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PLATE XCIV

     Vase of ovoid form with small neck and narrow mouth
flanged below the lip. Porcelain with carved designs and a
pearly, bluish white (ying ch'ing) glaze. The design, a bold
peony scroll, stands up in low relief, the ground being cut
away and hatched with combed lines. The glaze stops short
of the base, and the biscuit below is burnt a reddish tone.

     Ju type. Sung dynasty. H. 9- 75".
                        In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.
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