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9 A similar table.

10—13 Four lacquered chairs, inlaid with mother-of-pearl.

14—17 Four lacquered chairs, inlaid with mother-of-pearl. These tables and chairs are reported to have beenpillaged from the Treasury of Kienbung, in the warsbetween the Chinese and the Tartars.

18 A square brazeiro and pedestal, for heating a roomby charcoal ashes, or the burning of incense ; bronzeenamelled. Said also to have been taken originally fromthe Treasury of Kienbung, and dating two centuries back.

19 A censer, or perfume urn, in which perfumedincense is burned to ancestors : enamelled bronze withdragon handles.

18 & 19a Pedestals in sculptured wood, appertaining tothe enamelled censers. The wood termed eagle-wood isvery rare and much esteemed in Cliina.

20 & 21 Two candelabra in bronze, enamelled inmosaic pattern.

22 A bronze vase, mosaic enamelled, with cover andpedestal in carved wood.

23—27 Ornaments of a Chinese table, consisting oftwo candlesticks, two vases and a censer vase, in enamel-led bronze and mosaic, with stands of carved wood.

28 A Chinese sceptre, inlaid with silver and gold, carved.

29, 30 Two boxes of carved red lacquer-ware, fromSutehuen.

40 A tableau in carved wood, and of a single block ofwood, representing rocks, the sea, ships, trees, &c., andsaid to ho considered a chef & oeuvre by the Chinese .

41 Antique vase of enamelled and mosaic bronze, withpedestal of carved wood.

42 & 43 Two vases of bronze inlaid with silver, and thehandles represented by the wings of birds, with carvedwood pedestals.

44 Sideboard in carved wood, edged with ebony, andincrusted with ivory, with eight elaborately carvedpanels in yellow wood, representing trees, fruit, andanimals ; of modern manufacture.

4 The IIorticultuual Society, London —Producer.

1 Specimen of indigo, the produce of plants in thenorth of China .

[The indigo plants are called botanically Indigoferatincioria and cerulea ; they are extensively cultivated inIndia and the East for their valuable dye. Other speciesof Indigofera yield this dye, but those named are the mostesteemed for this purpose. It does not appear whetherthe specimen in question is yielded from the ordinary orfrom some now sources.—B. E.]

2 Specimens of the raw produce of the silk-worm, fromLeotang, in Manchouria.

3 Specimen of tile fabric, manufactured in the sameprovince for homexonsumption.

4 Another specimen of the same fabric.

5 The IIon. East India Company —Producer.

Hemp-palm; its fibre, and the ropes prepared from it.This palm grows in the province of Chekiang andKiangsu, is very hardy, and of great value to the Chinese .It is thought that it may also be hardy in England.

Arrow-root from tlie nelmnbium; two kinds in bottles.

Tung-oil seeds in spirits {JElceococca oleifera) ; onebottle.

Tung-oil expressed from the seeds ; one bottle. Thisis a valuable wood-oil, much used for boats, furniture, &c.

The whi-mei of the Chinese , said to yield a green dye,and to be brought from the province of Shan-tung ; onebottle.

Gardenia raclicans (fruit), a yellow dye, much used incolouring furniture. It is boiled up with a small portionof glue, and rubbed over the wood, which is then oiledwith tung-oil; one bottle.

Eortuneea Chinensis (fruit and flower), furnishes a dark

brown dye, largely used in the Eastern provinces ; growson the hills of the province of Chekiang ; one bottle.

The ko-pal of the Chinese , said to yield a dark or blackdye, and to grow on bushes in the western provinces; onebottle.

Shanghae indigo, made from Isatis indigotica, exten-sively used in the north of China ; one bottle.

Pith of the plant from which rice-paper is cut, said togrow on the island of Formosa; one bottle.

Wax tapers used at Peking.

Brick tea (two samples).

Green-tea dyes ; articles used in the district of Hung*chow to dye green tea for exportation; one bottle.

0 Siiea, Captain, 31 Connaught Square , Hyde Lark.

1 A snuff-box ; specimen of Chinese carving on English cannel coal, the only specimen known.

[This was sent by the exhibitor to Canton, in 1827, tobe carved, but in consequence of the Chinese fancying itimpossible to carve from its being of coal and so brittle, itwas brought back again; but in 1833, the exhibitor tookit himself, and by persuasion induced the Chinese to makea trial of one corner of it, which was done so much tothe exhibitor’s satisfaction, that he desired it to be takento the carver, who in a fortnight returned it finished asnow exhibited, the cost being 8 dollars, or 21. sterling. Itis said to be the only specimen of Chinese carving on coalin existence.]

2 Two Chinese carved mother-of-pearl shells.

3 Two specimens of Chinese enamel on copper.

4 A small saucer; specimen of Japanese lacqueredware. This saucer is made of wood celebrated for itslightness, and lacquered with a peculiar kind of lacquerthat will stand a great heat.

5 A cup and saucer, specimen of Japanese lacqueredware, inlaid with green and gold, &c., on a dark ground,said to surpass any Florentine or Eoman work, andremarkably light.

6 A specimen of Chinese cloth made of paper, andintended to represent mosaic work. The art practised byonly one family at Amoy, in Cliina.

7 A Burmese vase; material bamboo, elaborately carved.

[This vase is formed from the pines of the bamboo tree,

and from its surface being ruddy, requires great cautionin carving it true.]

8 A sandwich table, and two japanned chairs; specimensof Chinese upholstery and lacquered ware.

[One of these chairs is made from a pattern by Seddon;the arm-chair made to correspond by a Cliinese. Theornamental part is different on every chair. The colourand lacquering have not faded, although they have beenin use in England for sixteen years. The green damaskon the seats is from one of the articles in No. 11.]

9 Two bamboo chairs; specimens of Chinese cottage up-holstery.

[These chairs are rude specimens of Chinese cottage up-holstery, and show to what use the bamboo may be con-verted.]

10 A Chinese lantern; figures on the silk ; panelsattached by wires, and moved by air or heat. This lan-tern is one of a pair from which the large one exhibited atthe Chinese Collection was copied by Mr. Dunn, anEnglishman attached to that establishment.

11 Specimen of green and crimson Chinese damask, offast colour and superior texture. Made to order of theexhibitor.

[These specimens were made of a superior texture andof a particular colour, by order of the exhibitor. Similarpieces have been in use in the exhibitor’s house for thelast nine years in London , previously laying by for three