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PLATE CXI
Wine jar with wide ovoid body, short contracted neck
with wide mouth, and slightly spreading base. On the sides
is a reticulated outer casing. Porcelain with designs carved in
—openwork and washed in with coloured glazes aubergine,
yellow, and white in a dull turquoise ground. On the sides
the Eight Immortals are paying court to Shou Lao, God of
Longevity (pa hsien ping shou), in the usual landscape setting.
On the shoulder is a band of peony scroll, and above the base
are false gadroons. On the neck are ju-i cloud-scrolls outlined
in threads of clay. Unglazed base.
15th century. H. 13- 75".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.
