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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXXIII

820. CYLINDRICAL VASE, club-shaped with

rounded shoulders and short neck, on a carved stand.

Elaborately decorated with rich ground-work of blos-
soms and butterflies in brilliant colors, supporting
eight white reserves, round, rectangular, and leaf-
shaped in two tiers, enclosing paintings of emblems,
flowers, and birds.

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

821. CYLINDRICAL VASE, club-shaped, with

rounded shoulders and short neck, on a carved ebony
stand inlaid with silver. Decorated with conventional

flowers in blue, red, and yellow on a green ground, leav-
ing four diamond-shaped foliated reserves round the
middle of the vase, the halves of four similar reserves

intervening above and below, showing landscapes and
lions in the centre spaces, and rocks and flowers in the

upper and lower. On the shoulder is a broad border

ornament, on green and buff ground, interrupted by
four reserves with bright blue borders showing red and
green leaves radiating from jii-i heads in blue and green.
The base is encircled by a broad cartouche border in
pink and green, surmounted by pink, red, green, and

yellow scalloped lines.

Mark: A double blue ring.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 173^ inches.

822 to 826. GARNITURE OF FIVE PIECES: two

cylinders, two ovoid vases with covers, and tall ovoid
centre-piece. Elaborate decoration in five-colored
enamels in southern Mongol style.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

CASE XXXIV
827. LARGE PLATE. A large plate decorated

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