Page 620 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE CXLII

Vase of cylindrical form with slightly contracted neck
spreading at the mouth ; unglazed base, nearly flat. Porcelain

pencilled in a delicate shade of blue under the glaze. On the

body, a court scene with a military chief receiving two civil
dignitaries ; an array of banners and pikes in the foreground.

On the neck, a floral scroll with large chrysanthemum-like

blossoms. The pencilled decoration is in an early style, asso-

ciated with the 15th century.

H. 16".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.