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STATUE OF LOHAN OR BUDDHIST APOSTLE, T´ANG DYNASTY (618–906 A.D.).
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1. CHOU POTTERY 4
Fig. 1.—Tripod Food Vessel. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Jar with deeply cut lozenge pattern. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
2. HAN POTTERY 8
Fig. 1.—Vase, green glazed. Boston Museum.
Fig. 2.—Vase with black surface and incised designs. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 3.—Vase with designs in red, white and black pigments. British Museum.
Fig. 4.—"Granary Urn," green glazed. Peters Collection.
3. HAN POTTERY 12
Fig. 1.—"Hill Jar" with brown glaze. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Box, green glazed. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 3.—"Lotus Censer," green glazed. Rothenstein Collection.
4. MODEL OF A "FOWLING TOWER" 12
Han pottery with iridescent green glaze. Freer Collection.
5. T´ANG SEPULCHRAL FIGURES 26
Fig. 1.—A Lokapala or Guardian of one of the Quarters, unglazed. Benson Collection.
Fig. 2.—A Horse, with coloured glazes. Benson Collection.
Fig. 3.—An Actor, unglazed. Benson Collection.
6. T´ANG SEPULCHRAL FIGURES, UNGLAZED 26
Figs. 1, 2 and 4.—Female Musicians. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 3.—Attendant with dish of food. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
7. T´ANG SEPULCHRAL POTTERY 26
Fig. 1.—Figure of a Lady in elaborate costume, unglazed. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase, white pottery with traces of blue mottling. Breuer Collection.
Fig. 3.—Sphinx–like Monster, green and yellow glazes. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
8. THREE EXAMPLES OF T´ANG WARE WITH COLOURED GLAZES:
IN THE Eumorfopoulos Collection (Colour) 30
Fig. 1.—Tripod Incense Vase with ribbed sides; white pottery with deep blue glaze,
outside encrusted with iridescence.
Fig. 2.—Amphora of light coloured pottery with splashed glaze.
Fig. 3.—Ewer of hard white porcellanous ware with deep purple glaze.
9. T´ANG POTTERY 32
Fig. 1.—Ewer of Sassanian form with splashed glazes; panels of relief ornament.
Alexander Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase with mottled glaze, green and orange. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 3.—Ewer with dragon spout and handle; wave and cloud reliefs; brownish yellow glaze
streaked with green. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
10. T´ANG POTTERY 32
Fig. 1.—Dish with mirror pattern incised and coloured blue, green, etc.; inner border of ju–i
cloud scrolls on a mottled yellow ground, outer border of mottled green; pale green glaze
underneath and three tusk–shaped feet. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Ewer with serpent handle and trilobed mouth; applied rosette
ornaments and mottled glaze, green, yellow and white. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
11. T´ANG WARES 32
Fig. 1.—Cup with bands of impressed circles, brownish yellow glaze outside, green within.
Seligmann Collection.
Fig. 2.—Cup of hard white ware with greenish white glaze. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 3.—Melon–shaped Vase, greyish stoneware with white slip and smooth ivory glaze.
Breuer Collection.
Fig. 4.—Cup of porcellanous stoneware, white slip and crackled creamy white glaze,
spur marks inside. Breuer Collection.
12. T´ANG POTTERY WITH GREEN GLAZE 40
Fig. 1.—Bottle with impressed key–fret. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Ewer with incised foliage scrolls. Alexander Collection.
Fig. 3.—Vase with foliage scrolls, painted in black under the glaze, incised border on the shoulder.
Eumorfopoulos Collection.
13. T´ANG POTTERY 40
Fig. 1.—Pilgrim Bottle with lily palmette and raised rosettes, green glaze. KOECHLIN COLLECTION.
Fig. 2.—Pilgrim Bottle (neck wanting), Hellenistic figures of piping boy and dancing girl in relief
among floral scrolls, brownish green glaze. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
14. T´ANG WARES 40
Fig. 1.—Incense Vase, lotus–shaped, with lion on the cover, hexagonal stand with moulded ornament;
green, yellow and brown glazes. Rothenstein Collection.
