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CERAMIC ART IN CHINA. 40l 



2iS7. /'/r(^' of wliitt' Chicnlun-j: porcelain. On a vermilion jironnd ornamented with 

 eonventional lotu8 flowers and leaves in gold are five foliated panels con- 

 taining landscapes painted in enamel colors. Outside decoration and mark 

 same as on Xo. 253. 



•_'5S. Phih' of white Chienlung poriielain. On pale yellow-brown mottled ground 

 resembling agate are five foliated panels containing landscapes in enamel 

 colors, in foreground of each of which is a child carrying a halberd, a lotus 

 Hower, Aju-l, a Buddhistic sacred relic {she-h) on a salver, and one pursuing 

 a butterfly. Outside decoration and mark same as on No. 258. 



259. J'lidi' of white Chienlung porcelain. On a light green ground covered with deli- 



cate cloud-like ornaments in black are sprays of lotus, roses, peonies {I'lvonia 

 inuii f a II ), p\nm blossoms, and chrysanthemums in natural colors. Outside 

 decoration and mark as on No. 253. 



260. Boirl {smaM) of white Chienlung porcelain. Plain inside. Outside, on a pale, 



rich, celadon ground are flowers painted in vermilion, with leaves of enamel 

 green. Mark as on No. 186. Height, IJ inches; diameter, 3J inches. 



261. Vdsf (small) of white Chienlung porcelain, of slender jar shape. Covered with a 



broad, double band of modified Grecian pattern in relief on basket-work 

 ground engraved in the paste, confined above and below by bands of foliate 

 design in relief with incised shading. Round the neck circle of banana 

 leaves in relief with incised shading, all under transparent glaze having a 

 celadon tinge. Mark as on No. 186. Height, 7 inches. 



262,263. Plate'i (a pair) of white Chienlung porcelain, circular with upright edges, 

 small. In center is a gourd and two sprays of flowers tied with flowing 

 ribbons held by a bat with outstretched wings amid clouds, very delicately 

 moulded in relief and covered throughout with a pale celadon glaze. Mark 

 as on No. 186. Height, 1 inch. 



264. Vdsf of pure Avhite Chienlung porcelain, curving inward slightly above foot, 

 then bulging gradually to two-thirds height, when it contracts gradually to 

 near mouth, which is slightly everted. At foot, a narrow band of conventional 

 lotus flowers and leaves. Above, confined by band of foliated design engraved 

 in the paste are four conventional lotus flowers with scroll-like leaves and 

 flying bats so arranged that five bats ( im fu, or five kinds of happiness) appear 

 round each flower. At base of neck is a narrow band studded with small 

 dots (gems) in relief. Above, round the neck, a broad band of ornamentation 

 similar to that on body, confined at top by band of foliated scroll work. The 

 ornamentation throughout is moulded, boldly but with great delicacy, in 

 relief upon the paste, and is covered with a brilliant deej) celadon glaze 

 approaching white in the highest portions of the relief. Mark as on No. 186, 

 l)ut in shape of a seal and in high relief. A unique and very beautiful speci- 

 men. Height, 11 J inches. (See Plate 17.) 



[265. \'<iKi' of pure white Chienlung porcelain, of flattened bulbous shape with long 

 slender neck which represents half of total height. Upon the body of the 

 va.se is a inang, the tail of which curls upward round the neck (see No. 9), very 

 boldly moulded in relief with heail erectand long beard depending from chin, 

 covered throughout with a brilliant celadon glaze, the rnang being spotted 

 with marks of red and brown mixed, shading off into the glaze, and on the 

 l)ody of the vase are curious cloud-like splotches of deepest olive green shad- 

 ing off at the edges. Mark as on No. 186. Height, 12g inches, 

 ti. ]'axi' of white Chienlung porcelain of slender bulbous shape with neck ending in 

 trumpet-shaped mouth, entirely covered outside with a uiiiform glaze in 

 (;olor between vermilion and deep carmme. Rim of mouth and inside plain. 

 Mark as on No. 186. Height, 11| inches. 



