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CASE XVIIl] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

serves with indented corners, one showing a green lion

contemplating the blue, black, and yellow asters which

grow on the red and green rocks around him; above are

green and orange nebulae. The opposite reserve has a

red and yellow lion standing among red and green

rocks, on which grow fungi and flowers, and exhaling

five black bats in an orange-red breath which partly

hides the green and yellow clouds above.

K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722). Height 18 inches.

480 to 483. FOUR ROSE-BACKED SAUCERS,

egg-shell porcelain. In the white circular centre a lady

in costume of rose and pale green embroidered in black

and brilliant blue, and white scarf, gold ornaments in

her hair, sits in a high-backed carved ebony arm-chair,

regarding a child in the left foreground, dressed in

black-embroidered green coat, rose trousers, and gold

necklet, who holds in his left hand a black bird's wing,

while with his right he exhorts a brown sleeve-dog with
white or black spots, who romps at the lady's feet.

The accessories are a large white cracked-ice jar with

yellow interior, and a large covered one of light blue

with black scroll decoration, and a black and gold or

green and gold box of books. To the right is another

child in rose coat, pale yellow trousers, gold necklet,

and gold head-dress, who leans to the right holding a

gold ju-i sceptre; another in blue peeps over his shoul-

der, to the left, while between him and the lady, in the
background, is a tall, yellow, brown-spotted bamboo

stand, with pale blue top, on which stands a purple

green and gold incense-burner and a dull green vase

with two gold-eyed, dark green peacock feathers.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Diameter 8 inches.

484. ROSE-BACKED SAUCER, egg-shell porce-

Alain. lady, in rose jacket, pale green apron, and

white skirt, is seated facing to the left, in a pale yellow

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