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established custom, to promote his private ends, he would soon,
doubtless, have abundant occasion to regret the attempt. An
incident occurred at this place (Fuhchau) several years ago
this remark. A certain banker as his
illustrating adopted
device, on the margin of the bank-notes, the image of the
As soon as these notes were issued, the
phoenix. servants, or
runners, of some of the mandarins demanded of him a sum of
money, which he refused to give them, deeming it exorbitant.
On the matter coming to the knowledge of the mandarins, they
took or countenanced measures, which resulted in extorting a
sum of money from the banker, and in his ruin.
large finally,
His crime or fault was simply that of using on the border of
his bills the likeness of the phoenix, which was regarded as a
on the of the
trespass prerogative empress."
Nos. 285, 286. Two hexagon, flanged jardiniere with pierced
stands, evidently rough stoneware, covered with white glaze,
which the decorations are in brilliant enamel
,on painted
colours, the pseonies in a rich red, the. chrysanthemums in
and other colours, while the bird is in
yellow (of paradise?)
various shades of gold-red. Inside, the design at the bottom
is bordered with blue, other colours in the centre.
yellow
Bound the top the ornamentation is brown curl-work, relieved
with blue spaces and coloured flowers. The diaper-work on
the flange is polychrome enriched with gilding. No mark.
Probably Keen-lung (1736-1795).
Nos. 287, 288. A pair of quatrefoil vases with covers;
coarse porcelain. Height, 10^ inches. No mark. Red and
with other flowers, with in
pink pseonies foliage peacock blue
and light green enamel ; pink bands top and bottom, with
green band on covers. Rightly called, these are famille rose
on account of the general tone of the colouring, but by design
they belong thoroughly to the so-called pseony class, and it
"
would seem better to distinguish them as rose pseony." In
the same way, where pink appears in a famille verte piece,
instead of calling it famille rose, because there happens to be
more or less pink mixed in with the green enamel, it would
"
be better to describe it as rose verte."
No. 289. Porcelain dish. Diameter, 8f inches; height, 1
inch. No mark. Brown edge. At the rim is a light green
band, with trellis-work diaper in Indian ink, broken by four