[106] O. C. A., pp. 223–6.
[107] Bk. vi., fols. 9–15. See also Bushell’s translation op. cit., pp. 145–51, and O. C. A., loc. cit.
[108] Some idea of the quantity supplied may be gathered from the following items in the list for the year 1546: 300 fish bowls, 1,000 covered jars, 22,000 bowls, 31,000 round dishes (p’an), 18,400 wine cups.
[109] See Bushell, O. C. A., p. 226.
[110] There are examples of this work in the British Museum, in which the blue seems to have been sponged on or washed on, and the decoration picked out with a needlepoint, and then the whole covered with a colourless glaze.
[111] hsiang yün, lit. felicitous clouds.
t’ieh chin, lit. stuck-on gold.
[113] O. C. A., p. 221.