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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXIV

TWO578, 579. LIONS playing with bails. Each

supports a miniature double-gourd vase on his back.

K'ang-hsi (1662- 1722).
Height 5>2 inches. Length 6 inches.

580. STATUETTE OF TWO LAD! ES playing chess.

Tinted in aubergine, green, and yellow. A good rep-

resentation of the Chinese game of chess (ch'i), the

gohang of the Japanese, which is supposed to be useful

in military tactics. It is played with black and white

men, the player aiming to isolate and surround his ad-

versary's men.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 7 inches.

581 to 585. GARNITURE OF FIVE PIECES:

three ovoid vases with bell-shaped covers, and two

bulbous vases with long necks and handles, all on por-

celain stands. Divided vertically in convex sections

imitating bamboo and covered with minute floral and

geometric decoration in bright enamels.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 8;2 and 10 inches.

586. MODEL of pagodas with rocky background.

Tinted in aubergine, green, and yellow; the base tiger-

splashed. y^Height inches.
K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

587. LIBATION-CUP with lizard handles. With

floral decoration on a fish-roe ground in brilliant colors.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height 4 inches. Diameter 5 >^ inches.

588. OCTAGONAL TEA-POT with upright han-

dle. White porcelain decorated with flowers, fowl,
insects, and diapers in brilliant colors; the handle im-
itates wound cane.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 7 inches.

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