Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . I shall give reasons presently for doubting that any specialImperial patronage was extended to this kind of ware ; arid what-ever truth there may be in this explanation of the numbers, it ishighly improbable that any serious evidence can ever be producedto sustain it. It would be possible to construct a formidable list of thecolours which appear in the Chiin glazes, though many of the ^ See Hamilton Bell, Imperial Sung Pottery, Art in America, July, 1913,p. 182. The Chinese numeral
Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . I shall give reasons presently for doubting that any specialImperial patronage was extended to this kind of ware ; arid what-ever truth there may be in this explanation of the numbers, it ishighly improbable that any serious evidence can ever be producedto sustain it. It would be possible to construct a formidable list of thecolours which appear in the Chiin glazes, though many of the ^ See Hamilton Bell, Imperial Sung Pottery, Art in America, July, 1913,p. 182. The Chinese numerals are given on p. 211, - Cat. B. F. A., 1910, B 42. 3 There is an obvious analogy in the size 3 and S 2, etc., incised under theDerby porcelain figures. PLATE 36Chiin Wares Fig. 1.—Flower pot of six-foil form. Chiin Chou ware of the Sung base is glazed with olive brown and Incised with the numeral san(three). Height 71 inches. JJlexander Collection. Fig. 2.—Bowl of Chiin type, with close-grained porcellanous body of yellowishcolour. Sung dynasty. Diameter 5f inches. Eumorfopoulos Fig. 1
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