Page 21 - Davies Collection of Chinese Porcelain

19. Large size oviform jar and cover of fine white porcelain, decorated with
flowering branches of the finger-fruit, peach, persimmon, pomegranate and other
trees; the covers similarly treated. All in rich famille-verte colourings. Kang-He
period. Height 12 inches.

A20. deep plate decorated with the figure of a lady seated at a table playing a

bewa and an attendant approaching with a wine ewer and cups on a tray; at the

back are trees and large rocks. The border has a deep band of trellis design with

formal flowers, intersected with six small reserves containing Buddhistic emblems.
All in rich famille-verte colourings. Mark, a fungus in double circle. Kang-He
period. Diameter i8j inches.

21. Oviform jar with dome-shaped cover, decorated with branches of the peony,
begonia and hawthorn trees issuing from rocks; at the back are two flying birds.

The cover similarly treated. All in rich famille-verte colourings on fine white
porcelain. At the bottom of the jar is a band containing a geometrical design in
blue. Kang-He period. Height loj inches.

22. Pair of octagonal plates decorated in the centre with a large size figure of a

dragon guarding the sacred pearl. On the rim is a broad band of green, pencilled

with black to represent waves, on which are floating hawthorn blossoms in red; at the
sides are pieces of coral reef All in rich famille-verte colours. Six character mark
in double circle. Kang-He period. Diameter 8 inches.

23. Set of three plates, the centre or larger one having the figure of the god of
war with an officer and messenger; the smaller ones, figures of great fighting men,

their robes enamelled in various rich colourings of the famille-verte. The larger
plate has a six character mark in double circle, and the smaller a three character
mark in double circle. Kang-He period. Diameter of larger plate, loj inches; of

smaller plates, 8 inches.

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