Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . azes—with such obviousexceptions as black and chocolate brown—have more or less affinityto these two. So that if we place the old turquoise ^ glaze at oneend of the series and the green celadon at the other, the rest willfind an intermediate place, with leanings, of course, towards oneor other of the extremes. One of the puzzling features in the studyof the Sung wares is the interrelation of the various makes, suchas the Ju, Kuan, Ko, Lung-chiian, Tung ching and Chiin, whichall app
Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . azes—with such obviousexceptions as black and chocolate brown—have more or less affinityto these two. So that if we place the old turquoise ^ glaze at oneend of the series and the green celadon at the other, the rest willfind an intermediate place, with leanings, of course, towards oneor other of the extremes. One of the puzzling features in the studyof the Sung wares is the interrelation of the various makes, suchas the Ju, Kuan, Ko, Lung-chiian, Tung ching and Chiin, whichall appear to have had points of mutual resemblance, althoughthe descriptions of individual specimens differ over a wide , however, it can be assumed that the same fundamental prin-ciples of manufacture were observed in all these factories, andthat the divergences in the wares arose from local conditions,such as variety of clays, different conditions of firing and slight ^ This colour is quite distinct from the turquoise of the demi-grand feu, a more lightlyfired colour familiar on the later ; Fig. 1
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