. Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . Blue and White Porcelain. Sixteenth Century, Fig. 1.—Bowl with Hsiian Te mark. Diameter 4 inches. Dresden Collection. Fig. 2.— Covered Bowl with fish design. Dresden Collection. Fig. 3.—Bottle, peasant en an ox. Height 81 mches. Eumorfopoulos Collection. Fig. 4.—Bottie with lotus scrolls in mottled blue. Height 9 Inches. Alexander Collection. Ch^ng Te (1506-1521) 33 in the centre enclosing a dragon among clouds, and two dragonson the outside, the space between them faintly etched
. Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . Blue and White Porcelain. Sixteenth Century, Fig. 1.—Bowl with Hsiian Te mark. Diameter 4 inches. Dresden Collection. Fig. 2.— Covered Bowl with fish design. Dresden Collection. Fig. 3.—Bottle, peasant en an ox. Height 81 mches. Eumorfopoulos Collection. Fig. 4.—Bottie with lotus scrolls in mottled blue. Height 9 Inches. Alexander Collection. Ch^ng Te (1506-1521) 33 in the centre enclosing a dragon among clouds, and two dragonson the outside, the space between them faintly etched with seawaves. The ware is usually thin and refined. These dishes arenot uncommon, and it is difficult to imagine that they can all belongto such an early period. On the other hand, one also meets withcopies of the same design with the Chien Lung mark (1736-1795),which display unmistakable difference in quality. Another typehas the same green dragon design with engraved outlines set in ayellow ground, and in most cases its antiquity is open to the samedoubts. It is certain, however, that these pieces
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