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CASE XXIV] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

606. SQUARE TRAY. Fishes among aquatic

plants in green, aubergine, and yellow. The hall-mark

on this tray is unpublished heretofore. It reads:

Yu hai tang chih (Made at the Jade Sea Hall).

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

607. WINE-CUP, leaf-shaped. Red and white

chrysanthemums on alternate sections of dull yellow
and black.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

2^Height I J2 inches. Diameter inches.

608. TALL CUP. A garden scene with ladies in

green and red at tea.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height 4 inches. Diameter 3 inches.

609. LI BATION-CUP with lizard handle. Covered

outside with a delicate brocade of rose lotus.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

4%Height 3 inches. Diameter inches.

BOWL610. on carved ebony stand. A relic of the

Ming reign of Chia-ching (1522-66), rare and interest-

ing. It is a little tea-cup {ch'a wan), of bowl shape,
painted in the deep full blue of the period, with a me-

dallion containing a five-clawed imperial dragon in-

side, and the six-character mark Ta Ming Chia-ching

nien chih underneath. The outside of the bowl is

covered with a deep yellow glaze, with a decoration in
brownish red of intensely luminous tone, derived from

iron, lightly brushed over the yellow ground. The

decoration consists of an outdoor procession of four

boys, carrying vases and flowers round the sides of the
cup, with the addition of a scroll of foliage encircling

the rim.

Chia-ching ( 1 522- 1 566) . 4XDiamet er inches.

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