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Dish with slightly everted rim. Fine porcelain with well-
painted design in a fine greyish blue. In the centre a land-
scape scene with a martial figure brandishing a pike and two
small figures who may be demons. A gourd-vine scroll forms
the border. Outside are lotus sprays supporting the Eight
Buddhist Emblems {pa chi hsiang). Mark in a double ring,
Ta Ming Wan Li nien chih, made in the Wan Li period of the
great Ming dynasty (i 573-1619).
The subject appears to be a representation of Chung
Ku'ei, the demon -queller, who corresponds in many ways to
the more familiar Shoki of Japanese legend.
Late 1 6th century. D. n-8".
In the possession of Mr. H. B. Harris.