Fig. 2.—Sepulchral Amphora, hard white ware with greenish white glaze,
serpent handles. Schneider Collection.
Fig. 3.—Ewer with large foliage and lotus border in carved relief, green glaze. Koechlin Collection.
Fig. 4.—Sepulchral Vase, grey stoneware with opaque greenish grey glaze. Incised scrolls on the body,
applied reliefs of dragons, figures, etc., on neck and shoulder. (?) T´ang. Benson Collection.
15. SUNG WARES 48
Fig. 1.—Peach–shaped Water Vessel, dark–coloured biscuit, smooth greenish grey glaze. (?)
Ju or Kuan ware. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Figs. 2 and 3.—Shallow Cup with flanged handle, and covered box, opalescent grey glaze.
Kuan or Chün wares. Rothenstein Collection.
16. SUNG WARES (Colour) 58
Fig. 1.—Bowl with six–lobed sides; thin porcellanous ware, burnt brown at the foot–rim,
with bluish green celadon glaze irregularly crackled. Alexander Collection.
Fig. 2.—Tripod Incense Burner. White porcelain burnt pale red under the feet. (?)
Lung–ch´üan celadon ware. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
17. TWO EXAMPLES OF SUNG WARES OF THE CHÜN OR KUAN FACTORIES (Colour) 64
Fig. 1.—Bowl with lavender glaze, lightly crackled. O. Raphael Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase with smooth lavender grey glaze suffused with purple. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
18. SUNG DYNASTY 66
Fig. 1.—Bowl with engraved peony design under a brownish green celadon glaze.
Northern Chinese. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase moulded in form of a lotus flower, dark grey stoneware, burnt reddish brown,
milky grey glaze, closely crackled. Freer Collection.
19. VASE OF CLOSE–GRAINED, DARK, REDDISH BROWN STONEWARE, WITH THICK, SMOOTH GLAZE,
BOLDLY CRACKLED. Ko ware of the Sung dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection (Colour) 70
20. DEEP BOWL OF REDDISH BROWN STONEWARE, WITH THICK, BOLDLY CRACKLED GLAZE.
Ko ware of the Sung dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection (Colour) 74
21. THREE EXAMPLES OF LUNG–CH´ÜAN CELADON PORCELAIN 80
Fig. 1.—Plate of spotted celadon. (?) Sung dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Octagonal Vase with crackled glaze and biscuit panels moulded with figures
of the Eight Immortals in clouds. (?) Fourteenth century. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 3.—Dish with engraved lotus scrolls and two fishes in biscuit. Sung dynasty.
Gotha Museum.
22. VASE OF LUNG–CH´ÜAN PORCELAIN 88
With grey green celadon glaze of faint bluish tone, peony scroll in low relief.
Probably Sung dynasty. Peters Collection.
23. IVORY–WHITE TING WARE, WITH CARVED ORNAMENT. Sung dynasty 96
Fig. 1.—Bowl with lotus design. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Dish with ducks and water plants. Alexander Collection.
24. SUNG AND YÜAN PORCELAIN 96
Fig. 1.—Ewer, translucent porcelain, with smooth ivory white glaze. Sung or Yüan dynasty.
Alexander Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase of ivory white Ting ware with carved lotus design. Sung dynasty.
Eumorfopoulos Collection.
25. TING WARE WITH MOULDED DESIGNS. Sung dynasty 96
Fig. 1.—Plate with boys in peony scrolls, ivory white glaze. Peters Collection.
Fig. 2.—Bowl with flying phœnixes in lily scrolls, crackled creamy glaze; t´u ting ware.
Koechlin Collection.
26. T´U–TING WARE, SUNG DYNASTY, WITH CREAMY CRACKLED GLAZE 96
Fig. 1.—Brush washer in form of a boy in a boat. Rothenstein Collection.
Fig. 2.—Figure of an elephant. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
27. VASE OF BRONZE FORM, WITH ROW OF STUDS AND MOULDED BELT OF
k´uei DRAGON AND KEY–FRET PATTERNS 96
"Ostrich egg" glaze. (?) Kiangnan ware, of Ting type; Sung dynasty. Peters Collection.
