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ROSE VERTE. 409

Since we at the melon thousands
together. parted gardens
of clouds and of hills have intervened.
myriads Husband,
you have stayed at Funchovv seeking worldly honours, I alas !
have been here, by the side of this well, shedding rivers of
tears. Hasten in three to return with son if
days your ; you
I shall have entered the barred of Hades, and be
delay, gates
among the shades. For every word I write, a thousand tears
flow. Husband ! let not an answer be a matter of indifference.'
Sprinkling the envelope with her tears, she handed it to the
young officer, who bade her trust to him and cease from sor-
That officer was her son.
rowing. young Her husband,
became
Lew-che-yuen, King of Tsin, and raised the afflicted,
sorrow-smitten water-carrier, San-neang, to be the of
partner
his throne. He became the Hwang-te, the great emperor of
the How-han dynasty, and received many good lessons from
the empress, who had learned wisdom in the school of
affliction."
No. 707. Rose verte dish. Diameter, 11^ inches; height,
2 inches. No mark, two blue The on
rings. diaper patterns
the band at are new, and are over the
edge painted opaque
and enamel which alternate between the
pink green grounds
reserves ; these are marked off by yellow bands and ornamented
with blue enamel foliated designs. In the centre, from two
blue enamel rocks, shaped like tables and relieved with red,
two cocks challenge each other. The dish has been a good
deal rubbed by usage, so that their tails have in great part
The are in the usual the one
disappeared. pseonies pink, top
having a blue middle, while .above the bud is in red and
white.
In Nos. 708, 709 we have an instance of a rose with
piece
a on account of the decoration
Ming mark, probably consisting
of a branch of with fruit and flowers, which
pomegranate may
have been a This
Ching-hwa design. pear-shaped vase, with
wide neck, is 6^ inches in height, and the mark in four
" "
characters, the great Ming being omitted. The flowers
are in rose, while the fruit is more of an orange vermilion
the stem in brown enamel and the foliage in two shades of
green. The one butterfly is blue and red, and the other
yellow, blue, and red. Here and there where the flower has
gone and the fruit is just commencing to form, are small yellow