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CASE OF BLACK-GROUND VASES. {FAMILLE NOIRE.)

489. LARGE JAR OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN. The neck has been broken and

cut down inlaid wooden cover. The jar has a ground of briUiant black with full
;

striking design of trees painted in aubergine, with birds seated above branches
;

of bamboo touched with vivid green enamel, and sprays of prunus flowers with yellow

centres diversify the piece. 19 inches high. K'ang-Hsi. (plate xi.)

490. LARGE SQUARE BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, with applied lizard handles, brilliant

black ground ; richly decorated with paintings of rocks, flowers, shrubs, water-lilies,
butterflies, &c., in two or three shades of green, aubergine and paJe yellow. Height
22 inches. K'ang-Hsi. (plate xi.)

491 and 492. PAIR OF WHITE PORCELAIN VASES, with slender necks, painted

with delicately- drawn sprays of prunus, birds, &c., in white, two or three shades of
green, aubergine and yellow, with a brilliant black ground. Height 7^ inches by

8J inches. K'ang-Hsi. (plate xi.)

493. SEATED FIGURE OF HO-SHANG. The figure left in creamy white biscuit

—porcelain, but the robes and the base of the stand brilliantly enamelled in purple,

green, black, and pale yellow. Ming K'ang-Hsi. (plate xi.)

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

494. SEATED FIGURE OF KWAN YIN (DIVINE MOTHER AND "HEARER

OF PRAYERS "). The robe is richly decorated with an arabesque of flowers,

&c., on a general ground of green, with touches of white, yellow, aubergine, and
brilliant black. Height 9I inches. Early K'ang-Hsi.

This is one of the most striking renderings of Kwan Yin in the Exhibition.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

495. CUP OF WHITE PORCELAIN, perforated and then richly enamelled inside

with black ground and sprays of prunus delicately touched with aubergine, and
outside with circular medallions between the perforations, bearing sketchily-drawn
lizards in yellowish-green, aubergine, &c. Height 2^ inches, width 4J inches.

K'ang-Hsi. (plate xi.)
Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

496. LARGE SQUARE VASE, with cylindrical neck, of white porcelain, with brilliant

black ground, each side painted with rocks and flowering shrubs in various shades of

green, with smqjler patches of white, pale yellow and aubergine. Height 22 inches

K'ang-Hsi.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

497 and 498. PAIR OF LIBATION CUPS, with carved dragons apphed, green ground

—and ornamental designs in pale yellow and aubergine, all outlined in black. Ming

K'ang-Hsi.

Lent by G. B. Blair, Esq.

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