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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXVIII

toned colors on black enamel, enclosed in white-bordered

panels.

Mark: Ta Ming Cheng-hiia nien chih (Made in the

—reign of Ch'eng-hua of the great Ming dynasty). [1465-

1487 apocryphal.]

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height i^yi inches.

(plate lvii)

752. BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, with a wide,cylin.

drical neck. Sang-de-hoeiif glaze.

K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722). Height 17,^2 inches.

753. OVOID VASE. Sang-de-boeuf g\2ize.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height i73<4' inches.

TWO754. 755. BOWLS. White porcelain, com-

pletely covered outside with decoration of conventional

flowers with scroll stalks and leaves in deep green under

black.

Mark: Seal of Ch'ien-lung in blue.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

6^Height 3>^ inches. Diameter inches.

756. BLACK HAWTHORN BEAKER VASE with

trumpet mouth. Showing a pheasant in plumage of
green, red, and yellow, questing on top of an arch of
green, red, and purple rocks, from which spring yellow,
red, white, and purple peonies with variegated green

leaves, and white magnolia with purple buds, branching
upward over the neck, where red, white, yellow, and
purple prunus flowers and yellow and green finches are

also seen.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 27 J 2 inches.

(plate xlvii)

757. HEXAGONAL DISH, one of a drageoir. A

yellow four-clawed dragon reaching for a pearl among

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