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porcelain. Height, 8 J inches. Mark, Ching-hwa, 1465-1488.
Decorated with two four-claw dragons. These are outlined in
blue with heads in the same colour, the scales being in peach-
coloured red. The nebulae are blue, but when a ball is attached,
as is the case in the spaces between the dragons, it is red.
This is a of
piece probably Kang-he (1661-1722) reproduction
what the Chinese consider was made during the Ching-hwa
period.
In addition to red, we find various shades of brown, as also
a sort of peach-colour under the glaze, but it is not many
colours that will stand the heat of firing necessary to convert
the into The are known
paste porcelain. peach-coloured pieces
"
as peach-ware."
"
531 While the the
Doolittle, p. : emperor appropriates
five-clawed to his own use, the officials and people may, and do
under some circumstances, use a representation of the four-
clawed dragon. One of the doors of the examination hall,
where candidates for the second literary degree meet to com-
is called the '
pete together, dragon's door,' and the successful
candidates or competitors for this degree are said to ' leap ' or
ascend the 'dragon's dooiV
Bed and White.
It seems advisable to collect these red into a class
pieces by
themselves. In some cases the red is under the glaze, when
the piece would belong by rights to the " blue and other
'
colours under the glaze section, but the greater number are
in red over the glaze, as in most of the polychrome class.
These latter are often relieved by figures in blue under the
Some are covered with a coral-coloured
glaze. pieces bright
enamel. These are known by the name " coral."
Red under the Glaze.
No. 265. Vase of coarse Height, 8 inches. No
porcelain. J
mark, but one blue circle. Two blue circles at foot, one on
each side of the narrow collar on the neck, and one at the
mouth of the vase. Decorated on one side with a five-clawed
dragon, and on the other by a fung-hwang (phoenix), the
remaining space being powdered with nebulae, all in red under
the glaze.
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