XVIII. (1) CHINESE ‘blue and white.’ Small vase (H. 7½ in.). The paste pierced before glazing to form an open-work pattern filled up by glaze. Eighteenth century. British Museum.
(2) CHINESE ‘blue and white.’ Mortar-shaped vase (H. 10 in.). Scattered figures of Taoist sages in pale blue. Chinese, probably sixteenth century. British Museum. .....(_To face p. 154._)
XIX. CHINESE, Ming porcelain. Vase (H. 9½ in.), shaped into vertical, convex panels. The top has been ground down. Very thick paste, showing marks of juncture of moulds. Decoration of kilins and pine-trees in exceptionally brilliant cobalt blue under glaze. Probably fifteenth century. Victoria and Albert Museum. .....(_To face p. 157._)
XX. CHINESE. Globular vase with long neck (H. 17¾ in.). Design built up of lines of iron-red and gold. _Circa_ 1720. Bought in Persia. Victoria and Albert Museum......(_To face p. 162._)
XXI. CHINESE armorial porcelain. Octagonal plate (diam. 16 in.). Talbot arms in centre surrounded by design of books, scrolls, etc.--all in blue under glaze. Early eighteenth century. British Museum......(_To face p. 164._)
XXII. CHINESE porcelain from Siam. Three covered bowls, probably enamelled in Canton for the Siamese market. Early nineteenth century. Victoria and Albert Museum.
(1) Floral design in iron-red, green and yellow over glaze. (H. 6½ in.)
(2) Buddhist divinities in panels amid flame-like ground. Opaque enamels--iron-red, pink, yellow and black. (H. 9 in.)
(3) Floral design in cobalt blue under glaze. (H. 6¼ in.) Brass rim and foot. Said to be a cinerary urn. (_Tho-khôt._).....(_To face p. 174._)
XXIII. JAPANESE, Kakiyemon ware. _Circa_ 1650. British Museum.
(1) Saucer or plate with scalloped edge (diam. 9¾ in.). Prunus springing from straw hedge, Chinese boy and tigers. Enamels--green, yellow, iron-red and blue, all over glaze.
(2) Four-sided bottle (H. 8¾ in.). Formally treated flowers in iron-red, green and blue, all over glaze.
(3) Octagonal saucer (diam. 5¾ in.). Decoration of quails and flowers in iron-red, green and gold over glaze, with cobalt blue under glaze. .....(_To face p. 184._)
XXIV. (1) CHINESE. Covered bowl (H. 8 in.). Floral rosette with fourteen lobes in imitation of the Japanese _kiku-mon_. Iron-red, green and gold over glaze with deep cobalt blue under glaze. Early eighteenth century; made at King-te-chen in imitation of the contemporary Imari ware. Salting collection.