88. TWO EXAMPLES OF THE UNDERGLAZE RED (_chi hung_)OF THE K’ANG HSI PERIOD (1662–1722), SOMETIMES CALLED _lang yao_. (_Colour_) 120 Fig. 1.--Bottle-shaped Vase of dagoba form with minutely crackled _sang-de-bœuf_ glaze with passages of cherry red. The glaze ends in an even roll short of the base rim, and that under the base is stone-coloured and crackled. _British Museum._ Fig. 2.--Bottle-shaped Vase with crackled underglaze red of deep crushed strawberry tint. The glaze under the base is pale green crackled. _Alexander Collection._ 89. THREE EXAMPLES OF K’ANG HSI BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM (_Colour_) 132 Fig. 1.--Ewer with leaf-shaped panels of floral arabesques, white in blue, enclosed by a mosaic pattern in blue and white: stiff plantain leaves on the neck and cover. Silver mount with thumb-piece. Fig. 2.--Deep Bowl with cover, painted with “tiger-lily” scrolls. Mark, a leaf. Fig. 3.--Sprinkler with panels of lotus arabesques, white in blue, and _ju-i_ shaped border patterns. A diaper of small blossoms on the neck. Mark, a leaf. 90. COVERED JAR FOR NEW YEAR GIFTS (_Colour_) 138 With design of blossoming prunus (_mei hua_) sprays in a ground of deep sapphire blue which is reticulated with lines suggesting ice cracks; dentate border on the shoulders. _V. & A. Museum._ 91. BLUE AND WHITE K’ANG HSI PORCELAIN 142 Fig. 1.--Triple Gourd Vase, white in blue designs of archaic dragons and scrolls of season flowers. _Dresden Collection._ Fig. 2.--Beaker, white magnolia design slightly raised, with blue background. _British Museum._ Fig. 3.--“Grenadier Vase,” panels with the Paragons of Filial Piety. _Dresden Collection._ 92. BLUE AND WHITE K’ANG HSI PORCELAIN 142 Fig. 1.--Sprinkler with lotus design. _British Museum._ Fig. 2.--Bottle with biscuit handles, design of graceful ladies (_mei jên_). _Fitzwilliam Museum (formerly D. G. Rossetti Collection)._ Fig. 3.--Bottle with handles copied from Venetian glass. _British Museum._ 93. BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN 142 Fig. 1.--Tazza with Sanskrit characters. Ch’ien Lung mark. _British Museum._ Fig. 2.--Water Pot, butterfly and flowers, steatitic porcelain. Wan Li mark. _Eumorfopoulos Collection._