Chinese pottery and porcelain; vol. 2. Ming and Ch'ing PorcelainHobson, R. L. (Robert Lockhart)
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Chinese pottery and porcelain; vol. 2. Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain
Hobson, R. L. (Robert Lockhart)
Porcelain, Chinese; Pottery, Chinese
12. Reproductions of the Sung millet-coloured (_mi sê_)
glaze: copied in form and colour from the fragmentary wares dug
up at Hsiang Hu (q.v.).
13. Sung pale green (_fên ch’ing_) glaze: copied from wares
found at the same time as the last.
14. Reproduction of “oil green” (_yu lü_) glaze: “copied
from an old transmutation (_yao pien_) ware like green
jade (_pi yü_), with brilliant colour broken by variegated
passages and of antique elegance.”
15. The Chün glaze of the muffle stove (_lu chün_). “The
colour is between that of the Kuangtung wares and the Yi-hsing
applied glaze[420]; and in the ornamental markings (_hua
wên_) and the transmutation tints of the flowing glaze it
surpasses them.”
16. Ou’s glazes, with red and blue markings.
17. Blue mottled (_ch’ing tien_) glazes: copied from old
Kuang yao.
18. Moon white (_yüeh pai_) glazes. “The colour somewhat
resembles the Ta Kuan glaze, but the body of the ware is white.
The glaze is without crackle, and there are two shades--pale and
dark.”
19. Reproductions of the ruby red (_pao shao_) of Hsüan Té:
in decoration consisting of (1) three fishes, (2) three fruits,
(3) three funguses, or (4) the five Happinesses (symbolised by
five bats).
20. Reproductions of the Lung-ch’üan glaze with ruby red
decoration of the types just enumerated. “This is a new style of
the reigning dynasty.”
21. Turquoise (_fei ts’ui_) glazes. Copying three sorts,
(1) pure turquoise, (2) blue flecked, and (3) gold flecked
(_chin tien_).[421]
22. _Soufflé_ red (_ch’ui hung_) glaze.
23. _Soufflé_ blue (_ch’ui ch’ing_) glaze.
24. Reproductions of Yung Lo porcelain: eggshell (_t’o
t’ai_), pure white with engraved (_chui_) or embossed
(_kung_) designs.
25. Copies of Wan Li and Chêng Tê enamelled (_wu ts’ai_)
porcelain.
26. Copies of Ch’èng Hua enamelled (_wu ts’ai_) porcelain.
27. Porcelain with ornament in Hsüan Tê style in a yellow ground.
28. Cloisonné blue (_fa ch’ing_) glaze.[422] “This glaze
is the result of recent attempts to match this colour (i.e. the
deep blue of the cloisonné enamels). As compared with the deep
and reddish _chi ch’ing_, it is darker and more vividly
blue (_ts’ui_), and it has no orange peel or palm eye
markings.”
29. Reproductions of European wares with lifelike designs carved
and engraved. “Sets of the five sacrificial utensils, dishes,
plates, vases, and boxes and the like are also decorated with
coloured pictures in European style.”
[Illustration: Plate 121.--Two Beakers and a Jar from sets of
five, _famille rose_ enamels. Late Yung Chêng Porcelain.
Fig. 1.--Beaker with “harlequin” ground. Height 15¾ inches. _S.
E. Kennedy Collection._
Fig. 2.--Jar with dark blue glaze gilt and leaf-shaped reserves.
Height 21½ inches. _Burdett-Coutts Collection._
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