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234- Pair of recumbent kylins, each supporting on its back a square-shaped taper-
ing flower vase, enamelled in aubergine, black, green, and yellow, relieved with sprays

of flowers. One kylin is in pale green with yellow breast, the other aubergine with

green breast; the manes, tails, and crestings in green. Kang-He period. Height 7
inches. {See Illustration, Plate XIX., facing page 58).

235. Pair of plates, the ground of rich apple-green enamel, ornamented with flying
storks, sacred emblems, waves, etc., in yellow, aubergine, white, and black; the rims
are similarly treated. Kang-He period. Diameter yf inches.

236. Square box decorated with carp and other fishes sporting in the waves, upon
which are floating hawthorn blossoms; richly enamelled in green, yellow, aubergine,

and white pencilled in black. On the cover is the Ying and Yang with the entwined

fish, the entire lines representing the male element in nature, the broken lines the

female element; these enamelled in green and black on a yellow ground. The rim
has a tracery design in black on pale green. Kang-He period. Width 4^^ inches.

237. Pair of figures of laughing boys, the head, legs, and bodies in semi-biscuit

porcelain. The jacket of one is green with sprays of flowers in green, blue, and

yellow, and the other is in black enamel with hawthorn blossoms in pale green, white,

and blue lined with black. Each having cheou characters, Ho-Ho birds, and fishes

in rouge-de-fer. Early Kang-He period. Height 6 inches.

238. Recumbent figure of one of the sacred horses of Wang-Mu resting on a mat

enamelled in green. The horse is in fine white porcelain splashed with black, the
mane and tail aubergine. Kang-He period. Height 3^ inches.

239. Large figure of a fabulous toad covered with a green enamel glaze, the eyes
black, the mouth and feet aubergine, the breast and under portion of the body yellow.
Early Kang-He period. Height 6^ inches.

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