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CASE XXIX] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

Li T'ai-po, the most famous Chinese poet for erratic

genius, romantic career, power of verse, and bibulosity,

says Dr. Bushell. He is here seen clinging to his empty

wine-jar. Length 6>^ inches.
K'ang-hsi (i 662-1 722).

(plate xlii, centre)

778. OVIFORM BOTTLE with short neck and

spreading Hp. Decorated with leafless white prunus,

with aubergine branches drooping downward from the

neck on a ground of black enamel.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). 7XHeight inches.

779. CUP on carved ebony stand. White porcelain,

decorated outside with sprays of flowers in low-toned
colors on black enamel. Inside are yellow flowers with

green leaves.

K'ang-hsi (1662- 1722).

3^Height 2}^ inches. Diameter inches.

780. CYLINDRICAL BOTTLE with short neck and

spreading lip. Decorated with two five-clawed dragons

contending for a ball among nebulae, the whole in

sea-green on black enamel.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height 55^ inches.

CASE XXX

781,782. TWOQUADRILATERAL BLACK HAW-
THORN VASES. Decorated with flowering shrubs,

plants, and yellow finches in enamel colors on a black

ground.

Mark: A blue leaf.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 19X inches.

783. BLACK HAWTHORN BEAKER VASE.

Showing two phoenixes with plumage of yellow, pur-

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