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CASE XXXVIII]THE MORGAN COLLECTION

920,921. TWO CUPS AND SAUCERS. A lady

in European costume holding a flower, with landscape
background, occupies one-third of the design; the rest,
Chinese fruits and flowers, with scroll-work.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). KCups: Height I

inches.

Saucers: Diameter 4>2 inches.

922. CUP AND SAUCER. The cup has white

prunus in reserve on black, with three foliated reserves
enclosing sprays of flowers and blue triangle border
inside; the saucer, floral decoration and borders in

blue, red, and green; the back is black with flowers in

reserve.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

Cup: Height \% inches.

Saucer: Diameter 4^^ inches.

923. CUP AND SAUCER. A tiny cup and saucer

painted inside in colors with the lotus and melon gourd,
and covered outside in laque burgautee with delicately
executed landscapes. The lacquer layer is peeling off
in places, revealing the rough, unglazed surface of the
porcelain, as specially prepared for the reception of the
lac and the tinted slips of mother-of-pearl and gold
leaf employed in this method of decoration.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

Cup: Height iX inches.

Saucer: Diameter 4>^ inches.

924. CUP AND SAUCER. The saucer shows a

familiar scene, with a lady seated at a table playing
on a pipa, or guitar, and a boy holding a ju-i sceptre;

the cup has rose-flowered octagon-and-square impinged
upon above by a lambrequin of Y-pattern on gold.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

Cup: Height i}4 inches.
Saucer: Diameter 6 inches.

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