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PLATE CXXIV

     Vase with ovoid body, short contracted neck, and expanding

mouth ; low foot slightly spreading. The body is shaped in

twelve shallow lobes. Porcelain painted in under-glaze red

which has run and is slightly hazy. On the lobes are growing

plants, and above them ju-i shaped lappets enclosing formal

lotus flowers. On the shoulder, designs of similar kind, and

a border of ju-i pattern on the neck.

     Cheng Te period (1506-21). H. 19".
                        In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.
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