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112. Oviform vase with short neck and slightly expanding lip, profusely decorated
with a landscape showing the view of a lake on which are fishermen in boats, also a
house, trees, mountains, rocks, etc., all finely drawn and enamelled in rose-verte and

sepia. On the neck is a branch of fungus tied with a blue silk band, a peach in

rouge-de-fer, a pine tree branch and lotus flower. Kien-Lung period. Height 1 5f

inches.

    113. Set of three wide-mouthed bowls each tapering towards the foot, covered with

a rich sang-de-boeuf glaze both inside and out over a coarse crackle. The foot in pale

green. Ming period. Diameter of each 9 inches. Formerly in the collection of
Prince Woo.

    114. Miniature water-vessel covered with a thick pale blue glaze splashed with
violet. Sung period. Height 2| inches.

   A115. vase in the form of three double gourds bound together with a representation

of a silken band, covered entirely with a turquoise-blue glaze finely crackled. Ming
period. Height 7 inches.

A1 1 6.  deep bowl covered inside and out with a very thick pale blue glaze on

semi-porcelain. Sung period. Diameter 7 inches.

    117. Quatrefoil-shaped vase covered with a thick violet glaze splashed with blue
and partly crackled. Sung period. Height 6^ inches.

    118. Small short-necked oviform vase covered with a pale turquoise glaze coarsely

crackled. Sung period. Height 4^ inches.

    119. Pair of deep bowls, the Interiors and exteriors covered with a sang-de-boeuf
glaze finely mottled. Ming period. Diameter 8 inches. Formerly in the collection

of Prince Woo.

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