Fig. 114.—From Mr. Avery’s Collection.
The Japanese now produce a crackle under the glaze, and also a very fine crackle in the glaze itself; which last is probably much the easiest to do.
Fig. 113, copied from M. Jacquemart’s work, represents a rather clumsily-shaped vase with the larger crackle, which is less prized. Fig. 114 is finely crackled, and is most subtile in form. It is in Mr. Avery’s collection.
At the end of this chapter will be found some of the most important marks for dates, etc.
These few are used by the Chinese as symbolic:
