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258             CHINESE PORCELAIN.

             No. 445. Mark on  rectangular incense-burner, with  groups
         of                  in              on  a white
             figures  painted   polychrome               openwork
         ground.
             No. 446. Ho  (Chinese poo), "precious."  Plate with com-
                             flowers in                    of
         partments containing          polychrome  ; ground   deep
         blue.
             No. 447. Mark on                                 with
                               rectangular flower-vase, painted
         compartments containing  vases  in  polychrome  on  a white
         ground.
             No. 448. Mark on a                 in            on a
                               large dish, jDainted  polychrome
         white  ground,  with  compartments containing landscapes, birds,
         and vases.
                     "
             No. 449.  Piece manufactured under the
                                                   Thsing dynasty.
         Mark                           '               On a bowl,
               meaning Song, praiseworthy  (Grandidier).
                 outside with birds and         trees
         painted                       flowering     ; buff-coloured
         ground.
             No. 450. Mark on a       of
                                 pair   plates, painted respectively
         with a domestic scene and soldiers in          on a white
                                             polychrome
         ground.
             No. 451. Mark on a small  teapot  and cover, painted  witli
         pearls  and floral  sprays  on a  green ground.
             No. 452. Mark on                with               in
                               plate, painted     figure-subject
         polychrome  on a white  ground.
                                                              with
            No. 453. Mark on a vase, blue and white, painted
         figures.
             No. 454. Mark on a bowl, painted  in  polychrome  on a
         white  ground,  with flowers within lobed  compartments  ; ground
         blue.
             No. 455. Seal mark unknown.  On a coloured  plate.
                                "
            Nos. 456, 457, 458.   Varieties of Che  plant.  A kind of
                          '
         fungus  ; longevity  (Franks).  There are  eighteen  of these
         marks in the  Salting Collection, the  majority being  on blue
         and white             also Nos. 47, 48).
                   porcelain (see
                     "                   '
            No. 459.   Musical instrument  (Franks).  Ten of these
         marks in the  Salting Collection, one on black bowl  with
         coloured medallions, two on  pair  of coloured  plates,  seven on
         blue and white  plates.
            No. 460. Flower. Two of these marks in the  Salting  Col-
         lection on a     of blue and white  small vases with  long
                      pair
         necks.
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