Poems on Chinese porcelain, 113 Poison detected by Chinese porcelain, 215 Polo, Marco, account of China, 72 ---- ---- on Chinese porcelain, 213-214 Pompadour, Marquise de, and Sèvres, 290, 292, 295, 300 Porcelain, physical properties of, 5 ---- microscopical structure, 5 ---- chemical composition, 6-12 ---- materials, 14-18 ---- transition to kaolinic stoneware in Japanese porcelain, 206 ---- vague early use of the word, 217 ---- early reports in Europe as to its composition, 223 ‘Porcelain fever’ at time of Seven Years’ War, 255 Porcelain or purslane, word, how used in Elizabethan times, 222 Portugal, porcelain made in, 325 Portuguese in China, 219 ---- as importers of porcelain, 222, 230 Poterat family of Rouen, 239, 282, 284 Potsherds of Chinese porcelain, ground up for paste of English porcelain, 326 _note_ Potter’s wheel, 20-22 ---- ---- early forms, 20-21 _Pourcelainnes_, the word, how used by Marco Polo, 214 Pressing, process described, 23 Quan-yin, or Kwan-yin (Jap. Kwannon), 135, 143, 226 Randall copies Sèvres porcelain, 366 Raynal, Abbé, on Chinese porcelain, 85 ---- ---- quoted, 166, 231 ---- ---- on classification of Oriental porcelain, 223 _note_ Réaumur makes porcelain, 278 Red decoration _sous couverte_, 43 Red Sea ports, early Chinese trade with, 213 Reine, porcelaine de la, made in Rue Thiroux, 313 Reproductions of old types of Chinese porcelain, 104, 115 Riaño, Don Juan, on Spanish porcelain, 322, 325 Rice-grain, in pierced decoration, 155 Ringler, the arcanist, 264, 266, 267 Risampei, a Korean, at Arita, 181 Ritual vessels in Chinese porcelain, colours of, 138 Rockingham porcelain, 371-372 Rörstrand, porcelain made at, 273 ---- ---- contemporary work, 388, 393 Rose, John, 365, 366 Rose-red grounds (opaque), _mei-kwei_, on Chinese porcelain, 110 Roses on English porcelain, 352, 368 Rouen porcelain, 238-239, 282 ---- ---- examples where found, 239 _Rouge d’or_ on Chinese porcelain, 107 ---- ---- date of introduction in China, 110 _note_ ---- ---- not mentioned by D’Entrecolles, 136 ---- ---- late introduction in Japan, 189, 205 ---- ---- used early at Saint-Cloud, 283 _Rouge d’or_, source of, 284 _note_ ---- ---- mentioned in De Frasnay’s poem, 284 _note_ Rozenburg works at the Hague, 389, 393 Russian porcelain, 274, 392 Sacrifice of the potter Tung, 113 Saint-Cloud, porcelain made at, 282-284 ---- seventeenth century designs on porcelain, 283 St. Petersburg, porcelain made at, 274, 392 Saladin’s present of Chinese porcelain, 215 Salting collection, early vase with _cloisons_, 80 ---- ---- enamelled bowl with Cheng-te mark, 89, 161 ---- ---- _famille verte_ with black ground, 101 Salvétat, notes to Julien’s work, 53 Samson, imitates old wares, 314 Sanda celadon, 201 _Sang de bœuf_ glazes, 42 ---- ---- imitated in England, 387 ---- ---- on Chinese porcelain, 151 San tsai or ‘three-colour’ glazes, 44