Fig. 103.—From Miss Wyman’s Collection.
The famille-vert, or green, is so called because a clear, brilliant green is the only or prevailing color.
The plate here shown ([Fig. 101]) is also from Mrs. Burlingame’s collection. The paste is a brilliant white, the glaze perfect; and the dragons, in green, have all that freedom and fancy for which the early Chinese artists were remarkable.
The vase, Fig. 102, also belonging to the green-family, from Jacquemart, is a beautiful example of this style of work. The figures are most deftly drawn and colored. The subject we suppose to be historical.
