Fig. 1.--Box with incised Imperial dragons and lotus scrolls; turquoise and dark violet glazes on the biscuit. _V. and A. Museum._ Fig. 2.--Vase with Imperial dragons in clouds, painted in yellow in an iron red ground. _Cologne Museum._ 71. SIXTEENTH CENTURY PORCELAIN 40 Figs. 1 and 2.--Two ewers in the Dresden Collection, with transparent green, aubergine and turquoise glazes on the biscuit, traces of gilding. In form of a phœnix, and of a crayfish. Fig. 3.--Bowl with flight of storks in a lotus scroll, enamels on the biscuit, green, aubergine and white in a yellow ground. Chia Ching mark. _Alexander Collection._ 72. VASE WITH IMPERIAL FIVE-CLAWED DRAGONS IN CLOUD SCROLLS OVER SEA WAVES (_Colour_) 46 Band of lotus scrolls on the shoulder. Painted in dark Mohammedan blue. Mark on the neck, of the Chia Ching period (1522–1566) in six characters. _V. & A. Museum._ 73. TWO BOWLS WITH THE CHIA CHING MARK (1522–1566), WITH DESIGNS OUTLINED IN BROWN AND WASHED IN WITH COLOURS IN MONOCHROME GROUNDS (_Colour_) 50 Fig. 1.--With peach sprays in a yellow ground. _Alexander Collection._ Fig. 2.--With phœnixes (_feng-huang_) flying among scrolls of _mu-tan_ peony. _Cumberbatch Collection._ 74. TWO BOWLS WITH GILT DESIGNS ON A MONOCHROME GROUND. PROBABLY CHIA CHING PERIOD (1522–1566) (_Colour_) 54 Fig. 1.--With lotus scroll with etched details on a ground of iron red (_fan hung_) outside. Inside is figure of a man holding a branch of cassia, a symbol of literary success, painted in underglaze blue. Mark in blue, _tan kuei_ (red cassia). Fig. 2.--With similar design on ground of emerald green enamel. Mark in blue in the form of a coin or _cash_ with the characters _ch’ang ming fu kuei_ (“long life, riches and honours”). 75. MING PORCELAIN 64 Fig. 1.--Tripod Bowl with raised peony scrolls in enamel colours. Wan Li mark. _Eumorfopoulos Collection._ Fig. 2.--Blue and white Bowl, Chia Ching period. Mark, _Wan ku ch’ang ch’un_ (“a myriad antiquities and enduring spring”). _Kunstgewerbe Museum, Berlin._ Fig. 3.--Ewer with white slip _ch’i-lin_ on a blue ground. Wan Li period. _Eumorfopoulos Collection._ Fig. 4.--Gourd-shaped Vase with winged dragons and fairy flowers, raised outlines and coloured glazes on the biscuit. Sixteenth century. _Salting Collection._