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no, EMERALD GREEN MOSS-MARKED TRANSPARENT JADEITE SAUCER.

3| inches diameter. White velvet- covered wire stand.

III. CLEAR ROCK CRYSTAL VASE AND COVER, dragons carved in rehef on both

back and front. Bird with branch on the cover. Carved black-wood stand.

8| inches high, (plate hi.)

112 and 113. PAIR OF TRANSLUCENT GREEN JADE SACRIFICIAL CUPS, on carved

tripod legs, decorated in relief and incised similar to an ancient bronze. 4f inches by

4I inches. Ch'ien Lung, (plate hi.)

114. FIGURE OF A MAN STANDING ON A ROCKY BASE, carved in soap-stone. The

man's hat and beard are painted black while his robes are richly engraved and
coloured in gold, red, and blue, (plate iil)

115. RED CARNELIAN VASE ON A MALACHITE BASE. The vase is supported and

embraced by carved figures and sky-dragons each standing on a rock. The vase itself
is decorated with symbols and clouds. Ivory stand of open work in geometrical

design, (plate in.)

Lent hy 0. C. Raphael, Esq.

116. PLAQUE OF GREEN TRANSLUCENT JADE, mottled with splashes of Violane,

—resembling Amethyst, mounted as a screen in rich wood stand inlaid with figures and

ornament of mother-of-pearl. 19j inches by 12^ inches the jade slab being

iif inches by 8 inches

117. ROCK CRYSTAL FIGURE OF BEARDED MAN. 9 inches high.

118. TRANSPARENT JADEITE, tinged with emerald green, carved into a blossom ; small

holes are made to simulate holes left by insects and some patches of natural oxide

of iron stain retained to suggest a fading petal. 2| inches by 2| inches.

119. DOG OF FO AND CUB, in lapis lazuli, on dark brown wooden stand.

120. LARGE SOAP-STONE SEAL WITH CARVED DOG OF FO AND CUB, on a plain

plinth. The base of the plinth bears an engraved seal, (plate hi.)

121. GREENISH WHITE JADE VASE with top to match. T'ao-t'ieh ogre, lotus flower and

palm leaf scroU carved in relief on face and back. Characters incised on sides.
Carved black-wood stand.

122. DOMESTICATED BUFFALO, recumbent, carved in light green oily jade on a

carved hard-wood stand. This is an early piece of carved jade, and was taken at
the sack of the Summer Palace, (plate hi.)

Lent by 0. C. Raphael, Esq.

123. SQUARE-SHAPED VASE WITH CARVED JADE KNOB. A similar piece is illus-

trated by Laufer, and is described as Sung.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

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