Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . Lien-chou, in the extreme south of the province, which exports its waresfrom Pak-hoi. A few specimens bought in the neighbourhood ofthe Shih-wan potteries, and no doubt of local make, are in theBritish Museum. They consist of lion joss-stick holders, crab-shaped pots for growing lily bulbs, and small figures of a hard,rough stoneware of buff or drab colour. The bulb pots have anopaque green glaze with passages of transparent fambe colours,not unlike the Yi-hsing or Canton Chiin gla
Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . Lien-chou, in the extreme south of the province, which exports its waresfrom Pak-hoi. A few specimens bought in the neighbourhood ofthe Shih-wan potteries, and no doubt of local make, are in theBritish Museum. They consist of lion joss-stick holders, crab-shaped pots for growing lily bulbs, and small figures of a hard,rough stoneware of buff or drab colour. The bulb pots have anopaque green glaze with passages of transparent fambe colours,not unlike the Yi-hsing or Canton Chiin glazes, and the other Richards, Comprehensive Geography of the Chinese Empire, 1908, p. 210. == Richards, op. cit., p. 209. Considerable trade is carried on in tea, porcelain,etc. S. Wells Williams, Commercial Guide to China, 1863, p. 13. Speaking of potterythe author says : The charges for freight forbid it to be carried far, and manufacturesof it are numerous ; that for Canton is at Shih-hwan. No doubt this is Shih-wan^^. Another name for Canton pottery is Shakwan ware, which is probably avariant of
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