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CASE XLIl] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

white rabbits, jars, books, and a table with flowers, etc.,

in brilHant colors.

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

TWO1035, 1036. PLATES. In centre circle a lady

seated holding a flower and conversing with two chil-

dren; behind her on bamboo table is a vase of red ling-

chih, and a golden lion; on edge, rose octagon-and-

square pattern with three leaf- and fruit-shaped re-

serves enclosing flowers and three circular scroll drag-

ons in gold on black. The whole in delicate colors.

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

1037101042. SIX CUPS AND SAUCERS. A

lady seated playing the guitar; beside her a boy holding
a ju-i sceptre; near by are palm-trees and vases; with
borders of floral and geometric design in brilliant colors

and gold.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

Cups: Height iK inches.

Saucers: Diameter 4>^ inches.

CASE XLIIi

1043, 1044. TWO CH'IEN-LUNG VASES of elab-

orate design, decorated in enamels of the famille rose
class, and gilding with diapered frets and basketwork
grounds of diverse pattern, and with formal scrolls of
flowers and birds. Both have outer casings to the
bodies, pierced through with four reticulated panels of
foliated outline. In the first the panels are carved in a
plain hexagonal network. In the second one of the
panels is fashioned with an archaic three-clawed drag-
on, surrounded with the clouds, opposite a tiger roar-
ing from a rocky landscape, and the other two panels

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