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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE F

on deep green with a foliated octagonal white reserve
each alternate ray being filled with a cobalt-blue-
centred red plum flower with green and blue scroll
leaves on a gold ground. Excepting for this filling-in
of these rays, this plate is similar in design to the

foregoing. Diameter 8;^ inches.
Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

23, 24. TWO EGGSHELL VASES, of ovoid form,

with narrow neck and swelling lip. Decorated in bril-
liant enamel colors, with Chinese ladies in gay cos-

—tume, holding flowers or fruit, and children playing

a family scene, with tables carrying vases, scroll-pic-
tures, pots of flowers, in the background, and the usual
details of a cultured interior in China.

4KHeight 7f inches, diameter inches.

25, 26. TWO SAUCER-SHAPED, ROSE-BACKED

DISHES, similar to one in British Museum, which is

labeled "Chinese Eggshell Porcelain Dish." Quails
and rich borders. Presented by the Hon. Robert
Meade, C.B., 1890.

Diameter 9 inches.

27, 28. TWO GLOBULAR BOTTLES. Fine white

porcelain, with superbly drawn decoration of chrysan-
themums in delicate transparent enamels.

Mark: Ta Ch'ing Yung-cheng nien chih (Made in the

reign of Yung-cheng of the great Ch'ing dynasty).

Yung-cheng (1723-1735). Height 14 inches.

(plate lv)

CASE G

I. LARGE PLATE. Fine white porcelain. This is

perhaps the most brilliantly decorated and attractive

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