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birds in Indian ink and burnt sienna. The two large and
middle side reserves are ornamented with groups of figures
in the usual mandarin colours, with water at
bright purple
back and red and in the distance.
purple scenery
No. 357. with lion Height,
Rectangular oblong jar top.
'9 inches. No mark. Made of with dragon-
rough porcelain
shaped handles. In this piece the two large reserves, as also
the two reserves at the sides and the four small ones on
long
the cover, are marked off by purple scroll-work, the body of the
" Y
piece being covered with iron-red, ornamented with gilt
diaper-work. On the neck of the jar there is a drapery of
peacock-blue with purple flowers, and patch of black with gilt
The and
diaper-work. figures are in the usual reds, purples,
with red and at back.
greens, purple scenery
Flowered Mandarin.
No. 358. Flat with lion and branch
oval-shaped jar top
handles. No mark. The distinctive feature of the section to
which this is the and flowers, which in
jar belongs foliage
high relief cover the whole of the surface with the exception
of the reserves. In this case the leaves are the flowers
green,
coloured, but sometimes they are left in white porcelain to
show up on a coloured ground.
This must not be confused with the
description
Gauffered Mandarin,
"
where, as Jacquemart says (p. 97), Fine indentures, wreaths,
and bouquets of flowers are traced in the paste, which the glaze,
the out in the manner of the
by entering cavities, brings
celadon. The of the decoration is in blue under
greatest part
the and the medallions are often enamelled."
glaze, subject
Mention must also be made of
Shagreened Mandarin (see No. 253),
"
of which the same author All the
says, space comprised
between the medallions is sown with
hemispheric points,
resembling shagreen, or rather, according to the Chinese
<
expression, chicken's flesh.' When the vase is decorated,
the colour of the ' '
ground is called verdigris ; when the
shagreen remains white, its projections, from which the glaze