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283 and 284. TWO PLATES OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN, decorated with floral
K'ang-Hsi.
sprays and birds in famille verte colours. 8 inches diameter.
Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.
285. LARGE JAR OF WHITE PORCELAIN, painted in the Ming "
five colour style,"
with rocky landscape, peacock, birds and flowering sprays. 12 inches high. Fine
example of early K'ang-Hsi.
Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.
286. FINE WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL, with delicate cafe au lait ground outside, painted
Awith birds on rocks, trees, peonies, magnolias, in brilliant famille verte colours.
diapered border inside, the ground white. 7I inches diameter. K'ang-Hsi.
Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.
287 and 288. TWO BALUSTER-SHAPED JARS IN WHITE PORCELAIN, boldly
decorated with scenes of warriors passing through a rocky defile, and the dog Fo.
Waves on the other side. In brilliant colours of the famille verte. Vase and cover
12 inches high. K'ang-Hsi.
Lent by T. Haslam, Esq.
289. BOWL OF WHITE GLAZED PORCELAIN, fine quality, standing on three feet,
decorated outside with a painted border of red flowers and green leaves. Much
worn. 6 J inches diameter. Ming.
Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.
CASE M
THIS CASE CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF WHITE PORCELAIN VASES,
BOWLS, AND FIGURES OF VARIOUS PERIODS, so as to enable one to
get a sound impression of how great a part white porcelain has played in
the history of the Arts of China. Many of the figures would take
high rank artistically among the sculptured or modelled figures
produced by any race.
290. BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE WITH BULBOUS NECK, white porcelain glazed with
a bluish grey crackled glaze. Canton Ware. i8th century. 6J inches high.
Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.
291. WHITE VASE, with dehcate white shp decoration, Pdte sur Pate. A fine example of
the perfected white poreclain of the early i8th century. 7 inches high. Yung
Cheng.
Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.
292. SMALL OVOID VASE, in pure white porcelain, carved with a group of three rams
on rocks and with clouds and the tops of fir trees. Height 4 inches. Yung Cheng.
This vase is remarkable as it bears an ancient Chinese symbolic design representing
the return of Spring. Though often referred to by their poets, this design is almost
unknown in existing objects.
Lent by William Burton, Esq.
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