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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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