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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XVIII

brown-Spotted bamboo armchair; over her left shoulder

she holds a gold-mounted white fly-flap. To the right

a child in rose coat and blue trousers and gold necklet

runs with raised hands toward another in green coat

and trousers, a gold neck-chain with large gold pendant

and rose tassel hanging down his back; another in

brilliant blue coat looks out from beyond the lady to

the left, in front of him a white rabbit with rosy ears

sits on the floor, and another spotted one in the centre

foreground. To the right, behind the lady's chair,

stands a large white cracked-ice jar.

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

485 to 492. EIGHT ROSE-BACKED SAUCERS,

egg-shell porcelain. In the white central circle, a lady

in rosy-purple jacket lined with pale yellow, green em-

broidered apron, and pale-rose skirt and gold-em-
broidered black scarf, sits on a box-seat of deep cucum-

ber-green with rosy panels and brown-yellow top, rest-
ing her right hand on a blue- or green-covered box of
books which stands on the seat to the left, as she looks

down at two children to the right, one of whom, in rose
coat, light green pants, and necklace with two gold

pendants suspended behind him, presents to her a lotus

plant with white and rose flowers growing in a golden
jardiniere. Beyond the two a massive oval jar and a
large covered jar; and, behind, a yellow circular bam-

boo stand with mottled top, on which is a rose camellia

and a vase of purple and green. Diameter 8 inches.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

CASE XIX

493, 494. TWO BEAKERS with long narrow necks

with convex centres, spreading mouths and bases, and
black handles. These two beakers, brilliantly dec-
orated in enamel colors of early K'ang-hsi date, are

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