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PLATE XLVII
Dish with shaped rim suggesting six foliations ; fine white
porcellanous ware with an orange -coloured translucence
ivory white glaze. The rim is unglazed and bound with
copper. Decorated with a freely carved design of two man-
darin ducks swimming in a lotus pond.
A pair of mandarin ducks is an emblem of conjugal happi-
ness.
Ting ware. Sung dynasty. D. 101".
In the possession of the Misses Alexander.
