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444- LARGE OVOID JAR OF WHITE PORCELAIN, with pierced wood cover.

—Decoration of blue flowers and green leaves on a ground reticulated with small red

circles. 9I inches high. Ming K'ang-Hsi. (plate ix.)

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

445. LARGE TRUMPET-NECKED BEAKER OF WHITE PORCELAIN, with a

rich blue glaze decorated with raised floral sprays left in white. The drawing touched
in with underglaze red and blue. 17 inches high. K'ang-Hsi.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

446 and 447. PAIR OF LOW CYLINDRICAL VASES, on tripod feet of coarsish

white porcelain, with ornament painted in the "Wan Li five-colour" style; the

top and bottom finished with a band of yellowish brown colour. 3^ inches high,
4I inches wide. Ming period.
" Wan Li."

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

448. TALL BEAKER OF WHITE PORCELAIN, painted with detached floral sprays

vigorously drawn and boldly coloured in the "Wan Li five-colour" style. 14 inches

high. Late Ming period.
Lent by J. T. Blair, Esq.

449. LARGE ROUND JAR WITH WIDE NECK, porcelain, with boldly painted

pattern in underglaze blue, which has been finished by bands and touches of enamel
red and green. 10 inches high by 10 inches wide. Ming period, (plate ix.)

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

450. LOW WIDE-NECKED RICE JAR, mounted with light bronze handles and

with pierced wood cover, decorated with sprays of peaches, and the background
diapered with an imbricated pattern in enamel red. 6h inches high. Ming period.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

451. FLAT ROUND JAR OF WHITE PORCELAIN, probably cut down at rim,

with a floral arabesque design in underglaze red. 5 inches high. Ming period.

This piece is of exceptional quality, the red being exceedingly transparent and

juicy.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

452. OCTAGONAL JAR OF COARSISH PORCELAIN, panels decorated with floral

scrolls and figures painted in dry red and green enamel colours, with sparse lines of

yellow. 7^ inches high. Ming period.

^53. DEEP BOWL OR FLOWER POT, on three tripod feet, coarsish porcelain with

white crackled glaze, painted outside with frieze of figures and landscape and an
upper border in dark purplish cobalt. 5 inches high by 8 inches wide. Ming period.

(PLATE IX, )
Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

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