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OF CHINESE PORCELAINS [CASE XXXIV

for iced fruit syrups. Splashed with yellow, green and

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

832. WATER-BOTTLE with broad neck and slight-

ly spreading lip, on carved ebony stand. Cafe-aii-lait

coarse crackle. On the body are two four-clawed

dragons, one red, the other deep green, contending for a
red ball; above are small red nebulae, and below dark

green waves white-capped with foam; a broad border

of starred hexagon in red encircles the base of the neck;

above, a dark green four-clawed dragon curls round the
neck, showing his teeth. Below the rim is a red dia-

mond border; and on the bottom two dark green leaves.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height 15 inches.

833 to 835. THREE CYLINDRICAL VASES, of

same shape as No. 831, with metallic spouts. On the

bodies of the vases, in their three divisions, are the

eight horses of the Emperor Mu-Wang careering on a

ground of dark green wave-forms on which purple
blossoms and emblems are scattered; the ground-

work is encroached upon from above and below by

waves with foaming crests.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 153^ inches.

(plate lix)

836 and 841. TWO HORSES. One purple with

green and yellow harness. The other yellow with green

and purple harness.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 5 inches.

837. WINE-CUP. Decorated with yellow insects and

flowers, with green leaves on a ground of aubergine.

—Mark: Chia-ching nien chih (Made in the reign of

Chia-ching). [i 522-1 566 apocryphal.]

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).

3KHeight 3Xinches. Diameter inches.

151