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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE II

40. SMALL TEAPOT. Powder-blue, with two

white reserves containing decoration in dark blue.

K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722). Height 6>< inches.

41. GOURD-SHAPED TEAPOT. Powder-blue,

with reserves filled with various ornament, the blue

ground overlaid with floral and other ornament in gold.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 8 inches.

CASE HI

TWO42, 43. PLATES. Powder-blue, one with a

white centre filled with a decoration in blue, the other

having various reserves filled with diverse decoration.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Diameter 11 inches.

44 to 46. GARNITURE OF THREE PIECES:

globular, long-necked bottle, and two cylindrical, club-

shaped vases. Powder-blue; reserves of various shapes

containing a multiplicity of decorative ornament, the

blue ground on the bottle overlaid with faint arab-

esques in gold. On 44 the large reserve panels are

filled with the flowers of the four seasons ssu chi hua (the

tree peony of spring, the lotus of summer, the chry-
santhemum of autumn, and the prunus of winter).

On 46 peonies and chrysanthemums with phoenixes

occupy two of the panels, the alternate panels being
filled with groups of the emblems of art and culture

known as po ku (the hundred antiques). On 45 two

of the panels are decorated with hanging openwork

baskets filled with lotus and other flowers; the al-

ternate two panels with groups of po ku emblems.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 18X inches.

(plate V, NOS. 44 AND 46)

47. CYLINDRICAL VASE with flaring lip. Pow-

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