Page 16 - Davies Collection of Chinese Porcelain

4- Pair of wide-mouthed bowls, decorated with a large bird on a branch of the

peach tfes in famille-verte colourings. The drawing most exquisitely executed
on a fine white porcelain. Imperial quality. Six character mark in double ring.
Kang-He period. Diameter 8 inches.

5. An extremely rare bowl with flange lip, decorated with four panels, one in

the form of a fan containing a landscape, the second in the form of a peach with

figures of deer and the immortal pine tree, the third a partly unrolled makemona

showing a landscape, and the fourth in the form of a leaf with sprays of the

chrysanthemum flower, rocks and foliage. The decoration of these panels is in gold

on a mazarin blue background. Dividing each is the figure of a dragon with bifurcated
tail, also branches of fungus, all in dark blue with light brown pencillings; the back-
ground of rich deep green enamel. Inside the rim is a broad band containing dragons
with bifurcated tails, each having the head of a fungus issuing from its mouth,
symbolizing power; these in yellow, blue, and aubergine, the background dark stippled
green intersected with small yellow flowers. At the bottom is a chrysanthemum in
rouge-de-fer with formal foliage in green. Kang-He period. Diameter 8 inches.

A6. deep bowl, entirely covered with formal chrysanthemum foliage and blossoms

in rich blue, rouge-de-fer and aubergine, the foliage in various shades of green on a
background of paler green. Kang-He period. Diameter 8 inches.

7. Circular bowl with flange lip, the background of apple-green enamel relieved
with four large panels containing the figure of a horseman in the first, a reception
of priests in the second, the Emperor giving an audience to a Buddhistic priest in
the third, and figures of ladies in the fourth. All in rich famille-verte colours
on a white background. Seal mark in double circle. Kang-He period. Diameter
7^ inches.

8. Deep bowl with slightly flanged lip, decorated on fine white porcelain with the

eight fabulous horses of Wang-Mu in rouge-de-fer, aubergine, white, black, yellow,

etc. Inside at the bottom are two other horses, one in rouge-de-fer and the other in
dark aubergine, and by their side is an attendant having a costume of apple-green

with red under-garment and aubergine boots. An exceedingly rare example. Six

character mark in double circle. Kang-He period. Diameter 8 inches.

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