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45.2. Chinese, Ch'ing dynasty. Ch'ien Lung period (A. D. 1738-1796). Vase, 



ovoid, with low, spreading foot and flaring lip. Body of fine-grained, 

 hard, white clay, covered with a high-fired, pale buff glaze. The decora- 

 tion in famille rose euamels, gold and iron red over glaze. Six-character 

 mark in gold seal characters under the base. 0.203 x 0.096. 



45.3. Chinese, Ch'ing dynasty. Ch'ien Lung period (A. D. 1736-1796). Vase, 



with wide shoulder and short neck. The body is of fine-grained, hard, 

 white clay, with a pale gray, crackled glaze, coated on the outside with 

 transparent green enamel. 0.151 x 0.084. 

 45.5. Chinese, Ch'ing dynasty. Yung-cheng period (A. D. 1723-1736). Bottle- 

 shaped vase ; two handles on the neck. The body is of thin, white 

 porcelain with a transparent glaze. The outside, except for the handles 

 and foot, is coated with pink enamel, delicately painted in famille rose 

 enamels with chrysanthemums, fruit, and butterflies. Four-character 

 mark on the foot. 0.122 x 0.075. 

 45.10. Chinese, llth-12th century. Sung dynasty. Tz'u-chou type. A large 

 jar, with a wide mouth and two strap handles; bold foot ring. The 

 body is of buff-colored, porcelanous stoneware. The shoulder and 

 strap-handles are covered with a delicate, applied ribbing under a 

 lustrous brown glaze having a minute gray speckling; the lower 

 body with a shiny brown glaze roughened by adhesions. Possibly 

 from Ch'ing-ho hsien. 0.286 x 0.276 (diameter). 

 44.49. Persian, 11th century. So-called Aghkand ware. Bowl with a narrow 

 flat rim and low ring foot. Body of fine-grained, fairly hard, reddish- 

 buff earthernware. The decoration, a design of a cock in scrolls, is 

 incised in the white covering slip and colored green, yellow, and brown 

 in local areas under a transparent glaze. 0.098 x 0.276 (diameter). 

 (Illustrated.) 

 45.8. Persian, 13th century. Rayy. Bowl, standing on a low basal ring. The 

 body is of soft, grayish clay covered with a cream-white glaze upon 

 which a figural decoration is painted in polychrome, in so-called minai 

 technique. 0.085 x 0.203. 



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44.48. Persian, 16th century (A. D. 1524), Safavid period. Herat. Anthology, 

 containing selections from the works of Jalal ad-DIn Rumi, NizamI, 

 Sa'dl, and Sana'i, bound in gold stamped and tooled leather. Nasta'Uq 

 script, written by the calligraphers Shaikh Mahmud, Mir 'AIT Husaini, 

 Sultan Muhammad Nur (attr.), Muhammad Qasim b. Shadi-Shah, and 

 Sultan Muhammad Khandan. Three colophons. Frontispiece by 

 Bihzad (see Painting, 44.48A). 0.250 x 0.170 x 0.022. 



NEAB EASTERN MErALWORK 



45.13. Persian, 6th-8th century. Sasanian type. A bronze ewer with a pear- 



shaped body on a high foot ; slender handle terminating in stylized 

 antelope heads. Dark green, glossy patina with areas of red. A small 

 repair on one side. 0.437 x 0.165. 



45.14. Veneto-Islamic, middle of the 16th century. Waterbucket with bail 



handle (satl). The outer surface of the body and the handle and a 

 border along the inside upper edge are decorated with engraving and 

 silver inlay. The inside is engraved and gilded. 0.322 (with handle 

 raised) ; 0.197 (with handle down) ; 0.300 (diameter). (Illustrated.) 



