VASE, IN PROPER COLOURS, KANG-HE _Frontispiece_
BUDDHIST DIVINITIES (2) AND HAN CHUNG-LE 80
"CLAIRE DE LUNE" CRACKLE, SELF-COLOUR 163
CRACKLE VASES, &C., MOUNTED IN ORMOLU 178
BLUE AND WHITE BEAKERS; DISHES AND COVERS 186
BLUE AND WHITE VASE; WATER EWER AND COVER 189
BLUE AND WHITE VASES, WITH LANGE-LYSEN 190
BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR, OR OVIFORM VASE 193
BLUE AND RED UNDER-GLAZE, CONICAL VASE 194
RED UNDER-GLAZE, ENAMELS OVER-GLAZE, CYLINDRICAL VASE 197
BLACK FAMILY, "FAMILLE NOIRE," TEAPOTS 218
BLACK FAMILY, " " VASES, TAPERING SQUARE 222
GREEN FAMILY, "FAMILLE VERTE," VASE, OVIFORM 230
GREEN FAMILY, " " VASES (3), SQUARE-SHAPED 234
GREEN FAMILY, " " VASE, BEAKER-SHAPED 237
GREEN FAMILY, " " HEXAGONAL, ARROW-STAND 238
POWDERED-BLUE, WITH "FAMILLE VERTE," AND BLUE 246 DECORATION POWDERED-BLUE, WITH "FAMILLE VERTE," DECORATION, PLATES 249
MAZARINE-BLUE, WITH "FAMILLE ROSE," DECORATION, VASES 250
GREEN AND YELLOW FAMILY, "FAMILLE JAUNE," VASE, 254 SQUARE-SHAPED
GREEN AND YELLOW FAMILY, "FAMILLE JAUNE," JARDINIÈRE 257
CORAL RED, "ROUGE DE FER," VASE, CYLINDRICAL 261
ROSE FAMILY, "FAMILLE ROSE," RUBY-BACK PLATES, &C. 266
APPLE-GREEN GROUND, MING BISCUIT, TEAPOTS 273
DELICATE GREEN GROUND, VASE, GOURD-SHAPED 277
DELICATE GREEN GROUND, VASES, KEA-KING 278
MANDARIN CHINA, VASES, CONICAL, EGG-SHELL 282
THE IMMORTALS: HAN CHUNG-LE; LEU TUNG-PIN 340
The chief books referred to in this volume are:--
FRANKS, Sir A. W. Bethnal Green Collection. Catalogue of Original Pottery and Porcelain.
GULLAND, W. G. Chinese Porcelain. 2 vols. With Illustrations.
The small Guide to the Musée Guimet. Paris.
=Base.= The solid support or bottom of any vessel either simple or ornamentally shaped.
=Beaker.= The Chinese beaker is a trumpet-shaped vase, having neither handle nor spout nor beak.
=Biscuit.= Porcelain unglazed, having no gloss.
=Body.= The part of a vase which corresponds with the body in the human figure. The shape may be simple, or two or more forms combined.
=Bottle.= A vase with spheroidal body, long neck and narrow mouth. The gourd-shaped Oriental bottle may be double, having three bodies diminishing from the bottom upwards.
=Burnt-in.= A term used to distinguish the painted from the enamelled porcelain, the first being burnt in with the glaze, the second having the colours laid over the glaze.