Fig. 1.—Cinquefoil Cup with ivory glaze clouded with pinkish buff stains. Diameter 3 3/4 inches. Breuer Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase of white, soft–looking ware, very thin and translucent with pearly white, crackled glaze powdered with brown specks. Height 3 1/8 inches. Peters Collection.
Plate 45.—T´ang and Sung Wares.
Fig. 1.—Square Vase with engraved lotus scrolls and formal borders. T´u–ting ware, Sung dynasty. Height 20 inches. Peters Collection.
Fig. 2.—Ewer with phœnix head, slightly translucent porcelain with light greenish grey glaze with tinges of blue in the thicker parts; carved designs. Probably T´ang dynasty. Height 15 1/4 inches. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
The whole question of these interesting porcelains is complicated by the fact that the Coreans were admittedly indebted to the Ting Chou potters for many of their designs;[323] and by the fact that while close intercourse between China and Corea existed the Coreans may well have imported Chinese wares and deposited some of them in the tombs. An authentic find of these porcelains in a Chinese tomb would give important evidence on this point, but so far there is no evidence of their being found in China beyond the statement of traders, and it is quite certain that they have been found in Corean tombs. It may be added that the Japanese class them as hakugorai or white Corean ware, and stoutly support their Corean origin.