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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXVII

740. QUADRUPLE CIRCULAR LUNCH RECEP-

TACLE. Covered with green trellis-work on a yellow

ground, interrupted by circular medallions with green
and rose phoenixes alternating with jn-i heads on the
top section, and with nebulae on the others.

Mark: Ta Ming Ch'cng-hua-nien chih (Made in the

—reign of Cheng-hua of the great Ming dynasty). [1465-

1 487 apocryphal.]

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 8 inches.

741. COVERED POT with lion top and handles.

The eight Immortals, miodelled in high relief, surround

the body, tinted with rose, green, and yellow on a
streaked ground of the same colors. The rims of the
cover and bowl and the base are green with incised

scroll-work. On top is a lion with his chii seated in a

tiger-blotched circle.

K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722). Height 4 inches.

(plate XL)

742. PI-T'UNG, brush receptacle. Finely modelled

— —as the "three friends," bamboo, prunus, and pine,

the deep green bamboo supporting the aubergine stems

of pine and prunus, and the white blossoms of the latter.

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

743. CIRCULAR TRIPOD STAND. On top are

red, yellow, and blue chrysanthemums, and pine, spring-
ing from a blue-green rock on a deep-green ground, with
insects hovering above. The feet are capped by tiger-

heads.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height 2}4 inches. Diameter 6>< inches.

744. GLOBE, for fragrant flowers, on stand with

truncated legs. Yellow pierced hexagon-work inter-
rupted by four circular medallions enclosing the flowers

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