustard-
Ayellow enamel fused into the glaze.
magnificent example of its type. Height

5 inches. K'ang-Hsi.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

812. GLOBULAR JAR, with short upright neck. Earl"y white porcelain. Delicate
of the clair de egg." 6J inches high.
bluish-green glaze lune tint known as starling's

Sung.

Compare the tint of this glaze with the glaze of Nos. 727 and 767.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

813. BOWL OF EARLY PORCELAIN, with thick greyish c^adon glaze, which

has cracked in drjing and drawn up in masses in the fire, leaving the body exposed.

—The body has turned reddish brown where it has been exposed to the flames. Height

3 inches, diameter 8 inches. Sung Ming.

Compare the colour of the exposed body of this piece with centre of No. 804.

814. LARGE BRONZE TAZZA, inlaid with pattern in silver wire The piece has acquired

a fine green patina. Height 11 inches, diameter 9^ inches. Early Ming.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

815. GLOBULAR VASE OF EARLY PORCELAIN, the neck broken and cut down.

—With much-crackled bluish-green c61adon glaze, stained brown by age and use. Height

7 inches. Sung Ming.

Lent by William Burton, Esq.

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