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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE VI

1 1 5. MINIATURE VASE, ovoid. With landscape.

Mark: Yii (jade).

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). 4KHeight inches.

116. MINIATURE VASE, cylindrical, with metal

top. Decoration of figures, etc.

—Mark: Ch'eng-hna nien chih (Made in the reign of

Ch'eng-hua). [1465-1487 apocryphal.]

K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722). Height 4^^ inches.

117. MINIATURE VASE, cylindrical. With fig-

ures, etc.

—Mark: Ch'eng-'hua nien chih (Made in the reign of

Ch'eng-hua). [i 465-1 487 apocryphal.]

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). 4^Height inches.

ROUGE1 18. BOX. Decoration of figures, etc.

Mark: Ta Ming HsUan-te nien chih (Made in the reign

—of Hsiian-te of the great Ming dynasty). [1426-1435

apocryphal.] Diameter 2K inches.
K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722).

1 18 A,B. TWO LARGE POWDER-BLUE PLATES,

each with a large reserve, foliated, containing landscape

with figures on a white ground.

K'ang-hsi (1662- 1722). Diameter 26 inches.

CASE VI

118C, D. TWO LARGE CIRCULAR DISHES of

somewhat similar form and style as the pair hanging in

case V (lOoA, B), and having the same mark under-

neath. The central pictures are of the same eight-
petalled shape, but not framed in coral red. The pic-

tures, brilliantly enamelled, in early K'ang-hsi colors,
with gilding, are those of imperial receptions with the

usual state surroundings. In the first the Emperor
and Empress are seated in a palace pavilion, with a

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