A Book of Porcelain: Fine examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum

by Bernard Rackham

Jar, Chinese, early Ming dynasty, with decoration in slightly raised outline filled in with coloured glazes, the rim fitted in Persia with a chased brass mount. Height, 12½ in.

No. 1748-1892. See p. [7].

Unmarked.

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INDEX

• Abbas II., Shah of Persia, [13]
• Acier, [68], [78]
• Æsop’s Fables, [80]
• Agréable Leçon, L’, [79]
• Albrechtsburg, fortress, [66]
• Amelia, Celadon and, [84]
• American Colonies, [58]
• Angoulême, duc d’, [62]
• Anne of Austria, [49]
• Anreiter, Carl Wendelin, [44]
• Ansbach, [71]
• “Antiques, The Hundred,” [21], [22]
• Ao Kutani ware, [34]
• Apollo Belvedere, [45]
• Apple-green, [24]
• Arab traders, [16]
• Arabic inscriptions, [12]
• Archaistic Chinese porcelain, [25]
• Arita, [31]
• Artemisia leaf, [15]
• Augsburg, [13]
• Augustus, Emperor, [58]
• Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, [17], [65], [69], [76]
• Austria, Anne of, [49]
• Bachelier, [55], [60]
• Baligny, Étienne, [18]
• Baroque style, [66], [67]
• Bastelli, Franz, [70]
• Bavaria, Elector of, [70]
• Beethoven, [68]
• Bérain, [50]
• Berghem, [81]
• Berlin, [65], [71]
• Beyer, Wilhelm, [70]
• Biscuit porcelain, Sèvres, [60]
• Blanc de Chine, [17]
• Blémont, Barthélémy de, [78]
• Bleu de roi, [56], [59], [80], [84], [85]
• Bloor, Robert, [84]
• Blue, mazarine, [81]
• powdered, [20], [85]
• scale, [85]
• “Blue and white,” [10], [12]
• Bohemian glass, [66]
• Boileau, [57]
• Bondy, rue, [62]
• Böttger, Johann Friedrich, [65]
• Boucher, François, [53], [55], [57], [79], [81]
• Bouillat fils, [57]
• Bourbon, Louis-Henri de, [52]
• Bourg-la-Reine, [54]
• Bow, [19], [43], [75], [78]
• Bowes Collection, [32]
• Brighton Museum, [32]
• Bristol, [77], [86]
• Bronze, imitation of, [3]
• Brown, Mr. Montague Yeats, [43]
• Buddhist designs, [8], [9], [12], [15]
• Buen Retiro, [45], [51]
• Burghley House, [13]
• Burke, Edmund, [87]
• Burma, [16]
• Bushell, Dr., [5]
• Callot, [66]
• Capodimonte, [45]
• Carl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, [71]
• Carp motive, [22]
• Catherine II., Empress of Russia, [58]
• Catrice, [56]
• Caughley, [87]
• Cecil family, [13]
• Celadon and Amelia, [84]
• Celadon ware, [5], [15], [16], [23]
• Chabry, [57]
• Chamberlains, Worcester, [86]
• Champion, Richard, [87]
• Champlevé enamel, [7]
• Chantilly, [52], [55]
• Charles III., King of the Sicilies, [45]
• Chekiang, province, [5]
• Chelsea, [19], [33], [54], [75], [77], [83], [85]
• Chêng Tê, emperor, [12]
• Chia Ching, emperor, [12], [14]
• Chicaneau, Pierre, [50]
• Ch’ien Lung, emperor, [25], [26], [27]
• Chihli, province, [5]
• Ch’ing, symbol, [15]
• Ch’ing dynasty, [19]
• Ching-tê-chên, [6], [17], [19], [24]
• Chinoiseries, [82]
• Christian, Margrave, [71]
• Christie’s sale-room, [82]
• Chün-chou, [4]
• Cirou, Ciquaire, [52]
• Clair-de-lune glaze, [24]
• Claret-colour, [81], [82]
