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353- NARROW CYLINDRICAL BOTTLE OF WHITE PORCELAIN, painted with

figures of men in panels alternately representing indoor and outdoor scenes, in dark

purple cobalt blue. 3| inches high.

Lent by E. F. M. Susman, Esq.

354. ELEGANTLY SHAPED VASE OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN, with a delicate

greenish white glaze painted with detached sprays of loquat fruit. The sprays and
leaves are painted in underglaze blue, and the fruit is touched in with underglaze red
"peach blow." 8 inches high. Yung Cheng.

Lent by F. W. Jackson, Esq.

355 and 356. PAIR OF SMALL BOTTLES OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN, painted in

panels with reserved floral sprays in the Persian manner, cobalt blue being washed
over the panels ; conventional border top and bottom. The sprays reserved in white.
6 J inches high. K'ang-Hsi.

Lent by Dr. Lloyd Roberts

357. BOTTLE OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN, with double gourd neck bearing a

golden bronze ring, the whole painted with rocks, flowering shrubs, and birds, in
purplish cobalt blue. 8 inches high. K'ang-Hsi.

Lent by G. Eumorfopotdos, Esq.

358. BOWL OF PURE WHITE PORCELAIN, decorated outside with scene of man and

boys in a garden, in fine underglaze blue. 5^ inches diameter. i8th century.

Lent by E. F. M. Susman, Esq.

359. GINGER JAR WITH CARVED WOOD COVER, painted with a frieze of figures

in an interior, with a boldly drawn tree on the reverse, in brilliant cobalt blue.

8J inches high. K'ang-Hsi.
Lent by T. Haslam, Esq.

360 and 361. PAIR OF BOTTLES, of elegant shape, in pure white porcelain, decorated

with painted panels and borders in bright cobalt blue. 9J inches high.

362. SET OF FIVE PIECES three covered jars and two beakers the jars decorated
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with landscapes and floral sprays springing from the base of the pieces.

Sets of this kind and quality, which were probably made for the Dutch- India Co.
for importation to Europe in the early i8th century, are rare. K'ang-Hsi.

Lent by Dr. F. Craven-Moore

363. IMBRICATED BOWL OF WHITE PORCELAIN, richly decorated on the exterior,

the lower border with asters, the panels above containing groups of boys playing in
gardens, and seated ladies. One group is represented as playing the game of blind-
man's buff. The bottom of the inside is painted with a kylin, and there is a broad
conventional border inside the top of the rim. 8 inches diameter. i8th century.

Lent by E. F. M. Susman, Esq.

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