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 PORCELAIN DECORATED

Plates with, outside, interlacing sprays of peonies with the eight precious symbols, crested waves, Indian lotus flowers, fabulous monsters in enamel colours, floral brocade designs ; inside, a pair of dragons among clouds, dragons and phe- nixes faintly engraved under the glaze, fairy flowers, lions sporting with embroidered balls, the eight Buddhist sym- bols, sceptres and cloud scrolls, branching fungus, flowers and fruit.

Plates with, outside, winding sprays of jasmine and fairy flowers, monsters and tigers, branching fungus; inside, dragons and pheenixes in enamel colours; on the dorder, the inscription, Fu ju tung hai, the eight Buddhist symbols, brocaded vases, bands of fairy flowers and ribbons with the eight precious symbols.

Plates with, outside, interlacing bamboo leaves and fungus, flowers and fruit, the eight precious symbols, pairs of dragons and pheenixes ; inside, dragons flying through flowers of the four seasons, longevity inscriptions in colours, familiar scenes, fairy peach-trees ; a border of grapes.

Cups with, outside, a pair of dragons interrupting a band of foreign pomegranates, lions playing with embroidered balls; inside, dragons flying through flowers, sceptres and cloud scrolls; on the Jorder, fragrant plants, nine red dragons in blue sea-waves, water birds in enamel colours and lotus flowers, with Sanscrit Buddhist inscriptions round the edge.

Cups with, outside, pairs of phcenixes and dragons in pairs; inside, yellow hibiscus flowers, interlacing branches of fungus, chrysanthemum flowers in enamel colours.

Boxes with historical scenes ; on the covers, dragons, play- ing boys, the flowers of the seasons, dragons and clouds in enamel colours, flowers, fruit, and birds, fungus branches with antique longevity characters.

Vases with spouts, with dragon medallions, flowers of the four seasons, the Indian lotus supporting Sanscrit characters, pheenixes flying through flowers of the seasons, grapes and western watermelons, dragons grasping sacred longevity characters, apricot leaves, water plants in enamel colours,

with fish painted in gold. 195