Transcriber's Notes:
1. Items marked wth an asterisk (*): Pieces mentioned here from the British Museum collection.
2. The items marked with two asterisks (**) are stated to have been copied from old specimens in the palace collections.]
CHINESE POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
This Edition is limited to 1500
copies, of which this is
No. 669
Covered Jar or Potiche, painted with coloured enamels on the biscuit. Eight petal-shaped panels with flowering plants, birds and insects on the sides; with a band of smaller petals below enclosing lotus flowers, and borders of red wave pattern and floral sprays. Base unglazed. Early part of the K’ang Hsi period (1662–1722)
Height 25 inches.
British Museum.
Chinese Pottery
and Porcelain
AN ACCOUNT OF THE POTTER’S ART IN CHINA
FROM PRIMITIVE TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY
BY