Page 580 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE CXXXII

Fig. i. Shallow wine cup with convex bottom. Fine porcelain

painted in enamel colours. Inside is a medallion with rock

and waves. Outside, two pairs of fishes in water- weeds

painted in turquoise -green, red, and yellow. Under the base

is the mark of the Chia Ching period in blue (1522-66).

The Po wu yao Ian (a late Ming work) makes a special

—mention of shallow wine cups with everted rim and
—convex interior, decorated in colours with fish as one of the

Aspecialities of the Chia Ching period. pattern of waves

punctuated by conical rocks (apparently in allusion to the

rocky islands of the Taoist Paradise) is a favourite border

design on Ming wares. It has been called the " rock of ages

pattern."

1 6th century. D. 3".

In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.

Fig. 2. Saucer dish with everted rim. Porcelain with mottled
underglaze blue ground and reserved designs, of Imperial
five- clawed dragons pursuing pearls, outlined and shaded in
red and enamelled with yellow. In the centre is a full-face
dragon {mien lung), and on the sides within and without two
side-face dragons ; there are clouds and flames in the spaces.

The designs have a double outline, one in blue under the
glaze, and the other in red over the glaze. White glaze under

the base, and mark of the Wan Li period in blue in six

characters within a double ring.

Late 16th century. D. 5".

In the possession of Mr. H. J. Oppenheim.