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.
[CONTENTS]
| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | [5] | |
| SECTION I CHINESE PORCELAIN | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | INTRODUCTORY | [21] |
| II. | HARD PASTE | [29] |
| III. | RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY | [35] |
| IV. | A SKETCH SHOWING PORCELAIN CLASSEDACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THEDISCOVERY OF THE COLOURS AND GLAZES | [43] |
| V. | THE FOUR CHIEF FABULOUS ANIMALS ANDTWO GODDESSES | [51] |
| VI. | A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY HISTORYOF PORCELAIN | [89] |
| VII. | THE MING DYNASTY AND ITS PRODUCTS | [95] |
| VIII. | THE TSING DYNASTY, KANG-HE PERIOD | [103] |
| IX. | THE YUNG-CHING PERIOD | [109] |
| X. | THE KEEN-LUNG PERIOD | [119] |
| XI. | MANDARIN PORCELAIN, YUNG-CHING PERIODAND LATER | [131] |
| XII. | KEA-KING, TAOU-KWANG, AND THE LATER EMPERORS | [139] |
| XIII. | CHINESE WHITE PORCELAIN | [147] |
| XIV. | SINGLE OR SELF-COLOUR GLAZES | [153] |
| XV. | CHINESE CRACKLE | [175] |
| XVI. | BLUE AND OTHER COLOURS UNDER THE GLAZE | [181] |
| XVII. | CLOBBER WARE OR REDECORATED PORCELAIN | [201] |
| XVIII. | RETICULATED PORCELAIN | [203] |
| XIX. | DECORATED WITH COLOURED ENAMELS | [211] |
| 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] |
| XXII. | SYMBOLICAL DESIGNS | [297] |
| A. EMBLEMS IN ANIMALS | ||
| B. EMBLEMS IN TREES | ||
| C. EMBLEMS IN FLOWERS | ||
| XXIII. | DATE MARKS ON ORIENTAL PORCELAIN | [307] |
| XXIV. | SYMBOLICAL MARKS AND ORNAMENTS | [323] |
| XXV. | THE IMMORTALS OR CHENS | [337] |
| XXVI. | THE DRESDEN COLLECTION | [345] |
| SECTION II JAPANESE PORCELAIN AND POTTERY | ||
| XXVII. | JAPANESE PORCELAIN AND POTTERY | [349] |
| IMARI, ARITA, OR HIZEN | ||
| HIRADO | ||
| NABESHIMA | ||
| XXVIII. | SATSUMA | [357] |
| KYOTO | ||
| AWATA | ||
| MARKS, FIRST SET | ||
| XXIX. | BIZEN OR IMBE | [367] |
| KUTANI | ||
| KENZAN WARE | ||
| YEIRAKU WARE | ||
| XXX. | KISHU | [375] |
| BANKO | ||
| SOMA | ||
| SANDA | ||
| SHEBA | ||
| VARIOUS | ||
| MARKS, SECOND SET | ||
| SECTION III | ||
| XXXI. | SALE PRICES | [385] |
| INDEX | [403] | |
[ILLUSTRATIONS]
| VASE, IN PROPER COLOURS, KANG-HE | [Frontispiece] |
| PAGE | |
| PAÔ-YUEH-KOUANG AND TIEN-KONG | [40] |
| THE DRAGON | [54] |
| THE TRUE KYLIN | [55] |
| THE COREAN LION | [56] |
| THE HO-HO OR PHŒNIX | [57] |
| KWAN-YIN, MING | [60] |
| ANOTHER KWAN-YIN, MING | [62] |
| KWAN-YIN, WITH ATTENDANTS | [63] |
| SI-WANG-MU | [64] |
