[175] The same emperor showed his appreciation for Chinese ceramics by importing a number of Chinese potters into Persia. See p. 30. [176] It is recorded that the Emperor Wan Li sent presents of large porcelain jars to the Mogul Emperor, and it is likely that similar presents had arrived at the Persian Court. [177] _Cat._, Case X, No. 245, and Plate xv. [178] _Burlington Magazine_, October, 1910, p. 40. [179] See _Franks Catalogue_, No. 763. [180] _Burlington Magazine_, March, 1913, p. 310. See also _Hainhofer und der Kunstschrank Gustav Adolfs_, op. cit., Plate 69, where a set of dishes of India lacquer is illustrated, each mounted in the centre with a roundel of this type of porcelain. These dishes are mentioned in a letter dated 1628. [181] Numbered 1191 and 1192. A number of other painters who have introduced these Chinese porcelains into their work are named by Mr. Perzynski (_Burlington Magazine_, December, 1910, p. 169). [182] See p. 63. [183] C 5–7. [184] _Cat._, No. 112D. [185] _Burlington Magazine_, December, 1910, p. 169. [186] The figures sometimes stand out against a background coloured with washes of green, yellow and aubergine glaze. See Plate 82, Fig. 2. [187] See p. 43. [188] See vol. i., p. 218. [189] See p. 196. [190] I have seen occasional specimens with the Wan Li mark. [191] See vol. i., p. 218. [192] _Cat._, J 21. [193] _Cat._, A 33. In the Lymans Collection in Boston there are several examples of this ware, including specimens with dark and light coffee brown grounds and a jar in blue and white. [194] A collection of these is in the British Museum, and they include many types of late Ming export porcelains. [195] _Cat. B. F. A._, K 37. [196] A jar with vertical bands of ornament in a misty underglaze red of pale tint in the Eumorfopoulos collection probably belongs to this period. Though technically unsuccessful, the general effect of the bold red-painted design is most attractive. [197] See vol. i., p. 218. [198] _Cat._, J 16. [199] There is a whole case full of them in the celebrated Dresden collection, a fact which is strongly in favour of a K’ang Hsi origin for the group. [200] Eight Precious Things. See p. 299. [201] See vol. i., p. 219. [202] The fact that the enamellers’ shops at Ching-tê Chên to this day are known as _hung tien_ (red shops) points to the predominance of this red family in the early history of enamelled decorations. [203] See p. 67. [204] See vol. i., p. 218. [205] See p. 224. [206] See p. 90. [207] H 17, exhibited by Mr. G. Eumorfopoulos. [208] See p. 4. [209] See p. 94.