Page 244 - Chinese Porcelain Vol I, Galland

160 CHINESE PORCELAIN.
Brown edge ; stand unglazed at edge. The decoration is
marked off by two double circles. Falling from those at the
and the rim, are eight ornaments, the four double
edge, covering
ones being white or blue, showing the sacred gem or pearl.
Pointing* inwards from the double circle on the bottom of the
is a of the usual scroll-work ; while in
plate, ring sceptre-head
the centre, on a leaf, stands a jardiniere, containing flowers
and a vase. In the latter we see the two peacock's feathers, two
scrolls, and a joo-e. On the body of the vase we also find a
head. At first it seems that the
joo-e (or sceptre) sight strange
Chinese artists should place these heavy weights on such a
frail as a leaf, but it is probably intended to represent
support
one taken from the great jadestone tree, which is supposed to
have grown in the garden of Si Wang Mu.
No. 262. Plate with waved edges (six waves in all).
Diameter, 13 inches ; height, 1| inch. No mark. Edge of
stand washed with brown. Decoration, at the edge two blue
lines, on which stand sixteen sceptre heads. Centre of plate
is decorated with flowers and one butterfly or moth, enclosed
by two blue lines, on which are placed sixteen so-called car-
a flower on stem and
touch ornaments, enclosing alternately
suspended.
The has off the the
porcelain peeled edge, showing plate
itself to be made of dark-coloured material. It is difficult to
whether this has had the coloured brown
say plate edge
orio'inallv or not.
No. 2G3. Plate, brown inches
edge. Diameter, 13 J ; height,
If inch. The edge of the stand has been washed with brown.
This plate seems to be made of much the same material as the
above, but the decoration is very different, and the blue of
shade. Near the one blue line, from which fall
lighter edge,
four white on blue and four blue on white pointed decorations
covering the rim. In the centre two jardiniere, with primus
and preonies, along with a lute, protected by a cover or bag.

Blue and Other Colours under the Glaze.
This section differs from the last in that other colours
only
are used along with the blue before the piece is fired, instead
of afterwards, as in most of the polychrome classes.
No. 264. vase with neck cut fine
Conical-shaped off;