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No. 136.
Roo Yao Porcelain Lion
h. 3.4" w. 5.1" in.
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This Roo Yao product was specially well designed. The glaze is beautifully rich. The tube part could be filled with water, the porcelain lion being one piece of the Chinese stationary set usually possessed by Chinese scholar of old. It was excavated from Honan; although it dates back thousand of years, the porcelain has had no defects whatsoever.
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No. 137
Tang Three Colored Vase
h. 7.5" in. w. 4" in.
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This three-colored vase was manufactured by the Kai Feng Fu Porcelain Factory, Honan, during the Tang dynasty. It is well- known the manufacture of porcelain in China began in the Tang dynasty and the art of coloring or decorating, was also discovered then.

The quality is fine and finely decorated with yellow flowers and other designs. The yellow coloring resembles the star constellation in heaven and the green leaves thereof are saturated with silver.