. A residence among the Chinese: inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856. are some valuableprivate collections in England, yet our museums, a 2 34 OLD CRACKLE PORCELAIN. Chap. V. to which the public liave access, are but meagrelysupplied. My descriptions, however, will probablybe understood by collectors of such articles inthis country. To begin with what is called old crackle porce-lain by collectors.—The Chinese have many kinds of this manufacture,some of which areextremely rare andbeautiful. In thewhites a
. A residence among the Chinese: inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856. are some valuableprivate collections in England, yet our museums, a 2 34 OLD CRACKLE PORCELAIN. Chap. V. to which the public liave access, are but meagrelysupplied. My descriptions, however, will probablybe understood by collectors of such articles inthis country. To begin with what is called old crackle porce-lain by collectors.—The Chinese have many kinds of this manufacture,some of which areextremely rare andbeautiful. In thewhites and greysthe crackle is larger,and the older speci-me DS are often boundby a metallic-look-ing band, which setsoff the s^Decimens togreat and grey arethe common coloursamongst moderncrackle — a manu-facture not appre-ciated either by theChinese or ourselves—but the latter is easily known from its inferiorityto the more ancient. The yellow and cream-coloured specimens are rare and much prized—these are seldom seen in Europe. The greens,light and dark, turquoise, and reds are generallyfinely glazed, and have the crackle-lines small. Vase of Sea-green Crackle. Chap. V. ANCIENT ENAMELS. 85 and minute. In colouring these examples areexquisite, and in this respect they throw ourfinest specimens of European porcelain quite intothe shade. The green and turquoise cracklemade in China at the present day are veryinferior to the old kinds. Perhaps the rarest andmost expensive of all ancient crackles is a yellow^ishstone-colour ; in my Iesearches I have seen only
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