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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XIX

to the left, stands another lady, dressed in pale rose

and greenish-yellow, who holds up a gold ju-i sceptre

from which hang two interlocked gold rings, and pre-

sides over a blue dish of rosy apples and pale yellow

citrons ("hands of Buddha"); to the left two children,

in coats of pale rose and blue and white trousers, stand

together looking longingly at the fruit.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Diameter 8J4 inches.

500. ROSE-BACKED PLATE, egg-shell porcelain.

A foliated octagonal gold-edged white reserve showing

a bronze flower-basket with black Y-pattern and white

circular medallions with sprays of peony, prunus and

aster in rose, blue-green, and yellow; round the handle,

which falls to the left, is tied a bright cobalt-blue ribbon

with gold ends. The basket is filled with rose peonies

and pinks, blue and yellow asters, and white prunus.

On a rose-colored stand to the right is a brilliant cobalt-

blue dish, containing green apples, broken pomegran-

ate, yellow "hand of Buddha," and a rose camellia.

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

501, 502. TWO ROSE-BACKED PLATES, egg-

shell porcelain. Each with a central round medallion

with irregular wavy edge defined in black, showing a

lady, in dress of pale rose and green, seated on a rose-
colored garden-seat facing to left, her sleeve resting on

the corner of an ebony table with black and white mar-

ble top, part of which is seen in the right foreground,

and on it a pear-shaped vase of brilliant ultramarine,

on a rose-colored stand, in which is a spray of rose

prunus; beyond is a gold plate with rosy apples. In

her right hand the lady holds a twig of red prunus with

leaves and fruit. Beyond, to the left, runs a child in

an ultramarine coat and pale rose trousers, looking up

at the lady, and extending his right arm in the air.

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

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