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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...Height, 9'/, inches. 327--Sang-de-bki-f Bottle (K'ang-hsi) Inverted pear shape with broad flat foot, and straight and full tubular neck. Heavy sonorous bard paste white porcelain, with a luminous glaze exhibiting areas of the clotted ox-blood in a grayish watery field, and showing a bold crackle in dark lines and an orange-peel surface. Has carved teakwood stand. Height, §'/., inches. From the Graves Collection. 328--Sang-de-bkuf Bowl (K'ang-hsi) Deep inverted bell shape with bold foot. Brilliant glaze in a waning, watery ox-blood hue, with fleckings of congelation, a bold crackle and a delicate peau-de-peche surface. Carved teakwood table-stand. Diameter, 7'/2 inches. 329--Camellia-leaf Greex Bowl (K'a-ng-hsi) Ovoid and shallow with wide mouth and short lip. Luminous glaze in rich camellia-leaf green of fine and uniform tone, delicately crackled in dark lines. Carved teakwood cover with knob handle in form of a fruit of the Buddha's-hand citron carved in white jade. Diameter, 10% inches. 330--Peachbloom Bottle (Yung Clung) Globular with short and full neck. Rich mirror glaze of a fine yet subdued brilliancy, and delicate peau-d--orange surface, in peachbloom pink and deeper peach red, a brilliant example of the charming glaze color that evolving from the ancient sacrificial red through the sang-de-bwuf developed the more delicate peachblooms. Height, 10% inches. 331--Pear-shaped Bottle (Yung Cheng) Luminous glaze of rich liver-color with a lightly pitted peau-d'orange surface and delicate sunset lustre. Under the foot, Ta Ch'ing Yung Ch'cng nien chih in blue within a blue double ring. Carved teakwood stand. Height, 11 % inches. 332--Peach-red Bottle (Ch'ien-lung) Globular-ovoidal with full neck. Rich and brilliant glaze of fine peach-red, with mirror ...