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No. 305. Case XIV. TALL SQUARE BLACK HAWTHORN VASE (famille noir). Rectangular form, tapering downward from the slightly curving shoulder and with small tubular neck. Dense white textured porce- lain, of the K'ang-hsi period, invested with a character- istic black enameled ground. The four sides are embel- lished with favorite (ssu chi-hua) flowering plants of the four seasons rendered in varied tints and growing amid rugged masses of moss green rocks against the contrasting black body colo...r. Each vertical panel presenting a spe- cial blossom symbolical of its season; the peony (mu-tan) for Spring; lotus (lien-hua) for Summer; the chrysanthe- mum (chu-hua) for Autumn and the white plum (mei hua) blossom for Winter. The neck and four corners are finished by sprays of yellow lotus blossoms, white cranes and emblematic ling-chih. Has an apocryphal mark: Ta Ming Ch'eng hua nien chih, ''Made in the reign of Ch'eng hua, of the great Ming dynastyr" Date: era of K'ang-hsi (1662-1723). Height, 20 inches.
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No. 305. Case XIV. TALL SQUARE BLACK HAWTHORN VASE (famille noir). Rectangular form, tapering downward from the slightly curving shoulder and with small tubular neck. Dense white textured porce- lain, of the K'ang-hsi period, invested with a character- istic black enameled ground. The four sides are embel- lished with favorite (ssu chi-hua) flowering plants of the four seasons rendered in varied tints and growing amid rugged masses of moss green rocks against the contrasting black body colo...r. Each vertical panel presenting a spe- cial blossom symbolical of its season; the peony (mu-tan) for Spring; lotus (lien-hua) for Summer; the chrysanthe- mum (chu-hua) for Autumn and the white plum (mei hua) blossom for Winter. The neck and four corners are finished by sprays of yellow lotus blossoms, white cranes and emblematic ling-chih. Has an apocryphal mark: Ta Ming Ch'eng hua nien chih, ''Made in the reign of Ch'eng hua, of the great Ming dynastyr" Date: era of K'ang-hsi (1662-1723). Height, 20 inches.
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