Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . differences from that of the Chiin andYiian pieces. It is smooth and even instead of being lumpy and ^ An early sixteenth-century work, the Tu kung fan isuan (quoted in the Tao lu,bk. ix., fol. 8 verso) tells of a Chinese sybarite Li Feng-ming, who held a lotusflower banquet. There were crystal tables twelve in number, and on them a seriesof vessels, all of Kuan porcelain, a display of elegance rarely seen at any time. 2 Ya ku ching pao shih. Ya ku is explained by Bretschneider {Me
Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . differences from that of the Chiin andYiian pieces. It is smooth and even instead of being lumpy and ^ An early sixteenth-century work, the Tu kung fan isuan (quoted in the Tao lu,bk. ix., fol. 8 verso) tells of a Chinese sybarite Li Feng-ming, who held a lotusflower banquet. There were crystal tables twelve in number, and on them a seriesof vessels, all of Kuan porcelain, a display of elegance rarely seen at any time. 2 Ya ku ching pao shih. Ya ku is explained by Bretschneider {Mediseval Researches,vol, i., p. 174) as equivalent to the Arabic yakut, and meaning a corundum, of whichthe Chinese recognise various tints, including deep blue, pale blue, muddy blue, besidesyellow and white. 2 Ching tsui jo yu Ian iien. PLATE 17Two examples of Sung wares of the Ghiin or Kuan factories. Fig. 1.—Bowl with lavender glaze, lightly crackled. 0. Raphael Collection,Height 4^ inches. Fig. 2.—Vase with smooth lavender grey glaze suffused with purple. Eumorfo-poulos Collection, Height 3J Fig. 1
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