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CASE XXVIIl] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

with waved edge, on carved ebony stand. Each panel

showing flowers of the four seasons springing from

rocks in low-toned colors on a black ground. Inside

the rim is a trellis border in green and red, with six

black reserves enclosing flowers.

Mark: A seal in double ring.

Height 33^ inches. Diameter 7^ inches.

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

TWO768, 769. CUPS. Four panels, with foliated

tops, enclose white chrysanthemum, hydrangea, and

other flowers, with deep green leaves, in reserve on

black; a red curl-border inside rim.

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

770. BLACK HAWTHORN BEAKER VASE on

carved ebony stand. Decorated with a white prunus-
tree springing from light green and rose-colored rocks,
near which fmches and deep green bamboo leaves are
seen; a collar of black scroll design on pale green en-

circles the base of the neck, which is decorated like the

body.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 223^ inches.

(plate xlix)

771. QUADRILATERAL VASE with pyramidal

base. On the sides are hydrangeas, peonies, and lotus

with birds flying above, in rose and green on an imperial
yellow ground; on the base are foliated medallions on a

rose-trellis ground, enclosing sprays of flowers.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 21 inches.

(plate lviii)

772. LEAF-SHAPED PLAQUE. Showing a yel-

low four-clawed dragon contending for a green ball
with a rose-colored one, whose tail twines round the

black centre of the leaf. Around them swim three

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