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CASE j] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

with characteristic enamels inside as well as outside.

One pair enamelled black outside with reserve medal-

lions containing sprays of flowers, is marked under-

neath with the seal character ch'ing (pure), encircled

by a double ring.
The other bowl of fine quality, decorated outside

with orchids and chrysanthemums in peach and leaf-

shaped panels, reserved in the black ground inside

with sprays of peonies in green and pale purple relieved
by a yellow ground, is marked underneath with the

seal character/zi (happiness), within a double ring.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Diameter 73^ inches.

4. GREEN BOWL. Pale sea-green glaze support-

ing sprays of magnolia, chrysanthemum, etc.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Diameter 73^ inches.

5. BEAKER. Pale yellow glaze with flowering

prunus, etc.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722), Height \o% inches.

(plate lxiii)

6. 7. TWO GREEN PARROTS on variegated rocks.

One has a white breast dotted with black, and a white

bill. The other's breast is streaked and his bill is red.

K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722). Height 8>< inches.

TWO8, 9. BOWLS. Light cafe-au-lait glaze sup-

porting four-clawed dragons alternating with phoenixes

in pink, green, and red, surrounded by nebulae and

fire-emblems.

Mark: Ta Ming Ch'eng-hua nien chih (Made in the

reign of Ch'eng-hua of the great Ming dynasty).

[ 1 465- 1 487— apocryphal.] 8^Diameter inches.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

10. QUADRILATERAL VASE OR ARROW-
STAND in square porcelain socket. The ground is

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