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8i6. GLOBULAR BOWL OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN, with pure and technically
perfect celadon glaze. Height 4| inches. i8th century.

817. BOWL OF WHITE PORCELAIN. The rim mounted with a gold band. Pure

bluish celadon glaze of great technical perfection. Height 2^- inches, diameter 5 inches.

Sung (?).
Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

CASE Ee

A COLLECTION OF MODELLED FIGURES, HORSES, &c., OF THE HAN
AND T'ANG PERIODS

818. LARGE HORSE, modelled with great spirit and vigour. Earthenware, slightly

glazed with thin creamy white glaze bearing evident traces of appHed decoration
in vermilion on the trappings. Height 16J inches. T'ang. (plate xvi.)

819. MODELLED FIGURE OF MUSICIAN. Earthenware, mostly unglazed but the

upper part of the robe and the centre panel of the skirt covered with thin yellowish
green glaze. Slight traces of applied vermilion and other colours which were not

fired. Height io| inches. T'ang. (plate xvl)

820. MODELLED FIGURE OF " earthenware mostly unglazed. The

MUSICIAN, in

sleeves and the underskirt have been coated with a crude turquoise glaze which has

bubbled and scaled in the fire owing to its unsuitability to the pottery. The remainder

of the costume has been rudely painted in vermilion and white, the method recalling

the treatment of some of the Greek statuettes. Height loj inches. T'ang. (plate xvi.)

821. BOLDLY MODELLED BULL-DOG, with collar and ring. Crued red pottery,

with bluish-green glaze decomposed by age. Height 13^ inches. Han.

822. HORSE WITH SADDLE and trappings, in buff-coloured earthenware which has

apparently been coated with white slip. The trappings were originally covered
with bright red and green pigments. Height 11 inches. T'ang.

823. FIGURE OF A LADY, in buff earthenware. The robes covered with bright

yellow and green glazes, the head and neck being left unglazed. This piece was
apparently covered with fine white slip before glazing. Note the treatment of the
hair which is curiously reminiscent of that shown in certain early Cretan figures.

Height 12 inches. T'ang.

824. HORSE AND RIDER, in buff-coloured hard-fired earthenware, coated with pale

yellow transparent glaze. The saddle and accoutrements have been simply painted

with lines of black. The rider bears a quiver and a short Tartar bow. Height

II inches. T'ang. (plate xvl)

This is a very similar figure to one exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club -in
191 1, and illustrated in the catalogue.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

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