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12 8. An amphora-shaped vase covered with a delicate pearl-grey enamel glaze.

Six character mark. Kang-He period. Height 6 J inches.

130. A bottle with bell-shaped body and long neck in fine white porcelain, decorated

with a fabulous dragon enamelled in peach bloom splashed with green. Six character
mark. Kang-He period. Height 7|- inches.

131. Short-necked globular vase covered with an apple-green glaze over a coarse

crackle. Ming period. Height 5 inches.

A132. bottle of elegant form with short neck at the base of which are three rings.

On the lower portion of the body is a design of waves in white, in slight relief; issuing

from this are figures of dragons in peach bloom. Six character mark. Kang-He period.

Height 8^ inches.

133. Pair of long-necked globular bottles, profusely splashed with peach bloom
and mouse colour. Kang-He period. Height 9^ inches.

134. Short-necked vase tapering towards an expanding foot, splashed with a
peach-bloom glaze lightly mottled with green. Kang-He period. Height 7^ inches.

135. Pair of long-necked amphora-shaped bottles. At the base is a representation
of waves in rouge-de-fer, and above are entwined fishes; also irregular marks known

as the Ying and Yang, representing the male and female elements in nature. On fine

white porcelain. Six character mark. Kang-He period. Height 7 J inches.

A136. bottle-shaped vase enamelled with sang-de-boeuf splashed with green, known

by the Chinese as "snow-flake." Six character mark. Very rare example. Kang-He
period. Height 9J inches.

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