[426] T´u Shu, op. cit., section T´ao kung pu hui k´ao, fol. 9.

[427] Ching is the name of the old state of Ch´u, which included Hunan and Hupeh, so that the expression here used covers an enormous tract of Central China. See T´u shu, section T´ao kung pu tsa lu, fol. 2.

[428] T´u Shu, section T´ao kung pu chi shih, fol. 2 recto.

[429]

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[430] This appears to mean that the glaze covering up the reliefs filled all the surrounding hollows and made an even surface.

[431] i.e. ware of the Hsüan Tê period (1426–1435 A. D.).