Page 364 - J. P Morgan Collection of Chinese Art and Porcelain

CASE XLIV-b] the MORGAN COLLECTION

1 105, 1 106. TWO OCTAGONAL PLATES. Ladies

and children in central circle, and eight oblong reserves

on deep rose.

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

1 107. TALL OVOID VASE with short neck and

spreading lip. Peony incised in the paste under a

glaze of rich purplish-blue.

Ch'ien-lung (i 736-1 795). Height 26 inches.

1 108. PLATE. A lady equestrian attended by a

bearded man who leads her horse and a boy who fol-

lows carrying a branch of prunus. On the edge, sprays

of flowers in gold and deep green.

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

1 109. PI T'UNG, or brush receptacle. Beautifully

—modelled in the forms of bamboo, prunus, and pine
—'the three friends' and invested with a glaze of pur-

plish-blue.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795).

6^Diameter inches.

6KHeight inches.

1 1 10. OVOID VASE. The flower which is asso-

ciated with the peony in the graceful floral decoration

—of this vase is the double peach the prunus blossom-
—ing sprays are always leafless in Chinese art the birds

are the white-headed finches known as pai t'ou weng.
There was originally a "mark" underneath, which has

been ground away.

Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height \6}i inches.

nil. CUP AND SAUCER. Similar to No. 1068.

Ch'ien-lung (1736- 1795).

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