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CASE XXXl] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

pyramidal bases and dragon handles. Showing the
flowers of the four seasons in subdued colors on a pale
yellow ground; on the bases foliated lozenge reserves
on black diaper enclosing flowers and insects on one
and water dragons on the other.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 21 3/( inches.

(plate lxv)

798. QUADRILATERAL VASE with convex shoul-

ders and short neck, with gold rim and base. The

body of the vase is covered with black speckle-work on

a green enamel ground sprinkled with bright red

prunus blossoms, and edged with a rose-colored line.

On two sides, at the base, are upright quadrilateral

panels in white reserve, with double-line borders of pink

and orange red, showing, in bright colors, a man in a

boat, near a rocky shore with a house and trees. Above

this, surrounded by a line border of pale orange-yellow

interrupted by four blue jn-i heads, is a circular panel

of mirror-black with figure in gold of Chung-Li-Ch'uan,

one of the eight Immortals. Above all, two pale

orange three-clawed dragons, their blue heads down-

ward, their branching scroll-work tails above arranged

to form a pattern, are contending for a red ball; on the

other two sides the central panels are rectangular, with

pictures of mythical worthies in gold on black.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height i8>^ inches.

799. SAUCER. White porcelain, the rim pierced

in the form of interlaced rings of various colors; in the

centre are two ladies in a garden.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Diameter 8>^ inches.

800. PLATE. White porcelain; in the centre a

four-clawed yellow dragon on a light sea-green ground
surrounded by red and rose-colored nebulae; the rim

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