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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XIV

golden jar with green cords and purple tassels, holding
flowers, and a gold basket.
Ch'ien-Iung (1736-1795). Diameter ^yi and 8 inches.

TWO405, 406. OVOl D VASES, egg-shell porcelain.

Elaborate and minute decoration of landscapes with

figures in delicate colors. Bands of floral and geomet-

ric ornament at neck and foot.

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

407. HEXAGONAL PI T'UNG (brush receptacle).

The sides pierced in hexagonal reticulation framed in
pale blue, with white scrolls, rose magnolia, and red,
rose, and yellow lotus flowers with green leaves in re-
serve. Each panel has a central white reserve bearing

a decorative design.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

Height 6 inches. Width 8 inches.

408. BOWT WITH COVER AND SAUCER, egg-

shell porcelain. Beautiful decoration in rose, ruby,

and gold. The body of the bowl has conventional lotus
flowers in gold and purplish-blue with scroll stems and
leaves in gold and white, outlined in red on white

ground, with four white indented oval reserves with

foliated tops, outlined in bluish-green. Two contain

a blue-crested rose flycatcher, perched on a branch of
rose and yellow plum with deep-green leaves; another

a lady, in deep blue, with a child; another a man seated
on a rug with a child. The predominating effect is of

rose and gold throughout, and is of unusual richness.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1975).

Diameter 4J< and 6>^ inches.

(saucer, PLATE XXIII, RIGHT)

409. BOWL WITH COVER AND SAUCER. Egg-

shell porcelain. Similar to No. 404. In the centre

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