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CASE XXV] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

635. TEA-POT with rustic spout and handle and

metal chain. Roughly modelled in the form of some

fruit, an orange or pumelo, for example, although the
accompanying leafage, which is adapted to form the
spout and handle, suggests more strongly the peach, a

more common motive of form.

K'ang-hsi (1662- 1722). Height 5>8 inches.

63610639. FOUR BAMBOO TEA-POTS. Model-

led in the form of sections of bamboo, each section

colored either rose, yellow, or green with floral deco-

ration; the handles and spouts black. The three star
gods of happiness, rank and longevity, worked in re-

lief on three of the sides of No. 636 are associated with
a fourth figure of a mandarin standing out in the same

prominent relief under a dryandra tree holding a bow
from which an arrow has just been shot upward. The

quarry is a dog, seen in the clouds above, doubtless
the celestial dog which devours the sun during an
eclipse, and which the civil mandarin in charge at the

time always has to demonstrate against to rescue the

sun from its attack.

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

(plate, xli)

640, 641. TWO PEACH-SHAPED TEA-POTS with

metal lids. Tinted in dark aubergine, rich green, and

pale yellow. Height 4 inches.
K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

642. HANGING BASKET with lid and upright

handle, for sweet-scented flowers. Honeycomb re-

ticulation interrupted by fruit and flowers in rich en-

amel colors.

K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722). Height 5 inches.

643. LOTUS TEA-POT. Shaped as the seed-re-

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