400 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



245. \'(isr of white Chienlnng porcelain, j)ear-shaped like No. 288, but more slender, 

 having nine imperial live-clawed dra<?ons (see No. 4) surrounded by flecks 

 of flame souring in mid-air and rising from waves which are incised in the 

 paste around foot, all finely moulded in relief, with crisp outline on the 

 |)aste antl covered with a deep peacock-green glaze coarsely crackled. A 

 beautiful specimen of this rare ware. No mark. [M. du Sartel gives a 

 drawing in his work of a similar vase, which he (erroneously) refers to what 

 he terms la prenuerc. epoqiw — that is, the early portion of the Ming dynasty, 

 lifteenth century.] Height, 14 inches. (See Plate 16.) 



24(). I'liiril-holder of pure white Chienlung porcelain, of cylindrical shape with much 

 everted mouth and corresponding foot, and bound in middle by a raised 

 l)and ornamented with flowers and leaves; from either side of this band 

 sjjrings a circlet of veined banana leaves, all incised in the jjaste under a 

 l)rilliant transparent glaze. A Chingte-chen coi)y of a similar article of the 

 Tingchow ware of the 8ung dynasty, an ancient bronze vessel having served 

 as the original model. No mark. Height, 2| inches; diameter at mouth, 

 'i^ inches. 



247. Boirl of white Chienlung porcelain with everted brim. Decorated, outside, with 

 grasses, yellow lotus flowers, blue and red pinks, peonies, and leaves of vari- 

 ous shades of green well painted on somewhat dull vermilion ground; with 

 flowers on white ground at bottom inside. Mark as on No. 1815. Height, 2| 

 inches; diameter, 5|- inches. 



248-251. Rici' hinnls oi white Chienlung porcelain, with everted brim. On outside, 

 l)andsatrim and above foot, of foliated scroll work in white shaded with 

 vermilion on a ground of same color, confine a plain white s])ace on which 

 is written in vermilion characters a long poem composed by Emperor Chien- 

 lung and bearing his seal and date of "the spring of Ping-yen," that is, 1746. 

 On inside on plain white ground, at bottom bran(^hesof pine, plum blossom 

 (emblems of longevity, seeNo. 181) and the "Buddha's hand" citron {Citrus 

 mrcodactylus) in vermilion; on side two bands of scroll work similar to those 

 on outside. Mark as on No. 186. Height, 2J inches, diameter, 41 inches. 



252. ]yini' cup of thin, pure white Chienlung porcelain, with wide, open mouth, 

 inside plain, covered with r)rilliant transparent glaze. On outside, between 

 1 wo narrow bands of Grecian pattern at rim and above foot is a very close 

 and delicate ornamentation of lotus flowers and leaves, engraved, as is the 

 (Irecian pattern, in the paste, which is unglazed. On this, as ground, appear 

 two imperial five-clawed dragons moulded in relief and beautifully drawn 

 and shaded in vermilion under brilliant glaze. Mark as on No. 186. A very 

 curious and beautiful specimen. Height, 2 inches; diameter, 4^ inches. 



25:1 I'InIr of white Chienlung porcelain, decorated inside with red peony {P.rmna 

 ■iiioKtaii), white yulan ( Marinolla conxpicua) and l)uds on a deep blue ground 

 ornamented with a foliate decoration engraved in the paste. On outside 

 under brim five bats, symbolical of the five kinds of hajipiness, in vermil- 

 ion. Mark as on No. 186. Diameter, 8 inches. 



254, 255. Plak's of white ('hienlung porcelain, similar to above. Decoration on inside 

 consists, however, of sprays of red rose, asters, and pomegranate on a green 

 ground similarly ornamented with foliate decoration engraved in paste. 

 Mark and size the same at last. 



256. I'hili' of white ('hienlung porcelain. On light whitish carnune ground orna- 

 mented with conventional lotus flowers and leaves in deej) carmine, on which 

 are five foliated panels containing landscape scenes in enamel colors, in fore- 

 ground (jf each of which is a FAiropean clad in the dress of the Louis the 

 Fourteenth period, ))earing a swt)rd, a branch of coral, aj«-i (see No. 81), a 

 crutch, and the model of a European house on a salver. Outside decoration 

 and mark same as on No. 258. 



