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CASE C] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

CASE C

I to 4. FOUR LARGE BOTTLES with tall, wide
necks. A closely woven decoration of chrysanthe-

mum-pattern in dark, lustrous cobalt on a brilliant

white ground.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 17 inches.

(plate ix)

5 to 7. THREE COVERED BOWLS. With groups

in high relief in biscuit (formerly painted and gilt)

of the Pa Hsien or eight Immortals. Decoration in

blue of landscapes with figures and floral ornament.

Early sixteenth century; probably reign of Chia-ching

(i 522-1 566). Diameter 6 inches.

(plate xvi)

8. SMALL BOWL with contracted rim. Decora-

tion of floral ornament in brilliant blue.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Diameter 4^^ inches.

9, 10. TWO CYLINDRICAL VASES, semi-egg-

shell, with wide, flaring lips. Two large reserves, with

borders in relief, supported upon a geometrical or fish-
roe ground, drawn in black underneath the blue, and

thickly sprinkled with butterflies and flowers modelled

in low relief in the brilliant white paste. In the re-
serves are alternately an elaborately drawn landscape
and the figure of one of the immortals, Lan Ts'ai-ho,
bearing a lotus in one hand, and standing upon her

frail tree-trunk bark, which floats upon the stream

or among the clouds.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height 14^^ inches.

1 1. OVOID VASE, semi-egg-shell, with wide mouth
and short neck. Two large reserves with borders in

relief, supported upon a geometrical or fish-roe ground,