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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXIV

TWO611,612. LIONS, with movable eyes and tails,

and chiis on rods, crouching on pedestals. Delicate

green, rose, and yellow.

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

613. LION-LIKE MONSTER with pendant ears

and horn, with its cub, on pedestal. Rich green
aiihergine, and yellow; the cub yellow, tricked with

purple-blue.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 6>< inches.

614,615. TWO HANGING FLOWER-VASES

with porcelain chains. Reticulated in the form of

tiers of knotted cords; the tops with floral brocades.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 53/ inches.

616. KUAN-TI, the god of war, on horseback. In

green and yellow on a rose-colored horse.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 4;^ inches.

CASE XXV

617. PLATE. A large, superbly decorated plate

painted with an imperial court scene in brilliant en-

amel colors and gilding of the K'ang-hsi period. The
rich floral border is composed mainly of the chrysan-
themum and Nelumbian lotus and there are three

separate sprays of peony on the back of the plate. The
main decoration is an animated picture of the evo-
lutions of a band of gayly dressed Amazon horsewomen

in a palace courtyard in the presence of an empress,

who is attended by two court damsels holding feather

fans, and by a eunuch with a dish of fruit or cakes, A

curious point in the color scheme is that the cobalt
blue is in the usual overglaze relief, in the main picture,
whereas on the border it is underglaze applied sur his-

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