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228 CHINESE PORCELAIN.
habit of after it to the old She was also
going give lady.
fond of minced fish, and, moreover, did not like to
exceedingly
eat it alone. Husband and wife managed, though with great
expense of strength, to provide her with the fish, and she
always invited in a neighbour to eat with her. By the side of
the house suddenly there bubbled forth a spring, the water of
which tasted like the river water, and every day a brace of carp
leaped out, which they took and gave their mother."

Indian China with Arabesque Work in White Enamel.
"
98 There is one, quite a rich
Jacquemart, p. : special,
of flowers and in white enamel, which forms
embroidery foliage
upon the vitreous glaze a kind of damask-work, without gloss,
of the most charming effect. The appearance of this em-
broidery is so distinguished that many excessively fine pieces
have received no other decoration."
No. 382. Plate. Diameter, 13J inches ; height, 1^ inch.
No mark. Brown edge. Blue enamel line close up to edge
with cross-shaped ornaments ; rim covered with arabesque of
white enamel. Sides decorated with scroll-work in blue
enamel. Large pseony in centre in gold-red, below two blue
enamel convolvulus with yellow centres. In these the blue is
shaded and broken by yellow, so that they are much more
successful than flowers in blue enamel are.
usually
No. 383. Plate. Diameter, ldh inches ; height, If inch.
No mark. Brown Close to the are
edge, originally gilt. edge
two Indian-ink lines with between ; the rim is covered
gilt
with arabesque work in white enamel. The sides are covered
with gilt scroll-work, marked on by Indian-ink lines top and
bottom. The motive in centre consists of four European
and a
figures dog, two much smaller than the others, being very
much out in One of the a
perspective. large figures is rolling
cask, while the other, in gold-red tunic and iron-red cloak, with
a sort of coronate on his head, is the work. Across the
directing
river (in blue enamel) are seen buildings, with tents beyond,
and ships' masts in the distance. The scene is probably the
of water-casks to some
filling belonging ship, and this piece
should by rights come under the class for porcelain with
foreign designs.