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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXV

Bright cobalt-blue, with panels pierced as flowering
shrubs.

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

  628. DOME-SHAPED TEA-POT with upright han-

dle. Geometric and floral decoration in rich colors.

Mark: Yung-cheng nien chih (Made in the reign of

Yung-cheng 1 723-1 735).       6XHeight            inches.

  629. LION WINE-POT. Floral decoration in light

green, rose, yellow, and black.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).         Height 9 inches.

630. FISH-SHAPED TEA-POT with upright han-

dle. Orange body with unglazed dorsal fin and tail,

floating in green waves; the handle is aubergine.

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

  631,632. TWO HEXAGONAL TEA-POTS with

fish handles. Six pierced panels on a black ground

—show prunus, bamboo, and pine "the three friends";

on the necks are ju-i heads, and lotus petals encircle

the bases.

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

633. FLAT TEA-POT with upright handle. On the

sides yellow water-dragons, and a vase with a phoenix
on a frog-spawn ground with black flowers; on front

and back bamboo; the handle wound cane-work.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).         6KHeight            inches.

  634. FISH-SHAPED WINE-POT with metal top.

The body is white, with aubergine tail, back, and gills,

and yellow eye; the handle, spout, and waves below are

green.

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

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