9. Incense boxes.
10. All manner of small jars.
All these varieties are mentioned in the Po wu yao lan, which gives the place of honour to the grape-vine stem-cups. The only kind specifically described as blue and white is No. 5, and the inference is that the other types were usually polychrome.
Plate 63.—Baluster Vase
With designs in raised outline, filled in with coloured glazes on the biscuit; dark violet blue background. About 1500. Height 14¾ inches.
Grandidier Collection (Louvre).
Plate 64.—Fifteenth-century Polychrome Porcelain.
Fig. 1.—Vase with grey crackle and peony scrolls in blue and enamels. Ch’èng Hua mark. Height 16¼ inches. British Museum.