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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXXVI

ed in the Buddhist temple, Pao Kuo'ssu, at Pekin, and
which is credibly attributed to the Yuan dynasty.

Ming (1368-1643). Height 22 inches.

(plate lxx)

896. OVIFORM JAR. Dark purple-blue body with

diffuse ornament in relief in turquoise, intermingled
with light blue and orange. The main decoration of
this oviform jar, a production of the Pekin potteries,
consists of scenes illustrative of the "four liberal arts"

of the Chinese: music (ch'in) and chess (ch'i) being
grouped together in one panel, while the other two are
devoted to painting (hua) and literature (shu).

Ming (1368-1643). Height 13 inches.

(plate lxxii)

897. CHUN-CHOU TRIPOD BOWL on carved

ebony pedestal. Of light purplish-blue and clair-de
liine porcelain, the other rim encircled by a flat project-
ing band with studs, which like the feet, are of a

bronze-orange.

Mark: IVii (/zi?^), incised in foot. Diameter 7>< inches.

CASE XXXVH

898. INVERTED PEAR-SHAPED VASE. Round

the shoulder arabesque festoons in high relief, from

which depend beaded cords with ju-i heads and pre-

cious emblems similarly treated; below, a foliated car-

touche border surmounted by a row of bosses, the whole

in relief on an intense blue ground.

Early Ming (1368-1643). Height 18 inches.

899. QUADRILATERAL INCENSE-BURNER.

On the back and front panels are four-clawed dragons

among waves, pierced through and elaborately carved

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