[Illustration: Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Plate 44.--Early Translucent Porcelain, probably T´ang dynasty. Fig. 1.--Cinquefoil Cup with ivory glaze clouded with pinkish buff stains. Diameter 3¾ inches. _Breuer Collection._ Fig. 2.--Vase of white, soft-looking ware, very thin and translucent with pearly white, crackled glaze powdered with brown specks. Height 3⅛ inches. _Peters Collection._] [Illustration: Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Plate 45.--T´ang and Sung Wares. Fig. 1.--Square Vase with engraved lotus scrolls and formal borders. _T´u-ting_ ware, Sung dynasty. Height 20 inches. _Peters Collection._ Fig. 2.--Ewer with phœnix head, slightly translucent porcelain with light greenish grey glaze with tinges of blue in the thicker parts; carved designs. Probably T´ang dynasty. Height 15¼ inches. _Eumorfopoulos Collection._] The whole question of these interesting porcelains is complicated by the fact that the Coreans were admittedly indebted to the Ting Chou potters for many of their designs;[323] and by the fact that while close intercourse between China and Corea existed the Coreans may well have imported Chinese wares and deposited some of them in the tombs. An authentic find of these porcelains in a Chinese tomb would give important evidence on this point, but so far there is no evidence of their being found in China beyond the statement of traders, and it is quite certain that they have been found in Corean tombs. It may be added that the Japanese class them as _hakugorai_ or white Corean ware, and stoutly support their Corean origin. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 292: Op. cit., pp. 17-20.] [Footnote 293: _Chinese Art_, vol. ii., p. 17, and the _Catalogue of the Morgan Collection_ (1907), p. xlviii.] [Footnote 294: [Chinese] _wa ch'i yeh_. The _Shuo Wên_ was compiled by Hsü Shên and published first in 120 A.D. The word _tz'ŭ_ [Chinese] is compounded of the radical _wa_ [Chinese] (a tile, earthenware), and the phonetic _tz'ŭ_ [Chinese] (second, inferior), and carries no inherent suggestion of porcelain. If connoting a new material, it may be a name applied specially to glazed pottery which seems to date from the Han period, or even to stoneware as opposed to soft earthenware or brick.]