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CASE VIIl]      THE MORGAN COLLECTION

i88. CYLINDRICAL VASE. With bands of flow-

ers and dragons amid cloud-scrolls.

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

189. HAWTHORN JAR. Semi-blossoms in groups

of four arranged on a brilliant blue cracked-ice ground.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).               Height 5^ inches.

TWO190, 191.      OVOID JARS with covers. A

pheasant on a rock from which a flowering tree spreads.

K'ang-hsi (1662- 1722).              7^Height       inches.

     192, 193.  TWO OVOID JARS with bell-shaped lids

and bases.      With armorial device of European origin,

surrounded      by floral decoration. On bases grapes

and squirrels, and above lotus petals in relief.

AMarks: leaf on one, a ling-chih on the other.

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

194. OVOID JAR with cover. Design of fme

naturalistic studies of lotus and peony and birds.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).               Height 8 inches.

195. HAWTHORN JAR. Design similar to No.

189, but with larger blossoms and a darker and less

lustrous ground.

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

  19610198. THREE CYLINDRICAL VASES or

cornets, with hunting scenes below, and flowering

shrubs above.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).               Height 5^^ inches.

199, 200. TWO GLOBULAR BOTTLES with tap-

ering necks. Isolated blossoms, leaves, and lozenges.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).               Height 5K inches.

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