129. OCTAGONAL VASE AND COVER, PAINTED IN _famille rose_ ENAMELS 248 Ch’ien Lung period (1736–1795). _One of a pair in the Collection of Dr. A. E. Cumberbatch._ 130. VASE WITH PEAR-SHAPED BODY AND WIDE MOUTH; TUBULAR HANDLES (_Colour_) 254 Porcelain with delicate _clair de lune_ glaze recalling the pale blue tint of some of the finer Sung celadons. About 1800. _British Museum._ 131. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PAINTED PORCELAIN 264 Fig. 1.--Plate painted in black and gold, European figures in a Chinese interior. Yung Chêng period. _British Museum._ Fig. 2.--Dish with floral scrolls in _famille rose_ enamels in a ground of black enamel diapered with green foliage scrolls. Ch’ien Lung period. _Wantage Collection._ 132. Vase painted in mixed enamels, an Imperial park and a bevy of ladies 264 Deep ruby pink borders with coloured floral scrolls and symbols. Ch’ien Lung mark. About 1790. _Wantage Collection._ 133. LATE _famille rose_ ENAMELS 280 Fig. 1.--Bowl painted in soft enamels, attendants of Hsi Wang Mu in boats. Mark, _Shên tê t’ang chih_. Tao Kuang period. _British Museum._ Fig. 2.--Imperial Fish Bowl with five dragons ascending and descending, borders of wave pattern, _ju-i_ pattern, etc., _famille rose_ enamels. Late eighteenth century. _Burdett-Coutts Collection._ 134. PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES. Eighteenth Century. _British Museum_ 280 Fig. 1.--Subject from the drama, black ground. Yung Chêng mark. Fig. 2.--Battle of demons, underglaze blue and red. Mark, _Yung-lo t’ang_. Fig. 3.--Blue and white “steatitic” ware. Fig. 4.--Crackled cream white _ting_ glaze, pierced casing with pine, bamboo and prunus. Fig. 5.--“Steatitic” ware with Hundred Antiques design in coloured relief. Chia Ch’ing mark. CHINESE POTTERY AND PORCELAIN CHAPTER I THE MING [chch] DYNASTY, 1368–1644 A.D.