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The aster and peony are conventional-ized for all-over decoration, in the same way that the lotus is used in this class of K'ang-hsi rugs, and are more suggestive of Persian influence than even the lotus design.
More frequently too in the peony than in the lotus design, an attempt is made to introduce floral forms in the broad border stripe. development of Yung-cheng and Manchurian styles shows, first, a mingling of earlier schemes with a freer use of both palette and decoration, succeeded later on by a definite style which bears the same relation to weaving as do the enamels of Peking to porcelains.
Distinctly different was this method, which consisted in outlining the objects used in decoration with contrasting colors, the pile of the outline being clipped in such a way as to make a depression, which threw into relief the object it surrounded.
Under whatever influence this style developed, it is known as Yung-cheng, and there are accounts in old records which testify to the fact that the copying of Peking enamels in the eighteenth century produced this result.
The dark blue grounds, with floral decorations in cream, yellow and apricot, are presumably of the same period as those showing ribbed outlines and relief effects.
