The marks are those given in the Franks catalogue, in Mr. Gulland's books, and in the Guimet Museum guide. The vastness of the subject here shortly treated may bring many collectors into touch with one another, and the author hopes that they will avail themselves of the opportunity of using him as the medium for this intercommunication.
Finally, with regard to the illustrations and the lessons they teach, the reader will note that vases have been selected wherever this has been possible. Generally speaking the vase, being an ornamental and purely decorative object, has received from the Chinese potter that artistic--one is almost tempted to say that reverential--treatment which embodies all that is best in his ceramic art. For the rest, it may be that the mythological aspects of the Oriental decoration, its divinities and their attributes, have received unusual attention. The Buddhist faith, here feebly exposed, embodies the highest truths, and Taoism, the more popular religion, cannot be neglected by any student of Oriental porcelain. The Japanese section is not illustrated. Japanese collectors are keen in collecting old Chinese specimens.
IV. A SKETCH SHOWING PORCELAIN CLASSED ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE COLOURS AND GLAZES 43
V. THE FOUR CHIEF FABULOUS ANIMALS AND TWO GODDESSES 51
VI. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF PORCELAIN 89
VII. THE MING DYNASTY AND ITS PRODUCTS 95
VIII. THE TSING DYNASTY, KANG-HE PERIOD 103
XI. MANDARIN PORCELAIN, YUNG-CHING PERIOD AND LATER 131
XII. KEA-KING, TAOU-KWANG, AND THE LATER EMPERORS 139
XVI. BLUE AND OTHER COLOURS UNDER THE GLAZE 181
XVII. CLOBBER WARE OR REDECORATED PORCELAIN 201
A. THE BLACK FAMILY--"FAMILLE NOIRE" B. THE GREEN FAMILY--"FAMILLE VERTE" C. POWDERED AND MAZARINE BLUE WITH ENAMEL COLOURS D. THE GREEN AND YELLOW FAMILY--"FAMILLE JAUNE" E. CORAL RED GROUND--"ROUGE DE FER" F. THE ROSE FAMILY--"FAMILLE ROSE" G. OTHER ENAMEL COLOURS
XX. PORCELAIN OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY 285
XXI. IMITATIONS OF ORIENTAL PORCELAIN 291
A. EMBLEMS IN ANIMALS B. EMBLEMS IN TREES C. EMBLEMS IN FLOWERS
XXIII. DATE MARKS ON ORIENTAL PORCELAIN 307
XXVII. JAPANESE PORCELAIN AND POTTERY 349
BANKO SOMA SANDA SHEBA VARIOUS MARKS, SECOND SET