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handle just below neck, whicb ia of same shape as that of the body of vase. 

 Covered with splotches, which have run into another, of several dull colors, 

 black, bottle-green, and deep lake, giving the appearance of mottled agate, 

 under a thick glaze. The porcelain in coarsely crackled like ice. No mark. 

 Height, 5J inches. 



272. Vane of white Chienlung porcelain, of small lancelle shape, bearing chrysanthe- 



mum flowers and leaves engraved in paste, over Avhich under a rich vitreous 

 glaze is a wavy pattern in yellows and browns resembling agate. No mark. 

 Height, 6i inches. 



273. Vase of white Chienlung porcelain, bulging from above foot, then contracting 



concavely to form slender neck much everted at mouth. Decoration consists 

 of bamboos and chrysanthemums outlined and shaded in black on deep blue 

 ground, covered with thin but brilliant glaze. Edge of mouth black, inside 

 plain white. No mark. Height, llf inches. 



274. 275. Plates (a pair) of white Chienlung porcelain coarsely crackled. Orna- 



mented with circular splotches arranged in pattern round a largo central 

 one, in which white, red, and blue colors appear, giving each splotch the 

 appearance of a crushed purplish red fruit. Covered with a thick vitreous 

 glaze, which has collected between the splotches and thus formed a sort of 

 frame-work of bottle-green hue. Outside similar splotches are arranged reg- 

 ularly ai-ound brim. A curious variety of ^fflm&e style. No mark. Diame- 

 ter, 9f inches. 



The use of spiked metal supports to keep vessels of porcelain in position 

 within the kiln has been generally considered peculiar, in the East, 

 to the Japanese system of manufacture. The marks of a seven- 

 spiked stand on the feet of these plates show, however, that metal 

 supports within the seggars have also, at least occasionally, been 

 employed by the Chinese. 

 276 Vase of white Chienlung porcelain, of slender bulbous shape with long taper- 

 ing neck, of the flanibe variety. From its appearance one would judge the 

 decoration to consist of a deep red ground on which has been blown {souffl4) 

 a blue and white composition, which had formed a multitude of closely packed 

 blue and white circles, of irregular edge owing to their having run in the 

 baking, under a thick, brilliant vitreous glaze. At mouth the color has dis^ 

 appeared, discovering the white porcelain under a crackled glaze. Lower 

 down inside the color re-appears. No mark. A very fine specimen. Height, 

 16 inches. 



277. Vase of pure white Chienlung porcelain, of bulbous shape with long neck 



ending with a small globe. luside without color. Outside it is entirely 

 covered with a deep sang-de-ioeuf red, with streaks like fleecy clouds of blue 

 discovering white, the edges of which shade into black or very deep purple 

 where the colors mingle, under a thick vitreous transparent glaze, crackled 

 about mouth. No mark. An exceptionally tine specimen. Height, 13f inches. 



278. Fish-bowl (small) of white Chienlung porcelain, globular, colored sang-debceuf 



under a deep vitreous glaze. Rim white; then, on inside, red close to rim, 

 and lower down where glaze has run in baking, streaked — of good color. No 

 mark. Height, 3 inches. 



279. Vase of white Chienlung porcelain. Globular in shape, upper part of globe 



being cut at an angle of 45° to long neck which everts at mouth. On either 

 side of neck is a handle formed by an elephant's head with inward curved 

 trunk molded in relief on the paste. Covered with j^aiH&e colors, red, blue, 

 and white, which both inside and out merge into one another, each predomi- 

 nating in turu, under a thick vitreous glaze pitted like orange-peel. Mouth 

 rim remains white. No mark. Height, 14| inches. 



