[174] Denkmäler Persischer Baukunst, Plate lii., Text p. 41 and Fig. 44.

[175] The same emperor showed his appreciation for Chinese ceramics by importing a number of Chinese potters into Persia. See p. [30].

[176] It is recorded that the Emperor Wan Li sent presents of large porcelain jars to the Mogul Emperor, and it is likely that similar presents had arrived at the Persian Court.

[177] Cat., Case X, No. 245, and Plate xv.

[178] Burlington Magazine, October, 1910, p. 40.

[179] See Franks Catalogue, No. 763.

[180] Burlington Magazine, March, 1913, p. 310. See also Hainhofer und der Kunstschrank Gustav Adolfs, op. cit., Plate [69], where a set of dishes of India lacquer is illustrated, each mounted in the centre with a roundel of this type of porcelain. These dishes are mentioned in a letter dated 1628.

[181] Numbered 1191 and 1192. A number of other painters who have introduced these Chinese porcelains into their work are named by Mr. Perzynski (Burlington Magazine, December, 1910, p. 169).

[182] See p. [63].

[183] C 5–7.