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832. GLOBULAR JAR, with wide neck and short, straight rim of dense buff stoneware or

coarse porcelain. The piece has been thickly coated with what is known as a slip-

glaze. A bold ornamental pattern in two bands has then been carved through the

coating and down to the ground, leaving the clay bare and rough. On firing, the

shp-glaze fused to a bright black surface and the result is a strong and original piece
of work of great distinction. Height 12 inches, diameter 12 inches. Sung.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

833- OVOID JAR, with wide expanding rim, stoneware or early porcelain, resembling in

style and technique the last example. Height 11^ inches. Sung.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

834. TRIPOD VASE, with two handles and a domed cover, in hard brownish red terra-cotta.

The shape, the ornament and the whole appearance of the piece recall an ancient
bronze. Glazed with a thin yellow glaze, now only visible in a few places. Height
7 inches, diameter 10 inches. Han Dynasty.

835. LOW CYLINDRICAL JAR, on three tripod feet, with a high cover, modelled to

represent a group of mountain peaks, in red terra-cotta, and bearing modelled animals

and birds. The shape, the character of the modelling, and the whole style of the

piece show that it was intended as a reproduction of very ancient bronze, the imitation
of which is carried much further by the coating of crude green glaze, which is now

much decomposed and worn. Height 9I inches, diameter 8 inches. Han Dynasty.
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The cover of the " (po shan lu) is said to represent Mount P'eng-lai
hill censer

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in one of the Taoist Isles of the Blest."

836. TAZZA, with tall stem, with boldly-applied imbricated leaves, &c., of lotus, and on the

front of the stem an applied modelled figure. Early greyish porcelain, covered with
a yellowish brown glaze. The imbricated leaves applied round the bowl have been
first lined with finely-drawn lines in underglaze black. The glaze is gathered into
a deep blackish pool at the bottom of the bowl. Height 8 inches, diameter 6 inches.

A curious piece of great technical interest, probably early Ming.

Ssy. TALL OVIFORM VASE, in reddish brown terra-cotta, coated with white slip. A

series of frieze bands with boldly drawn floral scrolls and conventional leaf borders
top and bottom have then been carved through the slip to the red ground in sgraffito.
To strengthen the effect thin washes of black colour have then been applied over
parts of the background, and finally a bright rich green glaze has been put over the
whole piece. The neck has been repaired and blackened with bitumen. Height

I2| inches. Early Ming.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

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