[277] The Ch´in ting ku chin t´u shu chi ch´êng, fol. 10 of the subsection dealing with t´ao kung (the pottery industry), entitled T´ao kung pu hui k´ao.
[278] The Ch´ing yi lu, quoted in the T´ao shuo, bk. v., fol. 16 verso: "In Min (i.e. Fukien) are made tea bowls with ornamental markings like the mottling and spots on a partridge (chê ku pan). The tea–testing parties prize them." Oddly enough, the only specimen of this type of ware which I have seen with a date–mark was dated in the reign of Hsien Tê (954–960) of the Posterior Chou dynasty; but the inscription had been cut subsequently to the firing of the ware, and carries little weight. The piece in question is a remarkably large bottle–shaped vase with a splendid purplish black glaze with "hare's fur" marking, in the Eumorfopoulos Collection.
[279] See T´ao lu, bk. vii., fol. 8 verso.
t´u hao chan.
[281] Ts´ai–hsiang, quoted in the T´ao shuo, bk. v., fol. 16 verso.
[282] The Liu ch´ing jih cha.
