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•OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXX

pie, and green, on green rocks from which spring yellow,

white, and rose peonies and white magnolias with deep

green leaves; flying above are yellow finches with green

wings. A collar of white plum flowers on a ground of

green-flowered lozenge encircles the base of the neck,

which shows yellow and rose-colored chrysanthemums

and asters, growing by a pale sea-green rock of fan-

tastic shape.

Mark: Ta Ming Ch' eng-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 26>^ inches.

(plate li)

784, 785. TWO BLACK HAWTHORN BEAKER

VASES. With leafless, rosy-limbed, white prunus-

trees spreading upward to the mouth; below are red

and green rocks. On No. 784, a flock of yellow finches

is seen among the branches; the whole in reserve on a

lustrous black ground.

Mark on No. 785: Ta Ming Ch'eng-hua nien chih

—(Made in the reign of Ch'eng-hua of the great Ming

dynasty) . [ 1 465-1 487 apocryphal.]

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

(plate l. no. 784.) (plate lil no. 785.)

786. QUADRILATERAL BLACK HAWTHORN

VASE, tapering on ebony stand. Decorated with

white-blossomed hydrangea, magnolia, and plum, with
aubergine limbs, springing from red and green rocks;
above are small red and green birds and insects, in

reserve on black. On the neck are four upright foliated

red-bordered ovals, with sprays of flowers on black.

Mark: Ta Ming Ch'eng-hua nien chih (Made in the

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

[ 1 465-1 487 apocryphal.]

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

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