Page 500 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE CXII

High-shouldered baluster vase with small mouth (meip'ing).

Porcelain with designs lightly outlined in threads of clay and

coloured with yellow, white, and aubergine glazes in a deep

green ground. The main ornament represents a mountain

retreat with pine tree and mists ; on one side is a sage, and on

the other an attendant with a lute (chin). On the shoulders

are ju-i shaped lappets enclosing sprays of ling chih fungus
;

and above the base, a deep border of false gadroons. The

biscuit, where it appears on the partially glazed base, has

burnt a deep reddish brown.

15th century. H. 12".

In the possession of Mr. Anthony de Rotlischild.