[20] See Bushell, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, p. 96. "In the tomb of the Empress Tao, consort of Wu Ti (140–85 B. C.) there was found one lac–black earthenware dish."
[21] One of these, in the form of a small roller, by which a continuous pattern could be impressed, is figured by Laufer, op. cit. Plate xxxvi.
[22] See Burlington Magazine, December, 1913, where it is published with a note on the inscription by F.S. Kershaw.
[23] Burial Customs in Szechuan, Journal of the North–China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. xli., 1910, p. 58, etc.
[24] A very large series of Han sepulchral pottery, including most of the known types, is in the Field Museum, Chicago; but most of our large museums possess specimens enough to give a good idea of the ware.
[25] Bk. ix., p. 3, quoting the Chêng tzŭ t´ung, which in turn quotes the Han Shu, or Han Histories. Presumably this is the Nan Shan near Lung Chou, in Shensi.
[26] Fragments of this ware which were brought back by the Grünwedel expedition in 1903 are in the Museum für Völkerkunde, in Berlin.
[27] See Bushell, op. cit., p. 97.