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535- BOWL IN THE SHAPE OF AN INCENSE BURNER, with straight cylin-

drical neck, wide everted rim standing on three tripod feet. Purple opalescent
;

effect, bright aubergine and a few splashes of turquoise left on the rim. Height

5 inches, diameter 5 inches. i8th century.

Lent hy W. C. Alexander, Esq.

536. SMALL SOFTLY-FLUTED CUP, of greyish white porcelain, with very streaky

and opalescent flambe glaze. Diameter 3^ inches, height 2 inches. Southern Chinese.

Ming (?).
Lent by G. Eumorfofoulos, Esq.

537. BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, with cylindrical neck, fine white porcelain with

magnificent blood-red glaze leaving a white band at the top. 8 inches high. K'ang-Hsi.

Lent hy R. H. Benson, Esq.

538. SQUARE BALUSTER-SHAPED VASE, fluted at the angles, rich blood-red

glaze with blue opalescent rim. Height 5 inches. Southern Chinese stoneware.
Late Ming (?).

539. SMALL ELEGANT BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, of fine white porcelain, splashed

with purplish grey opalescent flambe glaze so that it looks very like a peach. Height
5| inches. Ch'ien Lung.

540. VASE OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN, with delicate copper-red glaze outside

and pale cdadon glaze inside, both much-crackled. The colour of this piece is very
and is known among collectors by the fanciful
unusual, name of " roses."
ashes of

Height 10 inches. K'ang-Hsi.

541. FLAT CIRCULAR PLATE, magnificent flambd glaze with purple splash on the

front, and greyish white finely crackled glaze on the back. For richness and depth of
colour this is one of the most striking pieces in the exhibition. Diameter 9 inches.
Late 17th century.

Lent hy G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

542. FLAT BOWL OF COARSE GREYISH PORCELAIN, standing on three feet.

Greyish splashed glaze. The inside of the bowl and the underside of the base have
been painted with a coarse yellowish brown earth-glaze. Diameter 6 inches, height

2| inches. i8th century.

This is one of the archaistic pieces of the i8th century, made to reproduce the

esteemed effects of the old Sung pieces like those shown in case Bh, in Room 4.

Lent hy R. H. Benson, Esq.

543. ELEGANT TALL BALUSTER-SHAPED VASE IN GREYISH PORCELAIN,

with fine opalescent bluish-purple glaze. Another interesting example of the i8th

century archaistic pieces in imitation of old Sung. Height 9! inches. Ch'ien Lung.

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