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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XVII

467 10469. THREE LARGE ARMORIAL PLATES.

Fine white porcelain, with brilliant decoration in five-
color enamels of late seventeenth or early eighteenth

century. Made in China to fill an order sent out from
Holland, and each carrying the armorial bearings of
places as follows, to wit: Loven, Amsteldam, and Meg-

gelen. Diameter 17 and 15 inches.
K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

470, 471. TWO BLUE AND WHITE PLATES.

With borders of Chinese landscapes in reserves sur-

rounding a design copied from a European engraving,

—and showing a trio of musicians a lady at a dulcimer,

a flautist, and a lute player, all in the style of Louis XIV

and treated with characteristic Chinese fidelity. Late

seventeenth century.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Diameter 13 inches.

472. LARGE PLATE. Rich decoration of red,

gold, and blue in the style taken to Japan by Kakiyem-

mon, and familiar as Imari.

Yung-cheng (1723-1735). Or early Ch'ien-lung (1736-

1795). Diameter 16 inches.

CASEXVHI

BEAKER473. with spreading lip and slightly

spreading base. The legendary battle scene which

forms the main decoration of this imposing vase is

taken from one of the semi-historical romances, per-

haps the Shui hit ch'uan (The story of the river pi-

rates). One of the banners emblazoned san chiin would

be that of thecommander-in-chief of the imperial armies.

The emblems enclosed in the reserve panels of the bro-

caded band encircling the shoulder of the vase com-

prise: a chessboard for "the game of war" a hanging

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