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CASE XLIV] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

1092. PLATE. Two butterflies hover over clusters

of rose peonies, yellow chrysanthemums, blue iris, red

prunus, and other brilliant flowers in the white centre,

which is outlined in black and circled by a border of

black trellis-work on pink. On the edge is a broad

border of gold chrysanthemums and peonies on a

ground of lapis-lazuli blue, with an outer scroll border

in black on pale yellow, separated by a black line from

the white rim of the plate.

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

TWO1093, 1094. PLATES. On a ground of flow-

ered octagon-and-square, red peony and chrysanthe-

mum and yellowish-white asters, with leaves ranging

from yellow to blue-green, surround a citron-shaped

white central reserve, in which a greenish-yellow and

black cock looks down from a blue rock upon another

on the ground below. The border is black-flowered,

octagon-and-square under deep rose, with an outer

border of black trellis-pattern on pale greenish-blue

interrupted by three white reserves containing sprays

of flowers.

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

1095. PLATE. The centre is gold, sprinkled with

blossoms and leaves in rich enamel colors, with a leaf-

shaped white reserve in which sits a lady dressed in
pink, white, pale yellow, and black; on her left a boy
in pale cobalt-blue stands on a seat, holding a gold ju-i
sceptre. Another boy in pink peeps from behind her

at her right. On her left, in the foreground, a rose-

colored chair is partly seen, and a jardiniere with yellow
interior and gold handles, beyond which a gold ju-i

sceptre stands in a large blue vase with white scroll

decoration and lion's-head handles. The outside bor-

der is a black scroll on pale green.

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

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