Borders inscribed [chch 4] _fu ju tung hai_ (happiness like the eastern sea); and [chch 8] _fêng t’iao yü shun t’ien hsia t’ai p’ing_ (favouring winds and seasonable rain: great peace throughout the empire). “A symbolical head with hair dressed in four puffs”[153] bearing the characters [chch 4] _yung pao ch’ang ch’un_ (ever insuring long spring). Taoist deities holding the characters [chch 8] _wan ku ch’ang ch’un ssŭ hai lai ch’ao_ (through myriads of ages long spring; tribute coming from the four seas); or the same sentiment with _yung pao_ (ever insuring) in place of _wan ku_. Dragons in clouds holding the characters [chch 2] _shêng shou_, the emperor’s birthday. =Miscellaneous.= Representations of ancient coins (_ku lao ch’ien_). Landscapes (_shan shui_). Necklaces (_ying lo_ [chch 2]). Jewel mountains in the sea waves (_pao shan hai shui_). This is, no doubt, the familiar border pattern of conventional waves with conical rocks standing up at regular intervals. Round medallions (_ho tzŭ_, lit. boxes) in brocade grounds. Most of these designs are given under the heading of “blue and white,” though, as in the Lung Ch’ing list, the blue is in many cases supplemented by colour or by other forms of decoration such as patterns engraved in the body (_an hua_), and “designs on a blue ground,” the nature of them not explained, but no doubt similar to those described on p. 61. The method of reserving the decoration in white in a blue ground (_ch’ing ti pai hua_) is specifically mentioned under the heading of “mixed decorations.” The supplementary decoration consists of on-glaze enamels mixed with the underglaze blue; bowls with coloured exterior and blue and white inside or vice versa; yellow grounds with designs engraved under the glaze; gilded fishes among polychrome water weeds, and other gilded patterns; curling waves in polychrome and plum blossoms; red dragons in blue waves, the red either under or over the glaze; relief designs (_ting chuang_[154]) and pierced work (_ling lung_[155]). The “mixed colours” included garden seats with lotus designs, etc., in polychrome (_wu ts’ai_) and with aubergine brown (_tzŭ_) lotus decoration in a monochrome yellow ground; tea cups with dragons in fairy flowers engraved under a yellow glaze; yellow ground with polychrome (_wu ts’ai_) decoration; banquet dishes, white inside, the outside decorated with dragons and clouds in red, green, yellow, and aubergine.