Fig. 2.—Vase with turquoise ground and bands of floral pattern and winged dragons incised in outline and coloured green, yellow and aubergine. Height 22 inches. S. E. Kennedy Collection.
Fig. 3.—Box with bands of ju-i clouds and pierced floral scrolls; turquoise and yellow glazes in dark blue ground. Diameter 10 inches. Grandidier Collection.
Plate 65.—Ming san ts’ai Porcelain.
Fig. 1.—Vase with winged dragons, san ts’ai glazes on the biscuit, dark blue ground. Dedicatory inscription on the neck, including the words “Ming dynasty.” Cloisonné handles. Height 22¼ inches. S. E. Kennedy Collection.
Fig. 2.—Figure of Kuan-yin, turquoise, green and aubergine glazes, dark blue rockwork. Fifteenth century. Height 28 inches. Grandidier Collection.
Fig. 3.—Vase with lotus scrolls, transparent glazes in three colours. Late Ming. Height 20 inches. Grandidier Collection.
The following designs are enumerated and explained by Kao Chiang-ts’un in the valuable commentary which has already been mentioned:—