Page 105 - J. P Morgan Collection of Chinese Art and Porcelain

OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE C

thickly sprinkled with butterflies and floral ornament

modelled in low relief in the brilliant white paste; the

ground drawn in black underneath the blue. Shou
marks and floral ornament on the top. The reserves

are decorated with landscapes.

Ch'ien-lung (i 736-1 795). Height 15K inches.

12. QUADRILATERAL VASE, with cylindrical

foot, dome-shaped top, and rectangular modelled bars

in relief on the sides. The ground decorated with

a closely woven chrysanthemum-pattern drawn in

black upon the biscuit and submerged in blue under-

neath the glaze.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height \4}i inches.

I2A. BOWL. A tazza-shaped blue and white bowl

decorated in Lamaistic style with conventional floral
sprays and tasselled strings of beads. In the intervals
of the floral decoration an eight-worded formula or
spell, of Buddhist origin is written in debased Sanskrit
characters. Bowls of this form called pa wan, "han-
dled bowl," are used for offerings of shewbread and
fruit on the altar.

Under the foot is a seal mark of six characters in a

horizontal line reading: Ta Ch' ing Ch'ien-lung nien chih.

(Made in the reign of Ch'ien lung [A. D. 1736-1795] of

the Great Ch'ing [dynasty].) Diameter 5 inches.

TWO13, 14. BOTTLES with tall, slender necks.

Decoration of dragons with fire-emblems and floral

ornament in brilliant blue.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 9 inches.

15, 16. TWO CYLINDRICAL VASES with covers.

Decoration of chrysanthemum-pattern in brilliant
deep blue.