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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXX

with yellow birds and insects above. On the neck are

rose and yellow lotus, and a white flying crane.

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

—reign of Ch'eng-hua of the great Ming dynasty). [1465-

1487 apocryphal.]

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

CASE XXXI

791,792. TWO BLACK HAWTHORN BALUS-

TER VASES. Each decorated with purple, yellow,

red and green rocks, from which grow white and yellow

prunus-trees, among whose branches are yellow-

breasted, blue-winged finches; all in reserve on black

enamel; inside the lip is a black key-pattern border

on dull green.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 18 inches.

793. BLACK HAWTHORN CYLINDRICAL VASE.

Decorated with white peony, magnolia, hydrangea,
and red and yellow chrysanthemums springing from
behind green and rose-colored rocks; all in reserve on

black,

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 24 inches.

794. LARGE PILGRIM BOTTLE. Decorated with

a deep green, five-clawed dragon on an orange-yellow

ground, among nebulse above the sea.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height 18 inches.

795. BLACK HAWTHORN BEAKER. W^hite

yellow-eyed prunus, red peach in flower and fruit, and

red peony growing from rocks.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height I7J< inches.

796,797. TWO QUADRILATERAL VASES with

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