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825- BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, cast in an open mould by the cire-perdu
Height 8| inches. T'ang.
process. The fingers of the right hand are missing.

(plate XVII.)

Lent by A. K. Coomaraswamy, Esq.

826. RIDGE TILE, of buff earthenware, bearing a beautiful modelled little horse couchant.

Covered with a bluish-green glaze which has gone grey and opaque, and is coated with a
brownish-grey film apparently deposited in the fire. Height 8| inches. Early Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

827. STANDING FIGURE OF MAN IN PALE BUFF EARTHENWARE. This

has apparently been coated with white slip and then thinly glazed, though the glaze
has mostly disappeared. Height 7^ inches. T'ang. (plate xvi.)

828. MODELLED OX WITH TRAPPINGS. In white earthenware originaUy thinly

glazed with creamy glaze and painted with unfired colour traces of which appear
under the neck, mouth and nostrils and the inside of the ears. Probably the trappings
were tinted with vermilion. Height 6^ inches. T'ang. (plate xvi.)

829. FIGURE OF WOMAN, hooded and cloaked with hands folded across her breast.

Modelled in white earthenware. Glazed with a thin pale yellowish glaze which has
mostly disappeared. Height 8 inches. T'ang.

830. HORSE AND RIDER IN BUFF-COLOURED EARTHENWARE, which has

apparently been coated with white slip and then glazed with bright yellow and
green glazes and a band of creamy-white glaze on the upper part of the man's garment.
Height 15 inches. T'ang.

Lent by G. Eutnorfopoulos, Esq.

CASE Ff

831. TALL VASE, of noble shape and proportions, with short neck and narrow mouth.

Dense buff stoneware boldly carved with encircling bands of ornament. The first

band, from the base, consists of erect conventional leaves next comes a band of
;

geometric diaper, while the main band, which occupies the widest part of the vase,

bears a bold free design of two dragons pursuing a pearl, with rocks and trees at

the back. Finally, on the shoulder, there is a band of conventional foliage. Before

carving, the whole piece was apparently overlaid with a blackish-brown fusible slip

similar to that used on vases Nos. 832 and 833. With this vase, however, an opaque

white glaze has been superposed on the whole, so that the pronounced design is seen

as it were through a gauze veU. Artistically and technically, this piece is of great

importance. Tz'ii Chou ware. Sung. Height igh inches.

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

illustrated in the catalogue.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

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