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CASE Xlll] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

CASE XIII

346. WATER-BOTTLE. A blue and white bottle

of not high quality, surdecoree with a variety of enamel

colors of the muffle stove, including coral-red, apple-

green of crackled texture, pale yellow and crimson.

Blue and white pieces, we are told by native ceramic

writers, were often supplied with surdecoration of this

kind when the cobalt blue was spoiled in the first bak-
ing or when the ground came out clouded or spotted.

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

347. BOWL. A typical example of crackled Ting

yao of Ch'ien-Lung date, intended to reproduce the

ancient ware of the Sung dynasty. The ornamental

designs are moulded in relief, and incised at the point,

and subsequently covered with a soft-looking glaze.

The so-called "soft glaze" of blue and white collectors

is made of a similar grayish pdie, and painted with under

glaze blue before the crackled glaze is applied.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Diameter 1 1 inches.

348. CYLINDRICAL VASE, club-shaped. A club-

shaped vase of the K'ang-hsi period, surdecoree with
enamels after a similar technique to No. 346.

Height i7Kiriches.

349. SAUCER. In the centre, on a ground of floral

scroll-work in green, purple, and gold on white, a white

circular reserve with eight indented undurations, con-

taining a cluster of peony and pinks.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Diameter 7;!^ inches.

350. SAUCER. A white and gold-edged circular

reserve with scalloped edges and wavy indentations
encloses a lake scene with islands, rocks, houses, and

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