With dragon and phœnix designs painted in underglaze blue, and red, green and yellow enamels: background of fairy flowers (_pao hsiang hua_) and borders of “rock and wave” pattern. Mark of the Wan Li period (1573–1619) in six characters on the neck. An Imperial piece. _British Museum._ 82. LATE MING PORCELAIN 90 Fig. 1.--Jar of Wan Li period, enamelled. Mark, a hare. _British Museum._ Fig. 2.--Bowl with Eight Immortals in relief, coloured glazes on the biscuit. _Eumorfopoulos Collection._ Figs. 3, 4 and 5.--Blue and white porcelain, early seventeenth century. _British Museum._ 83. VASE 90 With blue and white decoration of rockery, phœnixes, and flowering shrubs. Found in India. Late Ming period. _Halsey Collection._ 84. VASE OF BALUSTER FORM WITH SMALL MOUTH (_mei p’ing_). (_Colour_) 96 Porcelain with coloured glazes on the biscuit, the designs outlined in slender fillets of clay. A meeting of sages in a landscape beneath an ancient pine tree, the design above their heads representing the mountain mist. On the shoulders are large _ju-i_ shaped lappets enclosing lotus sprays, with pendent jewels between; fungus (_ling chih_) designs on the neck. Yellow glaze under the base. A late example of this style of ware, probably seventeenth century. _Salting Collection, V. & A. Museum._ 85. VASE (_Colour_) 104 With crackled greenish grey glaze coated on the exterior with transparent apple green enamel: the base unglazed. Probably sixteenth century. _British Museum._ 86. FUKIEN PORCELAIN. Ming Dynasty 112 Fig. 1.--Figure of Kuan-yin with boy attendant. Ivory white. _Eumorfopoulos Collection._ Fig. 2.--Bottle with prunus sprigs in relief, the glaze crackled all over and stained a brownish tint. _Eumorfopoulos Collection._ Fig. 3.--Figure of Bodhidharma crossing the Yangtze on a reed. Ivory white. _Salting Collection, V. & A. Museum._ 87. IVORY WHITE FUKIEN PORCELAIN 112 Fig. 1.--Libation Cup. About 1700. _British Museum._ Fig. 2.--Cup with sixteenth century mount. _Dresden Collection._ Fig. 3.--Incense Vase and Stand. About 1700. _British Museum._