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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XIII-A

394. ROSE-BACKED SAUCER. The Taoist fig-

ure, of unusual aspect, must be intended for Lao Tzu,
the founder of Taoism, with scroll and gourd tied upon
his pilgrim staff, and the classics of his cult carried on
the back of a deer,

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Diameter 10 inches.

395, 396. TWO ROSE-BACKED SAUCERS, egg-

shell porcelain. Beautifully drawn and brilliant deco-
ration of two cocks and a hen with flowers and rocks in

rich transparent enamels.

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

(plate XX AND PLATE XXV)

CASE XIV

397. CYLINDRICAL VASE, club-shaped. On front

and back are upright rectangular white reserves on a

ground of rich copper-red, one showing an equestrian

figure in gorgeous apparel who, on a yellow-ochre horse,

with red trappings, is gazing at two ladies in green in a

green jinrikisha with a bare-legged runner. Beyond

the horseman is a youth in green, with a rod over his

shoulder, from which hangs a fan. The second panel

shows three ladies in green around a table, in the fore-

ground two boys in green playing with a crab.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height 18 inches.

398, 399. TWO FLASK-SHAPED BOTTLES with

long, tapering necks slightly spreading at the mouths.
White porcelain. Each shows three ch'i-lins of gor-
geous color; one salmon-pink, with deep green head and
red and purple mane, tail, and "feather"; another pale
yellow, with red and purple trimmings; the third green,
trimmed with red and purple, a ju-i head upon his tail.
Each stands on his individual rock of varying tints of

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