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outstretched wiogs. The ornamentation, which typifies " long life and hap- 

 piness," is throughout of Itrighl. gold. Inside a pale green. On foot of same 

 coh>r. Mark as on No. 186. Unique and very beautiful specimens. Height, 

 18 inches; diameter, 6f and 8 inches. 



20'!, 205. Vases (a pair) of pure white Cheinlung porcelain, circular in shape, bulg- 

 ing suddenly above foot to one-half height, then contracting to form long 

 neck, everted at brim. Decoration consists of an Imperial tive-clawed dragon 

 pursuing sun and five bats among clouds over breaking waves at foot; 

 beautifully molded in relief under white glaze. Round the foot a band of 

 Grecian pattern incised in paste under glaze. Mark as on No. 186. Height, 

 12 inches; diameter, 8 inches. 



206. Vase of white porcelain, globular in shape, with straight, somewhat broad 

 neck. Decoration : from a mass of rocks colored blue, green, and white, and 

 on which grow red and white peonies, springs a spreading tree, with green 

 trunk and leaves, some white, some green. Among the branches stands a 

 stork on one leg, another stork is shown flying from among clouds above, 

 while four more stand below in various positions on and around the rocks, 

 the storks being white, with black legs, tails, and beaks and red crests. The 

 ground color of the vase is brown aubergine, covered throughout with a 

 brilliant transparent glaze. The date is uncertain, but the style of decora- 

 tion indicates that it may belong to a period considerably .anterior to Chein- 

 lung's reign; it certainly is not of a later date. Height, 15^ inches. 



Represents the home of the stork of immortality on P'eng-lai-shan (see 

 No. 181). 



207-210. Tea-cups (4) of thin white Cheinlung porcelain, with wide months. Deco- 

 rated with slight sprays of gonventional lotus flowers and leaves, forming four 

 panels, in each of which is a small similar flower with a butterfly on out- 

 stretched wings above in deep tones and one in light tones below. Very 

 beautifully painted. Mark as on No. 186. Height, 2| inches ; diameter, 4J 

 inches. 



211,212. Cu2}s (a pair), small, of pure white Cheinlung porcelain, with wide mouths. 

 Inside plain. On outside, on thick violet ground, are sprays of iris; Chinese 

 pinks of various colors, red peonies, and yellow peonies spring from the foot 

 of cup. Mark as on No. 186. Height, If inches ; diameter, 3-i inches. 



213. Hanginci-vase, flat, of pure white Cheinlung porcelain. On an imitation wooden 



stand, colored vermilion, with a scroll pattern (representing the carving usual 

 on such stands) in gold, stands a vase of the shape of a gourd contracted at 

 the middle (hnlu) conventionalized by giving a scalloped outline to the two 

 globular portions, into which the gourd is shaped by the central contracting 

 band. On the lower and larger portion is a panel outlined in gold, and of 

 lower level than the surrounding body. On the panel is a landscape paint- 

 ing of mounted Tartars in official dress, hunting; the body is decorated with 

 delicate foliations in gold, studded with conventional star-shaped flowers of 

 various, but subdued, colors. A narrow baud of panel scrolls in brick-red, 

 edged with white on a green ground, and a second band of delicate blue and 

 pink flowers on a pale yellow ground, contract the gourd at the center. 

 Above, on the smaller swelling, the ground of which corresponds with that of 

 the larger swelling below, is a second gold-edged panel containing a four- 

 line stanza signed by the Emperor Chienlung, himself an ardent sportsman, 

 extolling the pleasures of the chase. The outward sloping neck is decorated 

 with a band of scalloped upright banana leaves on the same ground as 

 covers the lower portion of the vase. Mark as on No. 186. The landscape 

 and figures admirably painted ; style of decoration shows great artistic skill. 

 Height, 8-1 inches. 



214. Wine-iioi and cover of pure white Chienlung porcelain. Of slender, graceful 



form, entirely covered with plain gold. No mark. Height 8f inches. 



