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2119 
One Bulbous Water Bottle, with long, circular neck and flaring mouth. Modeled after an ancient bronze. "Riu Yao". Sung. Chinese. 
[[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]] 1465
2 Ch (285) 
Hard, dense, buff paste. 
Except for dark metallic appearance, the entire exterior is covered with cool, gray, Celadon-like glaze; crackled in course ice-like lines. The crackling is colored a light shade of brown. 
Two corrugated lines encircles the neck and the shoulder. 
Height, 9 1/8". Diameter of mouth, 2 3/8". 
Purchased from Chin Tung, China, while on trip during 1910/11, Journal Voucher #1 December, 1911, for Mex. $50., plus customs, frt., &c., 25.00

2120   
One Low, Circular Dish, with three feet. Sung. Chinese. 
[[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]] 1466
2 Ch (X86)
Hard, dense, light colored paste. 
Rich, sky-blue glaze, thickly running, especially on upper part of rim and lower edge of basal ring. The glaze at edges of rim and the area of outer base shows olive and brown tones; that of the area has a slight lustre; crackled. 
Earthworm marks appear in the glaze in many places. Two circular bands of knobs around body of bowl, the upper near rim between corrugated circles; the lower band near basal ring. 
Seventeen spur marks within basal ring. 
The Chinese character 3 impressed on lower base. 
Height, 3". Diameter, 8 1/3".
Teakwood stand. 
Purchased from Chin Tung, China, while on trip during 1910/11, Journal Voucher #1 December, 1911, for Mex. $1,000., plus customs, frt., &c., 500.00

2121   
One Large, Ovoid, Water Jar. Sung. Chinese. 
[[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]] 1467
(2 Ch X111)
Hard, white paste. 
Brilliant, ivory-black glaze mottled with yellowish brown; uncrackled and slightly lustrous. 
Two bands of bold floral design encircle the body, modeled or incised so as to reserve uncovered areas of the paste. 
Height, 12 1/2". Diameter at mouth, 6 1/4". 
(The piece was brought from the Province of Honan where it is claimed to have been excavated, but it is without patina such as is unusually found on exhumed pieces.) 
Purchased through Rai Sai, China, while on trip during 1910/11, Journal Voucher #1 December, 1911, for Mex. $300., plus customs, frt., &c., 150.00 

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