Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . ng paint-ing figured by Sir Aurel Stein.^ This painting, a silk banner ofthe Tang period, was found in a walled-up library at Tun-huang,and depicts a standing Buddhist figure carrying a begging bowlwith boldly streaked exterior. In addition to the mottled glazes—which, by the way, are the 1 Ruins of Desert Cathay, vol. ii., p. 195. Similarh^ bowls with spotted glaze areindicated in several of the silk pictures found by Sir Aurel Stein at Tun-huang, whichare temporarily exhibited in
Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . ng paint-ing figured by Sir Aurel Stein.^ This painting, a silk banner ofthe Tang period, was found in a walled-up library at Tun-huang,and depicts a standing Buddhist figure carrying a begging bowlwith boldly streaked exterior. In addition to the mottled glazes—which, by the way, are the 1 Ruins of Desert Cathay, vol. ii., p. 195. Similarh^ bowls with spotted glaze areindicated in several of the silk pictures found by Sir Aurel Stein at Tun-huang, whichare temporarily exhibited in the King Edward VII. galleries in the British Museum. PLATE 8. Three examples of Tang ware with coloured glazes: in the Eumorfopoulos Collection. Fig. 1,—Tripod Incense Vase with ribbed sides; white pottery with deep blueglaze outside encrusted with iridescence. Height 4g- inches. Fig. 2.—Amphora of light coloured pottery with splashed glaze. Mark incisedMc Chsn-shih tsao (made by Ma Chen-shih ). Height 8:^ inches. Fig. 3.—Ewer of hard white porcellanous ware with deep purple glaze. Height44 CO?eb
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