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[130] See Laufer, Jade, p. 120.
[131] See Mayers, part ii., p. 335.
[132] hua
. Bushell (T’ao shuo, p. 146) has rendered this with “flowers and inscriptions, etc.” In many cases in these lists it is almost impossible to say whether the word hua has the sense of flowers or merely decoration. The present passage fu shou k’ang ning hua chung seems to demand the second interpretation.
[133] This dark blue Chia Ching ware was carefully copied at the Imperial factory in the Yung Chêng period. See p. [203].
[134] See J. Böttger, Philipp Hainhofer und der Kunstschrank Gustav Adolfs in Upsala, Stockholm, 1909, Plate 71. The same interesting collection includes a marked Wan Li dish with cloud and stork pattern in underglaze blue, two cups, and a set of Indian lacquer dishes with centres made of the characteristic Chinese export porcelain described on p. [70].
[135] Cat B. F. A., D 17.