[168] Bk. v., fol. 10 verso, under the heading, Hsiao nan yao (Little South Street wares).

[169]

, apparently referring to the size of the vessels and not necessarily implying that they were shaped like a frog. On the other hand, small water vessels in the form of a frog have been made in China from the Sung period onwards.

[170]

.

[171] A similar ewer in Dr. Seligmann’s collection is marked with one of the trigrams of the pa kua.

[172] Cat., L 24.

[173] Cat., E 19–25.