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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXXII

ter mark, Ta Ch'ing Kang-hsi nien chih, is penciled
underneath in underglaze blue, arranged in three col-
umns, two characters in each.

K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722). Height 17 inches.

810. BEAKER with wide-spreading mouth and
slightly spreading base. A noteworthy example of

—early famille verte style, effectively decorated in three

colors green, yellov/ and manganese purple. The

decoration is arranged in three tiers of panels of varied

shape, reserved in a diapered ground. The upper tier

presents the pictures of four of the eight Taoist genii,

crossing the waves of the Cosmic Sea; the rest of the

group would doubtless have appeared on the compan-
ion vase. The middle tier consists of four circular

medallions painted with mountain landscapes. The

lower tier exhibits, in four lozenge-shaped panels,

—some of the ordinary avocations of the cultured scholar
a wine party with two of the convivialists playing
a game of mora, a musician drinking wine with his lyre
beside him, a literary discussion in a pavilion, and,
finally, a well-dressed scholar on his knees, worshipping
the image of Maitreya Buddha, the Messiah of the com-

ing age {Kalpa in Buddhist parlance).

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 18 inches.

811. PORCELAIN PILLOW. Decorated at the

ends, which are pierced, with a foliated ornament on

green ground.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Length 14 inches.

812. BEAKER with oviform body, spreading mouth

and slightly spreading base. Covered with a multi-

tude of black and white cranes with red crests flying

among green nebulae on a brilliant yellow ground.

K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722). Height 17^^ inches.

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