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CASE XXXVIII]THE MORGAN COLLECTION I

TWO931, 932. PLATES, rose-backed. In the cen-

tre in a brilliant blue basket, red peony and other

flowers; on the edge three sprays of flowers alternate

with three groups of fruit, the whole in brilliant enamels.

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

933. PLATE, rose-backed. In the centre two

sprays of flowers and a butterfly; on the edge four

sprays of flowers in bright colors.

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

934. PLATE, rose-backed. A lake scene; in the

foreground two boats, a female figure guiding one into

which a man is handing a large catfish, held by another

waist-deep in the water; on the edge three sprays of
flowers alternate with three bunches of fruit.

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

935. CUP AND SAUCER. A young man in cos-
XVtume of Louis
stands beside a seated girl, her left

hand holding a large gold floral scroll; the rest in bril-

liant color enclosed by a rose octagon-and-square

border.

Ch'ien-lung (i 736-1 795).

Saucer: Diameter ^% inches.

Cup: Height 2)4 inches.

936. CUP AND SAUCER. Showing in bright

enamel colors a lady seated playing the guitar before
a boy dancing; the rest of the saucer and of the outside
of the cup is dead black with geometric border and

floral festoons delicately pencilled in gold.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

Cup: Height iK inches.

Saucer: Diameter 4>^ inches.

937,938. TWO CUPS AND SAUCERS. Similar

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