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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE F

is worked in high relief so as to seem to be leaping into
space, and the dragons in pursuit of pearls are mod-

elled around the neck of the vases in the same salient

relief. Among the wave forms are bats and various

creatures, together with blossoms, etc.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 14 inches.

10. SMALL BEAKER, with decoration of flowers,

leafage and insects above, landscape and figures in the
middle, and floral designs below, in aubergine on an im-

perial yellow ground.

Mark underneath: Six-character mark of Wan-li within

a double ring. Height loX inches.
Wan-li ( 1 573-1619).

11. BLACK HAWTHORN CYLINDRICAL VASE

with broad band at centre. Decoration in black haw-

thorn style, supporting red-bordered reserves of flower-

ing plants, etc.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 15K inches.

12. WRITER'S WATER-CUP. Peach-bloom glaze.

Mark: Ta Ch'ing K'ang-hsi nien chih (Made in the

reign of K'ang-hsi, of the great Ch'ing dynasty).

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Diameter 4 inches.

13 to 21. NINE ROSE-BACKED SEVEN-BOR-

DERED PLATES. Egg-shell porcelain. In a rich

border of seven distinct bands of decoration, a white

leaf-shaped reserve shows in the centre a lady, in light

rose jacket, yellow apron, a gold comb in her hair,
pale-greenish skirt, and yellow-lined black scarf em-

broidered in gold, seated in a chair of which the fawn-
colored back alone is visible above her left shoulder.

She looks down at a bare-legged child in a rose coat,
necklet, bracelets, and anklets of gold, who holds a

gold jii-i sceptre in his left hand, and stands with his

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