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A170. short-necked vase with oviform body decorated with two large and four

small panels, two of the latter circular and two leaf-shaped. The background represents
brocade, and is a stippled green relieved with butterflies and various flowers. The

two large panels have flowering branches of the peony and chrysanthemum trees with
birds perched on the branches. At the side the seal mark of the artist is to be seen.
In the leaf-shaped panels are figures of kylins, and in the circular are altar vases and
sacred emblems. At the foot is an archaic band in green lined with rouge-de-fer.
Suspended over the shoulder is a band of Joey heads in white, also lined with rouge-
de-fer, and on the shoulder itself is a trellis design in green lined with aubergine and
black, intersected with four small reserves containing dragons with bifurcated tails in

rouge-de-fer on white. On the neck is a landscape scene with view of a lake, rocks,

trees, etc. Inside the lip is a broad band with a tracery design in black on a rich
green. All richly enamelled in famille-verte colourings on white. Kang-He period.

Height i7;| inches.

A171. pair of sprinklers decorated on the neck with three bands having a trellis

design in rouge-de-fer and green, under which is a broader band with an archaic design

similarly treated; below this are Joey heads enamelled in blue, yellow, aubergine,
and black, with a scroll design of foliage in green. Beneath these bands, on the body

of the sprinkler, are large altar vases and sacred emblems finely drawn and richly

enamelled in various famille-verte colours on a white ground. Kang-He period.

Height 6^ inches.

172. Pair of teapots and covers, the bodies divided into sections representing split
bamboo, decorated with sprays of various flowers on difi^erently coloured grounds,
namely, light and dark seeded green, rouge-de-fer, aubergine, and white, all finely

drawn and enamelled in rich famille-verte colours. The handle of one is in repre-

sentation of cane enamelled yellow and lined with black; the other is in imitation

of bamboo and enamelled green splashed with black. On the covers and spouts are

sprays of flowers also in famille-verte. Kang-He period.

173. Pair of puzzle wine-pots in the form of a peach, the emblem of longevity.
One is entirely covered with a rouge-de-fer background, ornamented with formal
flowers and foliage in white; the companion is similarly treated, but has on either

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