LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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TERRA-COTTA INCENSE BURNERS, MING PERIOD 98 



LIONS IN LACQUERED WOOD, SHOP FRONT, PEKING 100 



LIONS IN BLACKWOOD, PEKING 100 



WOODEN LION, PEKING 104 

 LION FIGURES GUARDING A CORNER OF PAVILION- ROOF, SUMMER PALACE, 



PEKING 104 

 STONE PEDESTAL OF PAILOU, BUILT BY THE EMPEROR YUNG Lou, MING 



TOMBS, NEAR PEKING. ETHEREAL LIONS WITH THE EMBROIDERED BALL 



AND TAPE-LIKE CORDS 104 



IRON LIONS, YAO WANG TEMPLE, PEKING 104 



LIONESS, LAMA TEMPLE, PEKING 104 



LION, LAMA TEMPLE, PEKING 104 



TIBETAN LION (FEMALE), K'ANG Hsi PERIOD. ITALIAN LEGATION, PEKING 112 



TIBETAN LION (MALE), K'ANG Hsi PERIOD. ITALIAN LEGATION, PEKING 112 



BUDDHIST LION- MASQUE, PEKING, 1914 116 



BUDDHIST LION-MASQUE, PEKING, 1914 116 



JAPANESE LION- MASQUE PLAYERS IN PORCELAIN 116 



BUDDHIST LION-MASQUE, PEKING, 1914 118 



BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, SUNG PERIOD 120 



SILVER SNUFF BOTTLE 120 



PAIR OF IVORY OPIUM BOXES 120 

 MINIATURE BRONZE LION AND A COREAN " PURIFY HEART PILL " (LION'S 



MILK PILL) 120 



WEN SHU (MANJUSRI) BUDDHA RIDING ON A LION (HUANG Ssu, NEAR PEKING) 122 

 AN IMPERIAL DOG SCROLL, PAINTED BY MIAO Su-CmuN, INSTRUCTRESS IN 



PAINTING TO THE LATE EMPRESS DOWAGER, DATED SEPTEMBER, 1890 126 



PAINTING, K'ANG PERIOD, SIGNED " RESPECTFULLY PRESENTED." LENG MEI 128 



SHORT-COATED " PEKINGESE," MODERN 132 

 BACK OF CHINESE HAND MIRROR, TAO KUANG PERIOD (ABOUT 1850), PAINTED 



ON SILK 132 



PORCELAIN DOGS FROM PEKING, TAO KUANG PERIOD 140 



CHINESE PUG DOG, FROM AN IMPERIAL DOG BOOK 140 



SHEN CHUAN, BY HIGH OFFICIAL OF K'ANG Hsi (EARLY) PERIOD 140 



PORCELAIN DOGS FROM PEKING, TAO KUANG PERIOD 140 

 PAINTING BY THE IMPERIAL BRUSH OF Tzu Hsi, EMPRESS DOWAGER, IN THE 



NINTH YEAR OF T'UNG CHIH (1870) 142 



NINE BUDDHIST LIONS 148 



PORCELAIN BOWLS WITH EIGHT DOGS, TAO KUANG PERIOD (PA-ERH Kou) 148 



PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES, PEKING 148 



" Ho YUN, 1820 CHIU CHING." CHIN SHIH, TOONG CHU 158 



CHINESE PICTURE (RECENT) USED IN BREEDING 158 



CLOTH LANTERN COVER. SHEN CHEN-LIN 160 

 SILK FAN SIGNED " SHEN LIN," 1901, AFTER THE STYLE OF THE YUAN DYNASTY 



(1260 A.D.) 1 60 



CHINESE FAN J 6o 



CHIU SHIH TOONG CHU FAN, TAO KUANG PERIOD 160 

 LACQUER PICTURE OF PEKINGESE DOGS, PAH-ERH Kou, K'ANG Hsi PERIOD, 



1662-1723 z ^4 

 PANEL MARKED " THREE DIVIDED FLOWERS " DOG, TAO KUANG PERIOD, 



AFTER Lu PAO SHUN, PAINTER OF THE MING PERIOD. HSING KE T'u 



(HSING AND THE PlGEONS) 164 



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