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Marks on Chinese Pottery and Porcelain 211
± =5 jX wu or mou) correspondj-ing t4. o 4t.1h,e eilement4. • t..u ^1
S6 chi \
earth.
^7 keng ^ =I corresponding to the element chin metal.
^8 hsin
^9 jen
H10 A:Mez =I corresponding to the element y^ shut water.
The Twelve Branches -^ IL^ shih erh chih, which correspond to
the twelve animals of the zodiac, and through them to the twelve
divisions of the day are as follows :
