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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE J

black diaper on pink, with red chrysanthemums and

scroll-leaves, interrupted by six white reserves, on

front and back, and four on sides, containing emblems,

landscapes, birds, and flowers, between which, in high

relief, golden lizards crawl among brilliant red ling-chih

with pale green stalks. Round the top is a red trellis

border with three flower petals at each corner.

Round the top of the stand runs a black star border

on deep green, interrupted in centres and at each cor-

ner by red jii-i heads; below is a gold line and a border

of pointed ovals in red on white, and a yellow enam-

elled key-pattern in relief. Surrounding the sides and

base of the pierced panel are blue lotus flowers on red or

green brocaded ground edged with black, and having

black ju-i heads at the corners. Twenty greenish-blue

ju-i heads in relief on a pink speckled ground surround

the base, with red prunus flowers and green leaves,

and black ju-i head corners below.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 12K inches.

11. QUADRILATERAL VASE with flaring neck

and base. On two sides are inscriptions in verse, and

elsewhere various landscapes on a yellow ground.
This rare quadrilateral vase decorated with the same
class of enamels as the three bowls i, 2, 3, has the same

seal mark ch'ing, attached to the inscription, leading to

the inference that it may have been the work of the

same hands as the bowls.

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

(plate lxii)

TWO12, 13. WINE-POTS with bulbous bodies,

tapering necks, and bell covers. White porcelain,

divided vertically into panels enclosing flowers in deli-

cate enamel colors.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 9J/2 inches.

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