. The color blue in pottery and porcelain. gently, as he chooses, the student collectormay enter upon the pursuit of knowledge which will assist inthe study of objects. When fully equipped with data, he willat once, when handling a specimen, look to see the nature ofthe paste, the method of applying color, whether under orover the glaze, and the tint of the glaze itself. Then, pro-ceeding to analyze the pattern, he will note that the samefigures, animals, flowers, frets, etc., appear again and again, [13] and after a while he recognizes the emblems of Buddhism, andthe eight immortals of Taoist
. The color blue in pottery and porcelain. gently, as he chooses, the student collectormay enter upon the pursuit of knowledge which will assist inthe study of objects. When fully equipped with data, he willat once, when handling a specimen, look to see the nature ofthe paste, the method of applying color, whether under orover the glaze, and the tint of the glaze itself. Then, pro-ceeding to analyze the pattern, he will note that the samefigures, animals, flowers, frets, etc., appear again and again, [13] and after a while he recognizes the emblems of Buddhism, andthe eight immortals of Taoist fame, the precious objectsused by scholars, and different things symbolic of rank andposition, whether military or official. Upon blue and whiteporcelains we find there are better illustrations of the thoughtlife of China, than appear in the polychrome decoration, andthis is the chief reason for advocating the study of blue andwhite, before attempting even to enumerate the varyingshades of mazarin, sapphire, peacock, and robins egg
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