[94] This peculiarity occurs on a tripod incense vase in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, which in other respects resembles this little group, but it is a peculiarity not confined to the Chêng Tê porcelain, for I have occasionally found it on much later wares.
[95] A somewhat similar effect is seen on the little flask ascribed to the Hsüan Tê period. See p. [14].
[96] Op. cit., Nos. 52 and 80. These are the latest specimens which are given by Hsiang Yüan-p‘ien.
[97] Cat., H 8.
[98] A similar vase is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
hsien hung t’u, lit. “the earth for the fresh red,” an expression which would naturally refer to the clay used in making ware of this particular colour, though Bushell has preferred to take it in reference to the mineral used to produce the colour itself. See p. [123].
[100] Bk. ii., fol. 10.
[101] A Ming writer quoted in the T’ao lu, bk. viii., fol. 4, adds that these cups were marked under the base