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2S7' PORCELAIN BALL, perforated and coloured, hung by red silk cord and tassels,
decorated with colours of the famille rose. 4 inches diameter.
Lent by G. B. Blair, Esq.
338. A RARE AND IMPORTANT SET OF FIVE PIECES OF PORCELAIN, comprising
three large covered jars with kylin knobs, and two large trumpet-shaped beakers
brilliantly decorated in famille rose colours. Work of the Canton School of EnameUers.
The jars are 24J inches high, and the beakers 19^ inches high. Ch'ien Lung.
Lent by Dr. E. J. Sidebotham
339. On top of case in centre, a large and important PORCELAIN JAR AND COVER,
with gold-ruby enamel ground, a large leaf-shaped panel is reserved in the white and
decorated with a gaily painted group of ladies in a garden, all in colours of the
famille rose. 24 inches high with cover. Ch'ien Lung.
Lent by Dr. A. E. Cumberbatch
340. LARGE STRIP OR VALANCE OF YELLOW SATIN, with embroidered decoration
of red peonies and white birds, bordered with floral white embroidery, finished with
a red fringe with gold knots. 4 yards, 16 inches by 22 inches. i8th century.
341. LARGE VALANCE OF YELLOW SATIN, embroidered in three sections. The
upper border is a frieze of birds with detached sprays of fruit and flowers and band of
;
running arabesque of blue scrolls with red flowers. The inner panel is embroidered
with large red and blue kylins and branches of tree peonies, also in red and blue relieved
with white. The bottom border is a skilfully arranged design of the so-called key
pattern in red, connected by floral sprays in blue and white shaded with green. 4 yards,
32 inches by 33 inches.
Lent by Mrs. R. H. Benson
CASE
A COLLECTION OF CHOICE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAINS, MOSTLY
OF THE REIGN OF K'ANG-HSI. LATE 17th AND EARLY 18th
CENTURIES
342. LARGE JAR OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN, with carved wood cover and stand,
decorated in panels with dragons rising from the waves, in brilliant underglaze blue,
detached border of emblems, also painted in blue around the neck. i2i inches high.
K'ang-Hsi. BLent by G. Blair, Esq.
343. GINGER JAR AND COVER OF WHITE PORCELAIN, with the so-called hawthorn
decoration which really represents plum blossom falling on the cracked ice of frozen
rivers. 9 inches high with cover.
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