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CASE k] the morgan COLLECTION

a frog-spawn ground, with four white citron-shaped

reserves enclosing figures and landscape.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Diameter 22 inches.

10. LARGE PLATE. In the centre, part of the

piazza of a house with figures; on the rim are the eight

horses of the emperor Mu Wang.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Diameter 21 j^ inches.

CASE L

it05. GARNITURE OF FIVE PIECES. An oval
vase with cover and four small beakers. A common

decoration, flowers and leafage upon a ground of green

and yellow above a base of palmations in powder-blue.

(Burghley House Collection.)

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 11 and 12 inches.

6,7. TWO OVOID JARS with bell covers. The

bodies decorated with yellow and red peonies, rose-

colored lotus, and yellow-eyed white prunus in reserve

on black enamel, with four white foliated octagon re-

serves containing the flowers of the four seasons and

appropriate birds. The necks have a band of red and

white prunus on white, and the lids white prunus on

black.

Mark: A leaf in double ring.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 16K inches.

8. CUP AND SAUCER. Ruby-red, five radiating

petal-shaped reserves enclosing blue flowers.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Cup: Height iK inches.

4XSaucer: Diameter inches.

9. CUP AND SAUCER. Ruby-red, with a five-

pointed arabesque white reserve, a spray of flowers in

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