402 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



2H7. f'niril-inixher of white C'hienlnng porcelain, in shape renembUng an S scroll 

 with tall perpendicular sides. Inside l)iscuit unjjlazed. Outside covered with 

 a uiiil'orm deep green (called l)y Chinese " cucinnher green " ) closely crackled 

 (truite). No mark. Height, 1^ inches; length, Hi inches. 



268,2(59. lo-s^.s (a pair) of white Chienlung porcelain, a pomegranate fruit in 

 shape — of the kind termed /rt»(^<'. The mixed blue and white colors which 

 cover the mouth and inside, flow down and become specially prominent in 

 the hollows at junction of the sections, the latter being a brilliant purple red, 

 antl the contlictiug tints gradually merging into one another at the edges of 

 contact; all covered with a brilliant thick vitreous glaze. 



270. T'/.sr of white Cliienlung porcelain shaped as a gourd contracted in the middle. 



Covered with deep red having a somewhat mottled appearance on lower 

 globular portion, under a brilliant, thick vitreous glaze, the edge of the 

 mouth inside and out being white, though the color appears inside farther 

 down. Xo mark. Height, 8| inches. 



271. ]'aste oi white Chienlung porcelain, of ancient bronze design, in form of two 



diamond-shaped vases of which one-fourth of the length has been cut off 

 and the sections united; at either end an elephant's head with trunk forms a 

 handle just below neck, which is of same shape as that of the Ijody of vase. 

 Covered with splotches, which have run into one another, of several dull 

 colors, black, bottle green, and deep lake, giving the appearance of mottled 

 agate, under a thick glaze. The i)orcelain is coarsely crackled like ice. No 

 mark. Height, o^ inches. 



272. T'''.'*^ of white Chienlung porcelain, of small lancelle shape, bearing chrysanthe- 



mum flowers and leaves engraved in paste, over which under a rich vitreous 

 glaze is a wavy pattern in yellows and browns resembling agate. No mark. 

 Height, 6h inches. 



273. ^'/.^r of white Chienlung porcelain, bulging from above foot, then contracting 



concavely to form slender neck much everted at mouth. Decoration i-onsists 

 of bamboos and chry.^anthemums outlined and shaded in black on deep blue 

 ground, covered with thin but brilliant glaze. PMge of month black, inside 

 plain white. No mark. Height, 11| inches. 

 274, 27o. J'lutt'ti (a pair) of white Chienlung porcelain coarsely crackled. Orna- 

 mented with circular splotches arranged in pattern around a large central one, 

 in which white, red, and blue colors appear, giving each splotch the appear- 

 ance of a crushed purplish red fruit. Covered with a thick vitreous glaze, 

 which has collected between the splotches and thus formed a sort of frame- 

 work of bottle-green hue. Outside similar splotches are arranged regularly 

 around l)rim. A curious variety of .//«;/( ^V' style. No mark. Diameter, 9| 

 inches. 



• The use of spiked metal supports to keep vessels of porcelain in position 

 within the kiln has been generally considered peculiar, in the P>ast, 

 to the Japanese system of manufacture. The marks of a seven- 

 spiked stand on the feet of these plates show, however, that metal 

 supports within the seggars have also, at least occasionally, been 

 employed l)v the Chinese. 

 27(). IV/.srof white Chienlung porcelain, of slender bulbous shape with long taper- 

 ing nec;k, of thejUi)iihe variety. From its appearance one woulil judge the 

 dec()ration to consist of a deep red ground on which hasl)een blown (.luiiffie) 

 a blue and white composition, which had formed a multitude of closely 

 jjacked blue and white circles, of irregular edge owing to their having run 

 in tiie })aking, under a thick, brilliant vitreous glaze. At mouth the color 

 lias (lisajjpeared, discovering the white porcelain under a crackled glaze. 

 Lower ilown inside the color reajipears. No mark. A very fine specimen. 

 Height, \(i inches. 



