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555- FLAT BOWL, with incurved rim. Mulberry-coloured flambe glaze. Inside, the bowl

has been painted to simulate an ancient piece. This is another fine archaistic i8th
century piece. Diameter 6 inches. Ch'ien Lung.

Lent by W. C. Alexander, Esq.

556. VASE, with wide expanding neck in the shape of an ancient bronze vessel. The rim
apparently cut down and mounted with a gold band. Coated with a thick, much
crackled glaze of soft green colour, splashed and flecked with red. Height 7 inches.

Late Ming.

Lent by G. Eumorfofoulos, Esq.

557. DISH ON STAND (TAZZA), greyish white porcelain, with boldly splashed

flambe glaze in purplish red. 8f inches wide, 3f inches high. Ch'ien Lung.

558. BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE OF WHITE PORCELAIN, with rich solid blood-red

glaze, leaving a yellowish white rim round the neck. Height 12 inches. Ch'ien Lung.

559. DEEP BOWL, with short cylindrical upright neck and flattened rim, standing on three

short feet. Rich blood-red glaze on the outside, fine white crackled glaze on the
inside. Plain wood cover with carved jade knob. 5J inches high, 9I inches wide.

K'ang-Hsi.

560. LARGE VASE, with short neck and large flattened rim, white broadly crackled

glaze inside, and rich solid blood-red glaze outside. Height 10 inches. Ch'ien Lung.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

561. TABLE CASE V

BOOK OF DRAWINGS IN CHINESE INK ON NATURAL LEAVES,
MOUNTED. These drawings are of remarkable virility, and date, probably, from

about the middle of the 17th century. The leaves are of the tree known as ficus
religiosa, and the subjects, appropriately, Buddhist.

562. BOX AND COVER FOR THE ABOVE BOOK OF DESIGNS.

Lent by G. B. Blair, Esq.

563. COVER FOR A SEAT, in pale bright blue silk, richly ornamented with a conventional

floral arabesque frame enclosing a circular panel with a circle of bats, in bright yellow,
pale and strong red, blue, and white embroidery silks.

Lent by Mrs. R. H. Benson

564. SMALL FOLDING TABLE SCREEN OF COROMANDEL LACQUER, with

strongly incised sprays of flowers soberly coloured.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

565. SMALL INCENSE BURNER, with appHed lion-head handles, white porcelain,

wAimtehriacadneepcollyleccrtaocrskle"d flambe glaze outside of grejnsh rose-coloured tint, called by
ashes of roses." 4 inches diameter. K'ang-Hsi.

Lent by G. Eumorfoponlos, Esq.

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