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civilian costume, one of them carrying a lyre. Above is a
floral band, and below is a border with a symbol in alternate
compartments. Carved wood cover and stand." Height, 12h
inches ; diameter, 13f inches. This last, it will be noticed, is
a jar with an onter casing, which is pierced.
No. 218. A yellow bottle. Height, 1 If inches. No mark.
Decorated with two green lions, one with blue face, back, and
maroon streak on breast ; the other with maroon face and
legs,
legs ; both have white eyes. The base is recessed and coloured
like the vase, but the bottom of the stand is unglazed. The
lions seem to have been engraved in the paste. They are here
called lions for the want of a better name. They may be
intended for Dogs of Fo, the more so that lions are generally
represented playing with a ball (chu).

Reticulated or Pierced Ware.
This is one of the methods that the Chinese employed to
give novelty to their manufactures.
"
Jacquemart, p. 71 : There exist sets of vases called
reticulated, of which the outer side is entirely cut in geo-
metric patterns, honeycomb, circles intercrossed and superposed
to a second vase of similar or of form.
simply cylindrical . . .
The reticulated has also been to tea-services.
envelope applied
The exterior network of the admit of them in
cups holding
the heat of the contain.
the hand, notwithstanding liquid they
There exist false reticulated, upon which the open side is
figured in relief."
No. 219. Earthenware bottle. 14 inches. No mark.
Height, J
Base as also the inner The outer as
unglazed, casing. covering,
also the neck — inside and outside — is covered with green glaze,
the former as the two
being pierced, leaving pattern dragons
among clouds. This is a late piece, but serves the purpose of
illustrating this class. The dragons seem originally to have
had five claws, but for some reason, probably to prevent its
manufacturer or owner in China into trouble, one claw
getting
lias been cut off each foot, so making them into four-claw
dragons.
"
530 The five-clawed is the emblem
Doolittle, p. : dragon
of imperial power. The people may not use or make a repre-
sentation of of the
it
except by special permission emperor.