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99- Bottle-shaped vase with bulbous body and long straight neck, covered with
a brilliant turquoise blue glaze relieved with splashes of darker blue over a fine
crackle. Kien-Lung period. Height 13^ inches.

100. Tall oviform vase with slightly spreading lip and expanding foot, covered with
a fine sang-de-boeuf glaze richly mottled over a coarse crackle. Kang-He period.
Height 17 inches.

10 1. Bottle-shaped vase with bulbous body and long straight neck, the latter

divided into three sections to represent bamboo cane. The whole covered with a

brilliant turquoise blue glaze over a fine crackle. Kien-Lung period. Height 1 3 inches.

102. Bottle-shaped vase with bulbous body and long straight neck, covered with a
rich glaze splashed with purple, brown, violet, and white over a coarse crackle.
Kien-Lung period. Height 15^ inches.

103. Pair of exceedingly rare vases in the form of double gourds, both sections
decorated with a design of the double lotus flower and formal foliage in rich
translucent blue on a white ground; on the upper portion, springing from a formal
band of trellis pattern, are acantha leaves also in rich blue lined with black, the lips
terminating with another band of trellis design in blue relieved with white. Four
character mark. Early Kang-He period. Height 1 8|- inches. {See Illustration^ Plate /.,

facing Title).

104. An exceedingly graceful bottle-shaped vase with bulbous body and long

straight neck, covered with a design of double lotus flowers and formal foliage in
rich translucent blue on a white ground. Springing from a formal band of trellis

pattern and going up the lip are large acantha leaves. Round the neck is a narrow

band of blue on white. Early Kang-He period. Height 1 9 inches.

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