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CASE XXX] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

787. OVOID VASE on ebony stand. White por-

celain, entirely covered by a design of floral scroll-

work in green on black.

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

Ch'ien-lung (i 736-1 795). 6^Height inches.

788. WRITER'S SCREEN in elaborately carved

ebony stand. White porcelain, decorated with white
prunus growing by a green rock, in reserve on a black
ground, enclosed by a green and yellow trellis border
with black corners, interrupted by four black reserves
enclosing flowers and fruit.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

Length 8%" inches. Width 5 inches.

(plate xxxiii)

789. INVERTED PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE on

ebony stand. Entirely covered with a scroll decora-
tion of conventional flowers and leaves surmounting a
cartouche border at the base, in green on a black

ground. 6XHeight inches.
Ch'ien-lung (i 736-1795).

790. CUP. With four panels enclosing flowers and

shrubs in red, green, yellow, and white on a black
ground; the lip has an inner border of red scroll-work.

Mark: A lozenge with ribbon.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height 3 inches. Diameter 2>< inches.

(plate XL, centre)

790 A. QUADRILATERAL BLACK HAWTHORN

VASE, with short neck and spreading lip, on a carved

ebony stand. Showing yellow and rose chrysanthe-

mums and peonies, and white prunus and lotus, with

clear green leaves, growing from green and rosy rocks,

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