| OD-DPAG-MED AMITÂBHA OR AMIDA | [68] |
| WAN CHONG, THE GOD OF THE LEARNED | [71] |
| KUAN-TI, THE GOD OF WAR | [72] |
| WEN-TCHANG, THE GOD OF WISDOM | [75] |
| PIU-HWO, TAOIST GOD | [76] |
| HAN SEANG-TSE (2) AND CHANG KO-LAOU | [79] |
| BUDDHIST DIVINITIES (2) AND HAN CHUNG-LE | [80] |
| THE TAOIST IMMORTALS (8) | [83] |
| THE DOG OF BUDDHA OR COREAN LION | [84] |
| EMBLEMS IN BIRDS, PHEASANTS | [87] |
| WHITE PORCELAIN, KWAN-YIN | [151] |
| "SANG DE BŒUF," SELF-COLOUR | [157] |
| "CLAIRE DE LUNE" CRACKLE, SELF-COLOUR | [163] |
| TIGER SPOTTED OR SPLASHED GLAZE | [167] |
| PEACH BLOW, WITH WHITE AND CELADON | [171] |
| 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] |
| RETICULATED INCENSE BURNER | [207] |
| RETICULATED VASE | [208] |
| BLACK FAMILY, "FAMILLE NOIRE," TEAPOTS | [218] |
| BLACK FAMILY, "FAMILLE NOIRE," BOWL | [221] |
| BLACK FAMILY, "FAMILLE NOIRE," VASES, TAPERING SQUARE | [222] |
| BLACK FAMILY, "FAMILLE NOIRE," VASES, PEAR-SHAPED | [225] |
| BLACK FAMILY, "FAMILLE NOIRE," VASES, TWO | [226] |
| GREEN FAMILY, "FAMILLE VERTE," VASE, OVIFORM | [230] |
| GREEN FAMILY, "FAMILLE VERTE," LANTERN, EGG-SHELL | [233] |
| GREEN FAMILY, "FAMILLE VERTE," VASES (3), SQUARE-SHAPED | [234] |
| GREEN FAMILY, "FAMILLE VERTE," VASE, BEAKER-SHAPED | [237] |
| GREEN FAMILY, "FAMILLE VERTE," HEXAGONAL, ARROW-STAND | [238] |
| GREEN FAMILY, "FAMILLE VERTE," VASE, GOURD-SHAPED | [241] |
| POWDERED-BLUE, WITH "FAMILLE VERTE," AND BLUE DECORATION | [246] |
| POWDERED-BLUE, WITH "FAMILLE VERTE," DECORATION, PLATES | [249] |
| MAZARINE-BLUE, WITH "FAMILLE ROSE," DECORATION, VASES | [250] |
| GREEN AND YELLOW FAMILY, "FAMILLE JAUNE," VASE, SQUARE-SHAPED | [254] |
| GREEN AND YELLOW FAMILY, "FAMILLE JAUNE," JARDINIÈRE | [257] |
| CORAL RED, "ROUGE DE FER," VASE, CYLINDRICAL | [261] |
| CORAL RED, "ROUGE DE FER," VASE, CYLINDRICAL | [262] |
| ROSE FAMILY, "FAMILLE ROSE," RUBY-BACK PLATES, &C. | [266] |
| EGG-SHELL, "ROSE" "VERTE," VASE | [269] |
| APPLE-GREEN GROUND, MING BISCUIT, TEAPOTS | [273] |
| APPLE-GREEN GROUND, LANG-YAO, VASES | [274] |
| DELICATE GREEN GROUND, VASE, GOURD-SHAPED | [277] |
| DELICATE GREEN GROUND, VASES, KEA-KING | [278] |
| AUBERGINE GROUND, VASES, FLAT-SHAPED | [281] |
| MANDARIN CHINA, VASES, CONICAL, EGG-SHELL | [282] |
| THE IMMORTALS: HAN CHUNG-LE; LEU TUNG-PIN | [340] |
| LE TEE-KWAE; TSAOU KWO-KIU | [341] |
| LAN TSAE-HO; CHANG KO-LAOU | [342] |
| HAN SEANG-TSZE; HO SEEN-KOO | [343] |
| FIVE CLAWS; HO-HO BIRD | [354] |
| DOG OF FÔ; THE KYLIN | [355] |