• Classical style, [46], [57], [62], [68], [69], [70], [83]
• Claude, [71]
• Clignancourt, [62]
• Clive, Kitty, [76]
• Cobalt-blue, introduction of, [10]
• Comedy, Italian, [70]
• Companies, trading, [16], [27], [82]
• Condé, prince de, [52]
• Conway, General, [79]
• Cookworthy, William, [86]
• Cope Bequest, [25]
• Copenhagen, [71]
• Coral-red, [23]
• Corean lion, [34]
• Cornflower-sprig pattern, [62]
• Cosmo II., Grand Duke of Tuscany, [42]
• Cozzi, Geminiano, [44]
• Cueillette de Cerises, La, [81]
• Cuenca tiles, [7]
• Cumberland, Duke of, [75]
• Czarskoë Selo, [60]
• Damascus, mosque at, [11]
• ware, [14]
• Dauphin, [61]
• De Fulvy, Orry, [55], [56]
• Demigrand feu, [21]
• Denmark, [58], [71]
• Derby, [33], [82], [88]
• Deshima, [32]
• De Staël, baron, [59]
• Doccia, [44]
• Dragon Gate, [22]
• Dresden, collection, [17]
• Steinbäckerei, [66]
• Dubois, brothers, [55]
• Jean René, [56]
• Duesbury, William, [82], [84]
• Duplessis, [55]
• Dutch merchants, [18], [32], [66], [80]
• “Eggshell” china, [25]
• Egypt, [4], [9]
• Elizabeth, Queen, [13]
• Elizabethan silver, [13]
• “Emblems of Happy Augury,” [8]
• Empire, French, [61]
• Enamel, champlevé, [6]
• Engravings, designs copied from, [77], [78]
• Eu, comte d’, [54]
• Faïence, [49], [50]
• Falconet, [60]
• Famille noire, [23]
• rose, [25], [76]
• verte, [14], [21], [24], [52], [80]
• Fanciullacci, Pietro, [45]
• Fêng huang, [12], [26]
• Ferdinand I., of Tuscany, [42], [45]
• IV., of the Two Sicilies, [46]
• Fernex, [56]
• Fêtes Vénétiennes, [79]
• Figures, Bow, [76]
• Chelsea, [77], [79]
• Chinese, [24]
• Frankenthal, [71]
• Höchst, [69]
• Ludwigsburg, [70]
• Meissen, [67], [76], [78]
• Mennecy, [54]
• Nymphenburg, [76]
• Sèvres, [59]
• Fitzhenry, Mr. J. H., [51], [53], [54], [62], [71]
• “Five colour” decoration, [14], [21], [26]
• Fleur-de-lys mark, [51]
• Flight, Thomas, [86]
• Florence, [40], [44], [49], [60]
• Flowers, artificial, [56]
• Fontaine, [60]
• Forget-me-not decoration, [69]
• Francesco de’ Medici, [41], [42], [43]
• Frankenthal, [71]
• Frederick VI., King of Denmark, [71]
• the Great, [71]
• Fu, character, [11], [13]
• Fuchien, province, [17], [51]
• Fulda, [76]
• Fulvy, Orry de, [55], [56]
• Fungus, sacred, [12], [13], [16]
• George II., king, [75]
• Gilding, Sèvres privilege, [62]
• Ginori, Marchese Carlo, [44]
• Glass, [40], [66]
• Goethe, [68]
• Gold, experiments for making, [65]
• pink derived from, [24]
• leaf, decoration in, [66]
• Gombroon, [16]
• Gorodayiu Go Shonsui, [31]
• Gotha, [70]
• Gouyn, Charles, [78]
• Grain-jars, [16]
• Granby, Marquis of, [77]
• Greece, sports of ancient, [61]
• Greek pottery, [4], [83]
• Griffith, Mr. Henry, [42]
• Gros bleu, [56]
• Gustavus III., King of Sweden, [58]
• Hampton Court, [80]
• Han dynasty, [3], [6]
• “Happy Augury, Emblems of,” [8]
• Hard paste, [61], [62], [65], [86]
• Haydn, [68]
• Hellot, [55]
• Herculaneum, [46], [69]
• Herold, [66]
• Hewelcke, [44]
• Hirato, [34]
• Hizen, province, [13], [31], [34]
• Höchst, [69]
• Honan, province, [4], [9]
