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photograph, the lady is dressed in purple with green facings,
the gentleman in blue enamel, the girl in iron-red. It will be
noticed, by the folds of the gentleman's robe, how much better
in these late pieces they seem able to manage the shading
when blue enamel. The at the table at foot has a
using girl
robe of in colour, but little
green enamel, very light green
seeming to have been mixed with the enamel, which appears
This holds in her hand a from which
transparent. girl joo-e,
hangs a scent charm (see No. 404). The rocks at foot are left
uncoloured, with Indian ink shading done in a diamond-shaped
pattern ; the foliage on these is green.
The beaker so as to show the two small side
is
placed
medallions ; the lower one contains a bird on perch, similar
to No. 69.
No. 354. vase with short neck.
Conical-shaped eggshell
Height, 15 inches. No mark. The narrow band at the mouth,
as also that marking off the large reserve on each side of the
vase, are in blue under the glaze. The two smaller reserves on
the body, as also the four small reserves on the neck, are not
marked covered
specially off, the rest of the surface being
with gilt scroll-work, on which, above and below the smaller
reserves, roses and other flowers are thrown, but these are diffi-
cult to detect in the The are in mandarin
photograph. figures
costume, and the landscapes are very carefully painted.
No. 355. A six-sided vase. 18
Height, J inches, including
top ; width, 6 J inches. No mark. Lion top. In this vase
the six sides are of equal dimensions. The medallions are
marked out by gilt scrolls, the rest of the surface being covered
by gilt scroll-work. The large medallions are filled with
and the small medallions with flowers and
figures scenery,
landscape. The stand and base are glazed.
Mandarin with Bed Grounds.
No. 356. with lion 12 inches.
Eggshell jar top. Height,
No mark. The two and small reserves, as also the
large eight
two on the cover, are marked off by gilt scroll-work, the body
of the covered with iron-red, on which is traced in
jar being
" "
black and gilt the Y diaper pattern. The four small
reserves and the two on the cover are filled with purple land-
The reserve at the sides is decorated with two
scapes. top