[235] The pottery found in Sung tombs near Wei Hsien, in Shantung, in 1903, includes a few examples of this type of ware with sketchy brown designs. Laufer (Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, Appendix ii.) has illustrated this important find, though he is inclined to think that it may have been made at the neighbouring potteries of Po Shan Hsien. If this is so, we must reckon with the fact, in itself not at all surprising, that other factories besides Tz´ŭ Chou were working on the same lines. See p. [107].
[236] It would appear that the Tz´ŭ Chou potters were capable of producing these lustrous brown passages in the black glaze intentionally, for the floral design on Fig. 1 of Plate 34 is expressed in this manner.
[237] At Wei Hsien. See note on p. [103].
[238] There are specimens—mostly small bowls—of a very archaic appearance, with the red and green painting which are persistently claimed as of Sung period. But see p. 46 and Plate 30.
[239] Catalogue of the Boston Exhibition, op. cit., 1884.
[240] Cat. B.F.A., 1910, E 63. This example has the mark of Wang Ch´ih–ming. See p. [221].
[242] See Bushell, op. cit., p. 122.
[243] Op. cit., vol. i., p. 91.
[244] See Burlington Magazine, August, 1911, and Cat. B.F.A., D 19 and 41.