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CASE XXXIl] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

short neck. Round the base and Hp are triangle bor-
ders in black on rich green. On the shoulder is a border

in pink, green, and yellow. Decorated with pictur-

esque rocky scenery in accordance with the canons of

Chinese landscape art. Two couples of the usual aged

pilgrims are climbing the hills, admiring the prospect,
and the boats are seen in the foreground by which they
have been brought to the foot of the mountains.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 163.:;: inches.

806. CLUB-SHAPED VASE. Intricate floral and

—other decorations with white reserves, containing

pastoral scenes a man sowing and a man and ox

harrowing. Inscription of verses in each reserve.

Mark: A double ring.

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

807. INVERTED PEAR-SHAPED VASE with

short neck, spreading lip and base. Aubergine peony

and white hydrangea with birds on a dull green ground.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 16^ inches.

808. QUADRILATERAL TAPERING VASE with

rounded shoulders and short beaker neck. White por-

celain, covered with a ground of irregular crackle

sprinkled throughout with butterflies, sprays of red

—prunus and leaves. On each side are two intaglio me-

dallions the upper fan-shaped with landscapes on a

yellow ground, the lower square with indented corners,

two showing rocks and flowers on a yellow ground, and
two each with four-line inscriptions in black on green.

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

809. GREEN CLUB-SHAPED VASE on a carved

ebony stand. An effective study of birds and flowers,

filled in with brilliant enamel colors and heightened by
a soft background of apple green tint. The six charac-

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