• Houston, Richard, [77]
• Hsüan Tê, emperor, [10], [12], [26], [34]
• “Hundred Antiques,” [20], [22]
• Hung Wu, emperor, [6]
• Imari, [33], [84]
• India, [16]
• china, [27]
• Companies, [16], [17], [18], [27], [80], [82]
• Iron-red, [23]
• Italian comedy, [70]
• Jade, imitation of, [5], [15]
• “Japan patterns,” [33], [80], [84]
• Jaune jonquille, [56]
• Jones Collection, [16], [18], [57], [60], [61], [68], [81], [84]
• Kaga, province, [34]
• Kaki, signature, [32]
• Kakiyemon, [31], [51], [52], [67], [76], [80]
• Kändler, Johann Joachim, [67], [76], [78]
• K’ang Hsi, emperor, [14], [16], [19], [27]
• Kauffmann, Angelica, [68]
• Kiangsi, province, [6], [24]
• “Kingfisher blue,” [24]
• Kishiu, province, [34]
• Kutani, [34]
• Lang T’ing-tso, [24]
• Lear, King, [76]
• Leda, [56]
• Leghorn, [45]
• Le Guay, [60]
• Levasseur, [17]
• Ling chih, [12], [13], [16]
• London silver marks, [13]
• Longton Hall, [81], [87]
• Louis XIV., king, [18], [50]
• XV., king, [55], [57], [61]
• XVI., king, [16], [58], [61], [68]
• Henri de Bourbon, [52]
• Philippe, duc d’Orléans, [53]
• Lowestoft, [87]
• Ludwigsburg, [70]
• Lung-ch’üan, [5]
• Lung Mên, [22]
• Madrid, [45]
• Mainz, Elector of, [69]
• Maiolica, Italian, [39], [41], [43]
• Manchu Tartars, [19]
• Marcolini, Count Camillo, [68]
• Margrave of Ansbach, [71]
• Maria Amelia, Princess of Saxony, [45]
• Marmontel, [59]
• Martabani ware, [16]
• Mary II., Queen, [80]
• Max Josef III., Elector of Bavaria, [70]
• Mazarine blue, [81]
• Medici porcelain, [41]
• Médicis, vase, [54]
• Meissen, [19], [33], [44], [45], [53], [56], [60], [66], [69], [71], [78], [80]
• Melchior, Johann Peter, [69]
• Mennecy, [53]
• Mikawaji, [34]
• Minden, battle of, [77]
• Ming dynasty, [6], [16], [19], [26], [35]
• Mohammedan porcelain, [12]
• “Monkey Musicians, The,” [78]
• Moors in Spain, [40]
• Mori, I quattro, [45]
• Morin, [60]
• Munich, [70]
• “Music Lesson, The,” [78]
• Nabeshima, [33]
• Nagasaki, [32]
• Nantgarw, [87]
• Naples, [45], [46], [70]
• Napoleon, [61]
• Naranji, [14]
• Neudeck, [70]
• Neue Palais service, [71]
• Neutralite armée, [59]
• New College, Oxford, [5]
• Nishihama park, [35]
• Noire, famille, [23]
• Normandy, [49]
• Nourrice, figure, [78]
• Nymphenburg, [70], [76]
• Okawaji, [33]
• Orléans, duc d’, [53]
• Ormuz, Straits of, [16]
• Orrock Collection, [20]
• Oxford, New College, [5]
• Painting on porcelain, origin of, [9]
• Palatine, Elector, [71]
• Pa Pao, [15]
• Paris, [18], [50], [53]
• factories, [62]
• P.B., silversmith, [18]
• “Peach-bloom” glaze, [24]
• Persia, [4], [7], [9], [11], [13], [15], [16]
• Philip II., King of Spain, [41]
• Phœnix, [12], [26]
• Pine, peach, and bamboo, [11]
• Pisa, [42], [49]
• Plum-blossom motive, [15], [17], [19], [25]
• Plymouth, [86]
• Poirel de Grandval, [49]
• Po Ku, [21]
• Poland, King of, [65]
• Pomegranate motive, [11], [25]
• Pompadour, rose, [56], [81]
• “Porcellana, alla,” [40]
• Poterat, Edme, [49]
• Potsdam, [71]
• Powdered blue, [20], [85]
• “Precious Things, Eight,” [15]
