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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXVIII

761. TOOTHPICK HOLDER, shaped as a squirrel.

Invested with black enamel, with yellow and rose
grapes and a green leaf at side.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Length 3 inches.

762. TRIPOD STAND with trefoil-shaped top.

The top covered with a flowered lozenge-pattern in
black and green on yellow, on which precious emblems
are arranged enclosed by a border of starred hexagon in
green on yellow. Round the lower edge a wavy pattern
on red interrupted by a green ju-i head and nine yellow

medallions with archaic forms of the character Shou.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height 4^4 inches. Length 8}< inches.

(plate xli)

763. WATER-BOTTLE. Decorated with two phoe-

nixes and peonies in deep, dull green under a black

ground.

Ch'ien-lung (i 736-1 795). Height 12 inches.

CASE XXIX

764, 765. TWO BLACK HAWTHORN BEAKER

VASES. Decorated with red, white, and yellow

peonies, magnolias, and hydrangeas, with leaves of
varying green on a ground of black enamel.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 26}2 inches.

766. BLACK HAWTHORN OVOID JAR with

bell-shaped cover. With elaborate decoration of white

magnolia, hydrangea, and yellow peony with bright

green leaves on a black enamel ground.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 26 inches.

767. HEXAGONAL BLACK HAWTHORN BOWL

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