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A history and description of Chinese porcelain (1901)

Monkhouse, William Cosmo, 1840-1901, Bushell, S. W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908 · London [etc.] New York, Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited · leaf 180

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fishes, mackerel, carp, marbled perch, andanother, outside, birds flying in clouds inside. But these are simple in decoration compared with thebowls ordered in the Wan-li period, as the following descrip-tions will show:— Bowls decorated outside with dragons and clouds, lotusflowers, fish, boys… … Fig. 24.—BLUE AND WHITE ASTER DISH. DESCRIPTIVE. 75 Boivls with outside dragon medallions, phoenixes, theeight precious symbols on brocaded ground, sea waves, Fu, Lu,Shou, the gods of happiness, rank, and longevity, and branch-ing fungus; inside, a pair of dragons upholding longevitycharacters,…

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