. Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . mof unglazed ware with painted designs in black, red and whitepigments, which has been regarded as of Han period, but maypossibly be earlier (Plate 2, Fig. 3). In addition to the Chou tripod, Laufer^ illustrates five specimens 1 Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, Leyden, 1909, pp. 10-14. Quoted in the Ching-le Chen Tao lu, bk. fol. 1.^ Loc. cit. 4 Chinese Pottery and Porcelain of pre-Han pottery, excavated by Mr. Frank H. Chalfant onthe soil of the ancient city of Lin-tzu i
. Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . mof unglazed ware with painted designs in black, red and whitepigments, which has been regarded as of Han period, but maypossibly be earlier (Plate 2, Fig. 3). In addition to the Chou tripod, Laufer^ illustrates five specimens 1 Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, Leyden, 1909, pp. 10-14. Quoted in the Ching-le Chen Tao lu, bk. fol. 1.^ Loc. cit. 4 Chinese Pottery and Porcelain of pre-Han pottery, excavated by Mr. Frank H. Chalfant onthe soil of the ancient city of Lin-tzu in Ching-chou Fu, Shantung,a district which Mas noted for its pottery as late as the Ming period.*This find included two pitchers, a deep, round bowl, a tazza orround dish on a high stem, and a brick stamped with the characterChi, all unglazed and of grey earthenware. From this last piece,and from the fact that Lin-tzu, until it was destroyed in 221 ,was the capital of the feudal kingdom of Chi, Laufer concluded thatthese wares belonged to a period before the Han dynasty (206 to 220 ). 1 See p. ml* A U o3h U rt C3 au •otCH)NO 3 u u 3 c S u!een > -a oo -ao C H THF NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRASY u ASTOFi, LENOXTILDEN FOUNDATIONS \ CHAPTER II THE*HAN ^ DYNASTY, 206 TO 220 TWO centuries of internecine strife between the great feudalprinces culminated in the destruction of the Chou dynastyand the consolidation of the Chinese states under thepowerful Chin emperor Cheng, If this ambitious tyrant is famousin history for beating back the Hiung-nu Turks, the wild nomads ofthe north Avho had threatened to overrun the Chou states, and forbuilding the Great Wall of China as a rampart against these dreadedinvaders, he is far more infamous for the disastrous attempt to burnall existing books and records, by which, in his overweening pride,he hoped to wipe out past history and make good to posterity hisarrogant title of Shih Huang Ti or First Emperor. His reign,however,
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