• Printing on porcelain, [85]
• Prometheus, group, [59]
• Prussia, King of, [65]
• Pygmalion, group, [59], [60]
• Quebec, capture of, [77]
• Red, overglaze, [23]
• Regnier, [59]
• Republic, Third, [62]
• Revolution, French, [60]
• Reynolds, Sir Joshua, [77]
• Rhineland, [39]
• Rhinoceros-horn cup, [15]
• Rice-dishes, [16]
• Ringler, [70]
• Risanpei, [31]
• Robinson, Sir Charles, [13]
• Rockingham Works, [88]
• Rococo style, [53], [57], [67], [68], [71], [81], [86]
• Roman art, [69]
• Rome, [70], [83]
• Rose, famille, [25], [76]
• Pompadour, [56], [81]
• Roubiliac, [78], [79]
• Rouen, [49], [50]
• Russia, Empress of, [58]
• St. Cloud, [17], [19], [50]
• St. Sever, Rouen, [49]
• Salt-glazed stoneware, [51]
• Salting Collection, [10]
• San Donato Palace, sale at, [60]
• Sang-de-bœuf glaze, [24]
• Saxony, Elector of, [18], [65], [69], [76]
• “Scale blue,” [85]
• Sceaux, [53], [54]
• Schreiber Collection, [76], [79], [80], [81], [85], [87]
• Seasons, The, [84]
• Sèvres, museum, [41], [61]
• porcelain, [19], [52], [53], [54], [80], [82], [84], [85], [87]
• Shonsui, [31]
• Shou, character, [11]
• Sicilies, King of the Two, [45]
• Silesian glass, [66]
• Sisti, Niccolò, [42]
• Smith, Captain, [77]
• Sorgenthal, Baron von, [69]
• Spa, [59]
• Spain, [7], [40], [41], [45]
• Sprimont, Nicholas, [78], [82]
• Spring, flowers symbolising, [8]
• Staël, baron de, [59]
• Staffordshire, [33], [51], [87], [88]
• Stanniferous glaze, [52]
• Steinbäckerei at Dresden, [66]
• Stockholm, National Museum, [56]
• Sturgeon, legend of, [22]
• Stuttgart, [70]
• Sung dynasty, [4], [9], [15], [24], [26]
• Susa, excavations at, [9]
• Swansea, [87]
• Sweden, [58], [65]
• Swinton, [88]
• Syrian art, [7]
• Tacca, Pietro, [45]
• Tafelaufsätze, [67]
• Tagliolini, Filippo, [46]
• Taou Kuang, emperor, [27]
• Tartar invasions, [19]
• Tebo, [77]
• Têhua, [17]
• Teniers, [81]
• Thibaut, [77]
• Thomson, Miss Emily, [82]
• Thomson’s Seasons, [84]
• Tiles, [7], [11]
• Ting-chou, [5]
• Ting ware, [5], [10]
• “Tonquin Manufacture,” [85]
• Trou, Henri, [50]
• Ts’ang Ying-hsüan, [24]
• Tschirnhausen, Von, [66]
• Tuscany, Grand Dukes of, [41], [45]
• Tzŭ-chou, [9]
• Urbino, [41], [43]
• Venetian ambassador in Tuscany, [41]
• Venice, [40], [44]
• Venus, The Crouching, [45]
• Vernet, Joseph, [60]
• Versailles, [55]
• Verte, famille, [14], [21], [24], [52], [80]
• Vezzi, Francesco, [44]
• Vienna, [44], [69], [70]
• Villeroy, duc de, [54]
• Villers-Cotterets, [53]
• Vincennes, [19], [53], [55], [56], [60], [87]
• Wakayama, [35]
• Wall, Dr. John, [85]
• Wan Li, emperor, [11], [12], [13], [14], [26], [42]
• Warham, Archbishop, [5]
• Watteau, [67], [79], [82]
• Welsh porcelain, [87]
• Werther, Sorrows of, [68]
• Wilkes, John, [79]
• Willett, Mr. Henry, [42]
• Wolfe, General, [76]
• Woodward, [76]
• Worcester, [33], [43], [77], [85], [88]
• Württemberg, [70]
• Yeats Brown, Mr. Montague, [43]
• Yorkshire, [88]
• Yung Chêng, emperor, [12], [24], [27]

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