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Tlii.s anil tlu' next twelve npeeiniens, namely, down to No. 38l>, inclusive, 

 were made under the Kupervision of T'wang ying (see page 33). Height, 1| 

 incrhes; diameter, If inches. 



325. Pencil-holder of same ware, of cylindrical shape. Decorated with a group of 

 the Seven Worthies of the Bamboo (xrove (see No. 53) conversing together or 

 examining a scroll bearing a landscape with pine trees, on a green sward 

 edged with Ijeetling rocks and flowering trees. An exquisitely drawn picture. 

 Mark as on last. Height, 2| inches; diameter, 2| inches. (See Plate 20.) 



32(i. Wine-cKj) (small ) of same ware. Around the foot is a band of delicate red scroll- 

 work on a yellow ground, with a very narrow band above of white foliate 

 pattern on black ground. This and a broader foliate pattern at rim of the 

 dull white color of the glass carefully shaded with straw-yellow upon a very 

 pale green ground, confine the body of the cup, on which a yellow scroll- 

 work forms two landscape panels. The intermediate spaces, slightly smaller 

 than the panels themselves, are completely filled with peonies, chrysanthe- 

 mums, convolvulus, lilies, asters, and many other flowers. A more artistic 

 or delicately beautiful ornamentation than this and that of the following cup 

 it would be difficult to find. Mark as on No. 324. Height, If inches; diame- 

 ter, 2 H'lches. (See Plate 20. ) 



327. Wine-cnp (small) of same ware. Around the foot is a band of same j)attern as in 

 last with an arabesque design above in carmine on a pink ground. Within 

 this and a similar band around brim are delicate foliate patterns of the dull 

 white color of the glass shaded with light brown on a ground of the same 

 color, which confine the body of the cup. Here on a ground of the natural 

 color of the ware is a fine damask in olive-green supporting four panels con- 

 fined by yellow scroll-work — two square and two oblong. The former con- 

 tain valley landscape scenes in winter season, anti the latter similar scenes in 

 summer season, very delicateh' painted in deep pink or carmine. Mark as 

 on No. 324. Height, If inches; diameter, 2 inches. (See Plate 20.) 



328,329. Rice-hoinls (a pair) of thin, pure white Yungt-heng (1723 to 1735) porcelain 

 covered with a very brilliant, transparent vitreous glaze to secure the delicate 

 transparency in the coloring remarkable in the Ku Yiieh-hsiian ware (Nos. 

 323 to 327), and hence termed, as are Nos. 330 to 336, by the Chinese,./on'7- 

 ku-i/ile]t-hs'uaii, modeled after that ware. Decorated with branching sprays 

 of plum Ijlossom beautifully drawn and shaded in sepia above the glaze, the 

 artist's idea being explained by a stanza to the following effect: 



The student sees the outline sharp 



Of plum-bloom by the moonlight cast 

 On window blind, and breathe.s the scent 



Of unseen flow'rets wafted past. 



Mark as on No. 324. Height, 2^ inches; diameter, 4| inches. (See Plate 19. ) 

 330. Tea-pot of jrare white Chienlung porcelain of globular shape and covered with 

 brilliant vitreous glaze, upon which are very beautifully painted groups of 

 white and of pink lotus flowers, and leaves crinkled into many, but quite 

 natural, shapes and showing the dark upper and light lower sides, with buds 

 and seed-j)ods. On cover are groups of the same flowers and leaves arranged 

 in three clumps around the knob, which is a flattened globe bearing the 

 character s/(o«, (longevity) in carmine. On tea-pot is the inscription: "Pure 

 a« the virtue of the perfect man," that is, as jade, which from a passage in 

 the "Classic of Ceremonial" is considered the symbol of such virtue, "har- 

 monious as the strength of him who fulfills all hisduties to his fellow-men." 

 Mark as on No. 324. Height, 4J inches. (See Plate 18.) 

 331,332. Cujis ot same porcelain and bearing precisely the same decoration. No. 

 330 came from the collection of the Prince of I. Several months later these 



