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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE M

31. GALLIPOT invested with a glaze of pistache

green. Ta Ching Ch'ien-
Height 13 inches.
Mark underneath: Seal-character,

lung nien chih.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

CASE N

1,2. PAIROF LARGE ELEPHANTS of the Ch'ien-

—lung period, carrying vases on their backs Hsiang t'o

pas p'ing (Elephants carrying precious vases). The

decoration is of Taoist character, the saddle cloths be-

ing painted with branches of peaches and bats, emblems
of longevity and happiness. The caparison and har-
ness are inlaid with colored enamels as if mounted with

jewels and tassels, and they are generally finished
in the most ornate style of the time. The vases, which

are comparatively small in size, are filled with berried

plants resembling the iris, the leaves of which are carved
in nephrite and the berries in red coral. The tusks of

the elephants are covered in real ivory and glued in

sockets left for the purpose.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height 20 inches.

3. SMALL ELEPHANT of the same period, and

possibly identical workmanship.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height 8 inches.

4. JAR (kuan) of old crackled celadon {Lung-ch'iian

yao) invested with a deep rich glaze of dark "onion-green"

(grass-green) tone. Round the shoulder a fioral scroll
is lightly tooled in the paste under the glaze. The

interior of the vase and the foot are also coated with

celadon glaze of green shade. A Sung dynasty piece.

The cover, which has been lost, is replaced by a metal

one of Japanese workmanship.

Height 9>2 inches.

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