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A250. deep bowl with slightly flanged lip, decorated with eight of the sacred

horses and a cow, also rocks, foliage, and trees, all richly enamelled in various

colours on a pale yellow ground; the interior light green. Square seal mark in double

ring. Kang-He period. Diameter 7^ inches.

A251. deep bowl with slightly flanged lip, the ground of brilliant black enamel

covered with a translucent pale green glaze, decorated with a rock from which

issues a large flowering branch of the hawthorn tree; the blossoms white, the branches

yellow, and the stem aubergine pencilled in black. At the back is a flying bird with

yellow body and green plumage. Square seal mark in double ring. Kang-He period.

Diameter 7^ inches. {See Illustration^ Plate XXL, facing page 66).

252. Two figures, one representing the sword-bearer to Zo-Zong-Kuei-Kung, the

other the son of Kuei-Ping-Kuei. The robe of the former in rich apple-green

embroidered with dragons and clouds in aubergine, yellow, and black; the trouserings

are yellow. The robe of the latter is in pale aubergine embroidered with Ho-Ho

birds in clouds in pale yellow, cream, and black; the trouserings are white. The

girdle and leg shields are in biscuit, the latter partly gilt; the beard, hair and boots

are in black. Kang-He period. Height 8^ inches.

253. Rare wine-ewer supported by a kylin with a brocade ball reticulated and

enamelled in green. The ewer covered with a rich black enamel glaze, over which

are sprays of flowers and foliage in green, rouge-de-fer, blue, white, and yellow, the
centre sections being further ornamented with a leaf-shaped panel decorated on the
one side with the figure of a fabulous stag, and on the other with a monkey, each

surrounded by trees and foliage in famille-verte colours. The kylin is pale apple-
green with aubergine mane and tail, the flames of power being in rouge-de-fer. The

whole of the above is on an oblong stand decorated in aubergine, yellow, and green
with black pencillings. Over this is a representation of a piece of brocade, the
ground yellow with borders of rouge-de-fer and white. Kang-He period. Height
7^ inches.

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