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A105. vase of rare form with squat-shaped body and long wide-mouthed neck,

decorated with a design of double lotus flowers and formal foliage in rich blue on
a white ground. Half-way up the neck is a bold band of acantha leaves in blue,
pencilled with black; round the lip a formal band in white and blue. Kang-He period.
Height 17^ inches.

106. Pair of beaker-shaped vases with oviform bodies and straight necks with
expanding lips, covered with a design of lotus flowers and formal foliage in rich blue
on white. Separating the neck from the body of the vase is a formal band pencilled
in blue on white. Height 1 8^ inches. Fungus mark in double ring. Kang-He period.

107. Bottle-shaped vase with bulbous body and long straight neck, decorated with
the figure of a dragon guarding the sacred pearl, and a representation of clouds,
waves, and rocks, all in high relief. The ground is in brilliant black enamel, the
dragon in rouge-de-fer and white outlined with gold, the sacred pearl in gold with the

flames in rouge-de-fer, the clouds in white pencilled with black, and waves and rocks

in various greens, aubergine, blue, and white. Six character mark in double ring.

A rare specimen. Yung-Ching period. Height 12 inches.

108. Very important vase with oviform body and trumpet-shaped lip, decorated

with large flowering peony trees, rocks, figures of quails, etc. all exquisitely drawn
;

and most delicately enamelled in rose-verte colourings on a white ground. At the

foot on a salmon colour ground is an archaic band showing Joey heads from which

sacred bells are suspended, the Joey heads yellow lined with green and black, and

the sacred bells in blue and white. On the shoulder is a deep band of Joey heads

containing formal flowers in light and dark green, yellow, blue, and rouge-de-fer

on a delicate pink ground. Above this is a broad yellow band with formal flowers

and foliage in colours representing brocade from this, and on the neck of the
;

vase, is a bold archaic design richly enamelled in green, rose-pink, rouge-de-fer,

blue, and white. Yung-Ching period. Height 27 inches. {See Illustration, Plate VI.,

following page 22).

This vase was formerly in the collection of Prince Choo, and afterwards in that of

Mr. Alfred Trapnell. It has been loaned to many exhibitions and art galleries, and
is known as the "Quail" vase.

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