[503] The Japanese Mt. Horai.
[504] See Hippisley, Catalogue, op. cit., p. 392.
[505] The Buddhist pearl or jewel, which grants every wish.
[506] See a rare silver cup depicting this legend, figured in the Burlington Magazine, December, 1912.
[507] See W. Perceval Yetts, Symbolism in Chinese Art, read before the China Society, January 8th, 1912, p. 3.
[508] Hippisley (op. cit., p. 368), speaking of the various dragons, says that “the distinction is not at present rigidly maintained, and the five-clawed dragon is met with embroidered on officers’ uniforms.”
[509] A dual creature, the fêng being the male and the huang the female.
[510] See Laufer, Jade, pl. 43.
[511] See Laufer, Jade, p. 266.
[512] See Bushell, Chinese Art, vol. i., p. 111.