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CASE XXXVl] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

leaves and handles, forming shades of rich green and
purple. The lip and base are orange. Imitation of

Sung or Ming.

Yung-cheng (1723-1735). Height i6}4 inches.

(plate lxviii)

882. BEAKER with dragon handles. A character-

istic beaker of early Ming porcelain worthy of some
study, rough as it is, being of heavy, massive make and
archaic style. One portion of the decoration, the open-

work dragon handles and the foliated band around the

shoulder of the vase, is executed in underglaze purplish

blue, and left with a modicum of white reserve. The

rest of the surface is filled in with two enamels peculiar
to the time, a rich green of mottled aspect and a full

yellow of orange tone, all the details of the decoration

being finally outlined in black brush work. The foot,
irsonugoh"lymasrhkap"edatotnachtehde. lathe, is not glazed, and there

Ming (1368-1643). Height 20 inches.

(plate lxix)

883. INCENSE-BURNER with four vertical flanges

on the sides, and pyramidal base. Clair-de-lune and

purplish-orange crackle. Base of a Kiiang-yao piece,
cut down.

4%Height 5^inches. Diameter inches.

884. BOTTLE, with long, bulbous neck. In dark-

purple aubergine glaze, a horse-headed dragon of ar-

chaic form, modelled in high relief, coils downward

round the neck, the yellowish biscuit showing in places.

Ming (1368-1643). Height 11 inches.

885. OVIFORM VASE with short neck and over-

hanging lip. The body of a dark grayish-blue glaze

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