[177] In the Oesterreichische Monatschrift, January, 1885, and succeeding numbers, A.B. Meyer's Alterthümer aus dem Ostindischen Archipel, etc. etc.
[178] The Chu fan chih, the author of which was Imperial inspector of foreign shipping, etc., in the province of Fukien. See Hirth, Ancient Chinese Porcelain: A Study in Chinese Mediæval Industry and Trade, Leipsig, 1888; and the translation of the Chu fan chih, published by Hirth and Rockhill, 1912.
[179] Where Marco Polo (see Yule, bk. ii., p. 218) states that "they make vessels of porcelain of all sizes, the finest that can be imagined ... and thence it is exported all over the world."
[180] See A.B. Meyer, op. cit.; Ling Roth, The Natives of Borneo; Carl Bock, Head Hunters of Borneo; Fay–Cooper Cole, Chinese Pottery in the Philippines, Chicago 1912.
[181] A thirteenth–century writer, one of whose works is translated by Barbier and Maynard, Dictionnaire Géographique de la Perse. See p. 240 of this book. Fragments of celadon porcelain were found on the ninth–century site of Samarra on the Euphrates. (See p. [148].)
[182] Much of the celadon found in Egypt would seem to be as late as the early part of the sixteenth century, to judge from the general name given to it by Egyptian merchants, "baba ghouri," after the sultan who reigned at that time.
[183] See E. Zimmermann in the Cicerone, III. Jahrgang, s. 496 ff.
[184] See Burlington Magazine, June, 1909, p. 164. Other pieces, apparently of Siamese make, have been found in Egypt, and it is most probable that Siamese celadons were shipped by the traders at Martaban in Pegu and sold by them along with the Chinese goods.
[185] See Catalogue of the Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1910, B. 27.
[186] See Cat. B.F.A., 1910, E 20, and Plate.