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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

LIEN HUA CHIAO YEH LING CHIH

"Lotus Blossom" A "palm-leaf" with fillets The "sacred fungus"

MEI HUA Tu
A sprig of prunus within a double ring The "hare" of mythology

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FU SHOU SHANG CH'uAN PI TING JU I
A bat and two peaches. A " rebus " A brush-pencil, a cake of ink, and a

" jade sceptre. A "rebus" reading
""
reading Happiness and longevity May it be fixed as you wish !
"

both complete !

—O. POTTERS MARKS

Potters' marks are comparatively rare in China, al-

though very common in Japan. The first of the three

which follow is taken from an archaic crackle vase of

grayish tone decorated with colored glazes of the Ming
period: it is read in inverse fashion from left to right.
The next two are marks stamped in the dark brown
paste of characteristic flambe vases of Kuang-yao pot-

ixxin