13. CH’IEN LUNG [chch 2] (1736–1795) 227 14. EUROPEAN INFLUENCES IN THE CH’ING DYNASTY 250 15. NINETEENTH CENTURY PORCELAINS 262 16. PORCELAIN SHAPES IN THE CH’ING DYNASTY 272 17. MOTIVES OF THE DECORATION 280 18. FORGERIES AND IMITATIONS 304 LIST OF PLATES COVERED JAR OR POTICHE _(Colour) Frontispiece_ Painted with coloured enamels on the biscuit. Eight petal-shaped panels with flowering plants, birds and insects on the sides; with a band of smaller petals below enclosing lotus flowers, and borders of red wave pattern and floral sprays. Base unglazed. Early part of the K’ang Hsi period (1662–1722). _British Museum._ PLATE FACING PAGE 59. WHITE EGGSHELL PORCELAIN BOWL WITH IMPERIAL DRAGONS FAINTLY TRACED IN WHITE SLIP UNDER THE GLAZE 4 Mark of the Yung Lo period (1403–1424), incised in the centre in archaic characters. Fig. 1.--Exterior. Fig. 2.--Interior view. _British Museum._ 60. REPUTED HSÜAN TÊ PORCELAIN 8 Fig. 1.--Flask with blue decoration, reputed to be Hsüan Tê period. _British Museum._ Fig. 2.--Brush rest. (?) Chang Ch’ien on a log raft; partly biscuit. Inscribed with a stanza of verse and the Hsüan Tê mark. _Grandidier Collection._ 61. PORCELAIN WITH _san ts’ai_ GLAZES ON THE BISCUIT 8 Fig. 1.--Wine jar with pierced casing, the Taoist Immortals paying court to the God of Longevity, turquoise blue ground. Fifteenth century._Eumorfopoulos Collection._ Fig. 2.--Screen with design in relief, horsemen on a mountain path, dark blue ground. About 1500. _Benson Collection._ 62. BARREL-SHAPED GARDEN SEAT (_Colour_) 16 Porcelain with coloured glazes on the biscuit, the designs outlined in slender fillets of clay. A lotus scroll between an upper band of clouds and a lower band of horses in flying gallop and sea waves. Lion-mask handles. About 1500 A.D. _British Museum._ 63. BALUSTER VASE 24 With designs in raised outline, filled in with coloured glazes on the biscuit; dark violet blue background. About 1500. _Grandidier Collection (Louvre)._ 64. FIFTEENTH CENTURY POLYCHROME PORCELAIN 24 Fig. 1.--Vase with grey crackle and peony scrolls in blue and enamels. Ch’êng Hua mark. _British Museum._