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CASE XIII-A] the MORGAN COLLECTION

dragons {ch'ih lung) passing through scrolls of Poly-

porus fungus {ling chih). The base and interior of the

neck of the vase are enamelled green, suggestive of its

fabrication at the imperial potteries. Blue enamel
bands about the shoulder and base, and rudimentary

handles of elephant heads.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height 12 inches.

388. TURQUOISE BEAKER. Landscape model-

led in the paste, together with various decorations, be-

neath a rich crackled glaze of turquoise.

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

389, 390. HAWK AND PHEASANT. Two birds

perched on rocks with rich decoration in opaque enam-

els.

Ch'ien-lung(i736-i795). Height 11 and 14 inches.

391. WINE-POT. Rich decoration in opaque and

transparent enamels; on the sides the Immortals upon
cloud-forms about a Shou character modelled in a disk.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height 12 inches.

392. BOWL. Reticulated floral pattern, within

and without, in black on a yellow ground.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Diameter 9 inches.

393. SAUCER. Decoration, fashioned after a Eu-

ropean drawing, depicting five personages in eighteenth-
century costume, seated about a table, each with a
document variously dated and inscribed. Beneath the

table is a rich rug, and a tessellated blue floor fills the
foreground. The material of the background is all

European. The episode seems to commemorate the

signature of a treaty. Diameter 8 inches.
Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

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