hua, lit. “slippery.” The meanings include “polished, smooth, ground,” etc., from which it will be seen that the word could equally refer to a glazed surface or an unglazed surface which had been polished on the wheel.
[13] This conical form of bowl was by no means new in the Ming period. In fact, we are told in the T’ao shuo that it is the p’ieh of the Sung dynasty, the old form of tea bowl. See vol. i, p. [175].
[14] There are several others of this type in Continental museums; cf. Zimmermann, op. cit. Plate 23.
[15] Cat., F 6.
[16] Bk. v., fol. 5.
[17] Bk. ii., fol. 8.
[18] pa pei, lit. handle cups. This type, as illustrated in Hsiang’s Album (op. cit., No. 54) is a shallow cup or tazza on a tall stem which was grasped by the hand.
[19] An example of the figure subjects on Hsüan Tê blue and white is given in the T’ao shuo, “teacups decorated with figures armed with light silk fans striking at flying fire-flies”; see Bushell’s translation, op. cit., p. 136.
[20] “Citron dishes” are specially mentioned in the Wên chên hêng ch’ang wu chi (T’ao lu, bk. viii., fol. 4).
[21] Ch’ang k’ou, lit. “shed mouth.”