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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE I

der-blue, white reserves containing landscape and
other ornament. Diameter 61^ inches.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

24. BOTTLE with bulbous neck. Powder-blue,

with white reserves containing landscapes, about the

neck a band of white ornament upon a red ground.

K'ang-hsi (1662- 1722). Height 7>< inches.

25. TRIPLE-GOURD BOTTLE with trumpet

mouth. Powder-blue, with white reserves containing
various ornament.

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

CASE II

TWO26, 27. PLATES. Powder-blue, with reserves

decorated with flowers growing from rocks and with

butterflies and other insects in the various panels.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Diameter io>2 inches.

281030. GARNITURE OF THREE PIECES: a

club-shaped cylindrical centrepiece, and tv/o ovoid
vases with mandarin caps. Powder-blue; the blue
ground overlaid with rich and intricate ornament in
gold; reserves of various shapes filled with beautifully
drawn designs of figures, landscapes, and various orna-
ment. The club-shaped vase is decorated in the largest
panels with ladies engaged in the "four elegant accom-
plishments" (ch'in, ch'i, shu, hud)', i.e., music (the lyre),
chess, writing and painting. The rich floral scrolls of
chrysanthemums are effectively outlined in gold on the
powder-blue ground so as to be reserved in blue with

gilded surroundings.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 17K and i8>2 inches.

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