408 KKPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



the fuot and l)y a band of foliated scroll-work round the rim. Mark Ta-M ing- 

 chia-ch^ing-nien-chlJi, "Made during the Chiach'ing period of the Great Pure 

 dynasty." Height, 7 inches. 

 338, 339. Hoirls for growing narcissus, of white .C!hiach'ing porcelain of ovate shape 

 divided into four scallops. Between a ])and at rim and another at foot of 

 foliated scroll pattern is the decoration in chief, which, on each curved panel 

 or scallop, consists of a character s/(om (longevity) in seal form surmounted 

 by a bat, the decoration thus signifying "long age and every happiness," 

 and supported on either side by conventional (or western) lotus flf)wers and 

 leaves. The decoration is throughout in relief in whitish celadon on a 

 ground of dark celadon. Mark as on No. 337. Height, 2 J inches; length, 

 7| inches. 



340. la.sr of wliite Chiach'ing porcelain, of slender bulbous shape with long tapering 



nec;k, covered inside and out with deep green glaze ( known to the Chinese 

 as "apple-green",) closely crackled. Mark as on No. 337. Height, 12^^ 

 inches. 



341, 342. Plates of white C'hiach'ing porcelain with scalloped edges. Inside are five 



bats surrounding a medallion formed of the seal character .s/foi; — i.e., long 

 life and every happiness — in vermilion, shaded, on a white ground. On out- 

 side, round the convex brim are branching sprays of plum blossom and two 

 birds left white on a vermilion ground and shaded with the color of the 

 ground. Mark as on No. 337. Diameter, 51 inches. 

 543. Boicl (small) of white Chiach'ing porcelain, with everted Ijrim. Inside plain. 

 Outside entirely covered with flowers of many varieties in red and cream 

 yellow on white ground — hence termed by the Chinese "cup of 100 flowers." 

 Mark as on No. 337. Height, 2\ inches; diameter, 4 inches. 



344. Vose of white Chiach'ing porcelain, of cylindrical shape, with low neck slightly 



everted and, on either side, below contraction toward neck a handle in shape 

 of an ancient altar, covered entirely with olive green dappled (souffle) with 

 deep blue black. Mark as on No. 337. Height, 9^ inches. 



345. Smif bottle of enamel upon copper, of flattened globular shape. Body is entirely 



covered with a representation of a celebrated "picture of the hundred chil- 

 dren" playing in a garden with pavilion and trees, etc., painted with great 

 care and detail. On the neck is a band of foliate scroll pattern in deep 

 blue u{)on a ground of very light shade of same color, and above it a band of 

 delicate yellow-brown grass on a ground of light green. Mark as on No. 337. 

 Height, 2J inches. 

 346, 347. Bowls (large) , a pair, of white Taokuang (1821 to 1851) porcelain with wide 

 open mouths. Inside plain. Outside are sprays of bamboos, with crisp, 

 bold outline left white upon a deep 1)rick-red ground. Mark Ta-ch' ing-tao- 

 kuang-men-cliih, "Made in the Taokuang period of the Great Pure dynasty." 

 Height, 2| inches; diameter, 7| inches. 

 348. Tea-Clip and cover of thin white Taokuang porcelain, with wavy brim. On a 

 ground of waves closely engraved in paste are Han Hsiang-tz'u and an 

 attendant sailing on a tree toward a pavilion far away in the clouds, and 

 on the cover is a woman (? Lao-yii) riding a fnig-lnumg (see No. 4) toward.s 

 a distant pavilion among the clouds. Mark as on last. Height, 3f inches; 

 diameter, 4 inches. 



Han Hsiang-tz'u is one of the Eight Immortals of Taoist fable. He was 

 an ardent votary of transcendental study, to whom Lii Tung-pin, 

 another of the Immortals, appeared and made him his pupil. He 

 is represented riding ujjon a tree trunk to immortality, in reference 

 to the legend that having l)een carried into the peach-tree of the 

 genii (see No. 27) he fell from the branches and entered upon a state 

 of immortality. 



