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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXV

ceptacle of the lotus; the spout and handle being grace-
fully curved stalks with leaves; green and orange-

yellow.

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

644,645. TWO HEXAGONAL TEA-POTS with

fish handles. With panels on the sides pierced as pru-

nus, bamboo, and pine on green or yellow ground.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height <^^/2 inches.

646,647. TWO HANGING BASKETS with lion-

top covers, for fragrant flowers. Painted green, red,

and yellow, with honeycomb reticulation on sides
supporting red and green chrysanthemums: the han-
dles simulate wound cane.

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

648. GLOBULAR TEA-POT. Modelled as sec-

tions of bamboo in red, yellow, and green, and deco-

rated with prunus, bamboo, and pine.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 4J2 inches.

649. LOTUS TEA-POT. Similar to No. 643.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height 3 inches. Length 6 inches.

650 to 652. THREE WRITER'S WATER-CUPS.

Shaped as lotus seed-vessels and leaves, and painted

in green, red, and orange-yellow.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Length 4}^^ inches.

653. WINE-CUP, oval quatrefoil. Fish in dark-

green waves with rose-colored sky; interior ochre-

yellow. Height iJ4 inches.
K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

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