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844- RIDGE TILE BEARING A WHITE HARE COUCHANT, in buff-coloured pottery.

The tile is glazed with brilliant green glaze, and the hare is of pale yellow touched
up with amber. 13 inches high. Early Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

845. SLAB OF BLACK MARBLE, carved to represent an embroidered cushion with

a diaper ground and scroll border. On it reclines a figure also carved in black marble

holding a fan in the left hand, the right hand supporting the head. The shoulders
are raised on an embroidered pillow. Sometime the draperies have been brightly
- tinted with vermihon, traces of which can still be seen. 11 inches by 8^ inches.

T'ang.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

846. GLOBULAR JAR, of coarse reddish terra-cotta. It has been coated with a white

slip bearing a broadly incised (sgraffito) pattern of flowers and leaves boldly coloured
with green, yellow, and brownish glazes. T'ang. Height 9 inches.

If this piece had not been found in a very ancient Chinese grave, one would have
no hesitation in describing at as Byzantine or North Italian.

847. WINE JAR, shaped after ancient bronze, with globular body, and contracted neck,

terminating in a deep collar and wide mouth. The shoulder of the vase bears a
frieze in relief, divided by two conventional tiger masks with rings flatly applied.

The reliefs appear to represent scenes with men armed with bows and arrows who are

hunting dragons and other fabulous beasts, though in some cases it appears as if the

warriors were riding the dragons. Two bands of incised ornament round the neck

and a double band round the rim. Coarse terra-cotta covered with mottled glaze
of dark green and yellowish brown. Height lof inches. Han.

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

in the catalogue.

848. ANCIENT POTTERY VESSEL, in the shape of a weU-head with roof and suspended

wheel and a jar standing on the rim of the well-head. Hard buff stoneware originally
covered with green glaze, which is now so decomposed that the resemblance to an
ancient bronze is complete. Height 10 inches, diameter 5f inches. Han.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

849. SLAB OF MARBLE, sleeping figure probably representing Buddha, with a dog lying

below the feet. Behind, ten figures in attitudes of reverent adoration are silhouetted
against an ornamental background, so that each head appears to be surrounded
by a nimbus. Length 9^ inches, height 6 inches. T'ang or Sung.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

850. GLOBULAR JAR OF REDDISH TERRA-COTTA, with white slip and bold

sgraffito design of floral scrolls and borders. This piece is beheved to have come
from an early Ming tomb, but has aU the appearance of an Italian sgraffito jar of the

13th or 14th centuries. Height 7I inches.

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