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544- FLATTENED OCTAGONAL PILGRIM BOTTLE, embossed with Chinese
blood-red glaze.
characters and emblems, fine white porcelain and rich brilliant
With applied handles. Height 7 inches. Ch'ien Lung.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

545. TWO-HANDLED VASE OF FINE WHITE PORCELAIN, with lavender glaze,

Awith splashes of purple flambe which have crackled in large coarse crackles. rare

and interesting i8th century piece. Height 13 inches. Ch'ien Lung.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

546. BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, neck broken and cut down; fine white porcelain, with

magnificent blood-red glaze, with yellow splash ; brilliant colour. Height 5| inches.
Ch'ien Lung.

Lent by William Burton, Esq.

547. OBLONG TRAY, with softly fluted corners. Beautiful purplish opalescent flambe.

7J inches by 5f inches. Ch'ien Lung.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

548. LARGE BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, with wide neck of rich red flambe. Height

14 inches. Ch'ien Lung.

549. SMALL BOWL OF WHITE PORCELAIN, with crackled white glaze inside,

rich blood-red with white rim outside. 4f inches wide, 2| inches high. Ch'ien Lung.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

550. FLAT DISH MODELLED IN THE SHAPE OF A FUNGUS, to imitate a group

of sacred fungus. Rich flambe glaze with red and purple streaks. 8 inches by

5 inches. Ch'ien Lung.

551. VASE FORMED OF OVER-LAPPING LETTUCE LEAVES, with splashed red

Aand clair de lune glaze. fine example of the i8th century archaistic pieces. Height

7 inches. Ch'ien Lung.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

552. FLAT DISH, with large incurved rim, of white porcelain, with pale bluish-white glaze

inside, and delicate "peach blow" glaze outside. 9^ inches. i8th century.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

553. SMALL LOBATE BOWL, on three feet. Blue and mulberry glaze. Yuan

period.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

554. BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE OF WHITE PORCELAIN. The neck has been
broken and mounted with a silver rim. A pale yellowish flambe glaze with red

patches, but speckled with brownish black, so that it almost looks like serpentine.
9f inches high. i8th century.

Lent by G. B. Blair, Esq.

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