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difficult it is to form any hard and fast line between the two.
It would seem also to prove that some of the better Indian
china was marked, perhaps, with a view to increasing its value
in the European market.
No. 257 is a rougher example of a somewhat similar design
to the last. A plate of not quite such good material. Diameter,
9 inches ; height, 1 J inch. No mark. Brown edge ; no glaze
on edge of stand. Decoration, one blue line at edge with two
a little lower down, the space between being filled in with
coarse diaper-work, having four reserves with a sprig in each.
In the centre a scroll decorated with four hollow rocks in form
like a bridge, with a fence at one end. Springing from the
and other flowers. A
rocks, bamboo, pa3ony, flower-spray top
and bottom of scroll.
No. 258. Dish of fine porcelain. Diameter, 8^ inches ;
h eight, 1A inch. No mark. Stand but thinly glazed. The
sole decoration is a river landscape, with pavilions on each side
and a bird midway between. The dish itself is of very Avhite
and the blue of
porcelain, good colour, carefully painted.
No. 259. Plate with rim of fine white
shaped porcelain,
brown edge, stand unglazed. No mark. Diameter, 8^ inches ;
height, 1 inch. The blue is rather lighter in colour than the
above, but the painting seems executed with equal care. The
centre, marked off by one blue line and sceptre heads, is
decorated with seemingly another river landscape, containing
a pagoda in the distance ; while on the rim are thrown two
and two small
large flower-sprays.
No. 260. Plate of white
opaque-looking porcelain.
Diameter, 1 1 J inches ; height, 1 J inch. Mark, a four-legged
vase in double circle. Edge of stand unglazed. The decoration
is marked off by a double and single circle ; on the former stand
four rocks, from which the
spring flowers, probably primus,
pneony, lotus, and chrysanthemum, which, with small flowers
between, cover the rim. In the centre stands a basket of
flowers, the former showing in its composition a very usual
variety of the honeycomb and triangle diaper patterns. At
the back of the rim are three flower-sprays. This has all the
look of a dinner-plate.
No. 261. A of bluish coloured with
deep plate porcelain,
narrow rim. Diameter, 8 J inches; height, l.J inch. No mark.