[328] i.e. lead glass.
[329] Chi, lit. sky-clearing, and chi ch’ing might be rendered “blue of the sky after rain.”
[330] There are some bowls and bottles in the Dresden collection with glazes of a pale luminous blue which are hard to parallel elsewhere.
[331] Loc. cit., section xvii. In another place (section iii.) we are told how the Chinese surrounded the ware with paper during the blowing operation, so as to catch and save all the precious material which fell wide of the porcelain.
[332] I cannot recall any example of the powder blue crackle which is here described.
[333] See Julien, p. 107.
[334] P. 170.
[335] Second letter, section xvii.
[336] The word “mazarine” has become naturalised in the English language. Goldsmith spoke of “gowns of mazarine blue edged with fur”; and “Ingoldsby” says the sky was “bright mazarine.” See R. L. Hobson, Worcester Porcelain, p. 101.