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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE VI

147,148. TWO MINIATURE VASES. Decoration

of leaf-forms, etc.

Mark: Yil (jade).

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 5X inches.

149. MINIATURE PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE.

Rocks, flowers, and insects.

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

150. MINIATURE OVOID VASE. Rocks, flowers,

and insects.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 5X inches.

151. MINIATURE WATER BOTTLE. Scroll

chrysanthemum.
Mark: Ta Ming Chia-ching nien chih (Made in the

reign of Chia-ching of the great Ming dynasty).

Chia-ching (1522-1566). Height 4J2 inches.

CASE VII

152. PLATE. The picture shows the Chinese

method of representing a dream, as a scroll proceeding

from the head of the sleeping man and opening out to
reveal the vision. The dreamer here is a scholar, who

appears pictured again in the scroll as a knight errant
rescuing a maiden from the clutches of a swashbuckler.

The four oval panels in the border of the plate contain
episodes in the lives of celebrated poets and wine bib-

bers.

Mark: Within a double ring. Ta Ch'ing Kang-hsi

nien chih.

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

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