Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . z z - c z _? - r- Z 2 < 2 u z i ^ - 8 = p ., ;^ < - f; < Z C ^.Z ~ -s- <. 39 The Connoisseur zenith of its power,Chinese a r m i e;;penetrating i n t c Central India, Chi-nese junks into thePersian Gulf, and the northern bound-aries of the empire extended into Turki- stan. As during the Han dynasty, inter-course with foreign states was renewed, and a host of for-eign influences must have penetrated into the middle kingdom, including those of the Indian, Persian, and Byz
Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . z z - c z _? - r- Z 2 < 2 u z i ^ - 8 = p ., ;^ < - f; < Z C ^.Z ~ -s- <. 39 The Connoisseur zenith of its power,Chinese a r m i e;;penetrating i n t c Central India, Chi-nese junks into thePersian Gulf, and the northern bound-aries of the empire extended into Turki- stan. As during the Han dynasty, inter-course with foreign states was renewed, and a host of for-eign influences must have penetrated into the middle kingdom, including those of the Indian, Persian, and Byzantine arts. Tang pieces are only beginning to find their w ay to Europe, and afford surprising evidences of the maturity which ceramic art attained during the period of the dynasty. The n\ajority of the speci-al ens which ha^p come to light are mortuary pieces, and until more tombs are exhumed and further pieces surrendered by Chinese col-lectors, it wi 11 be impossible to form a final e stimate of Tang pottery. Among its especial characte r i s t i c s are the large proportion of figure pieces it includes. S o me of these are clearly inspired by Grteco- Roman influence, and rival their exem
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