28. VASE OF BRONZE FORM, WITH BANDS OF RAISED KEY PATTERN 96
Thick creamy glaze, closely crackled and shading off into brown with faint tinges of purple. (?)
Kiangnan Ting ware. Fourteenth century. Koechlin Collection.
29. VASE OF PORCELLANOUS STONEWARE 104
With creamy white glaze and designs painted in black. Tz´ŭ Chou ware, Sung dynasty
(960–1279 A.D.). In the Louvre.
30. FOUR JARS OF PAINTED TZ´Ŭ CHOU WARE 104
Fig. 1.—Dated 11th year of Chêng T´ing (1446 A.D.) Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Painted in red and green enamels. (?) Sung dynasty. Alexander Collection.
Fig. 3.—Lower half black, the upper painted on white ground. Sung dynasty. Benson Collection.
Fig. 4.—With phœnix design, etched details. Sung dynasty. Rothenstein Collection.
31. TZ´Ŭ CHOU WARE 104
Fig. 1.—Tripod Incense Vase in Persian style with lotus design in pale aubergine, in
a turquoise ground. Sixteenth century. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Pillow with creamy white glaze and design of a tethered bear in black. Sung dynasty.
Eumorfopoulos Collection.
32. TZ´Ŭ CHOU WARE 104
Fig. 1.—Figure of a Lohan with a deer, creamy white glaze coloured with black slip and
painted withgreen and red enamels. Said to be Sung dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase with graffiato peony scrolls under a green glaze. Sung dynasty.
Eumorfopoulos Collection.
33. TZ´Ŭ CHOU WARE 104
Fig. 1.—Vase with panel of figures representing music, painted in black under a blue glaze.
Yüan dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase with incised designs in a dark brown glaze, a sage looking at a skeleton.
Yüan dynasty. Peters Collection.
Fig. 3.—Vase with painting in black and band of marbled slips. Sung dynasty.
Eumorfopoulos Collection.
34. TZ´Ŭ CHOU WARE 104
Fig. 1.—Bottle of white porcellanous ware with black glaze and floral design in lustrous brown.
Sung dynasty or earlier. (?) Tz´ŭ Chou ware. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Bottle with bands of key pattern and lily scrolls cut away from a black glaze.
Sung dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 3.—Bottle with graffiato design in white slip on a mouse–coloured ground,
yellowish glaze. Sung dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
35. FLOWER POT OF CHÜN CHOU WARE OF THE SUNG DYNASTY (Colour) 112
Grey porcellanous body: olive brown glaze under the base and the numeral shih (ten) incised.
Eumorfopoulos Collection.
36. CHÜN WARE (Colour) 116
Fig. 1.—Flower pot of six–foil form. Chün Chou ware of the Sung dynasty.
The base is glazed with olive brown and incised with the numeral san (three).
Alexander Collection.
Fig. 2.—Bowl of Chün type, with close–grained porcellanous body of yellowish colour.
Sung dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
37. CHÜN CHOU WARE WITH PORCELLANOUS BODY (tz´ŭ t´ai). Sung dynasty 118
Fig. 1.—Flower Pot, with lavender grey glaze. Numeral mark ssŭ (four).
Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Bulb Bowl, of quatrefoil form, pale olive glaze clouded with opaque grey.
Numeral mark i (one). Freer Collection.
38. CHÜN WARE (Colour) 122
Fig. 1.—Bowl of eight–foil shape, with lobed sides, of Chün type. Sung dynasty.
Alexander Collection.
Fig. 2.—Pomegranate shaped Water Pot of "Soft Chün" ware. Probably Sung dynasty.
Alexander Collection.
39. TWO EXAMPLES OF "SOFT CHÜN" WARE (Colour) 126
Fig. 1.—Vase of buff ware, burnt red at the foot rim, with thick, almost crystalline glaze.
Found in a tomb near Nanking and given in 1896 to the FitzWilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Probably Sung dynasty.
Fig. 2.—Vase of yellowish ware with thick opalescent glaze. Yüan dynasty.
Alexander Collection.
40. CHÜN CHOU WARE 128
Fig. 1.—Bulb Bowl, porcellanous ware with lavender grey glaze passing into mottled
red outside. Numeral mark i (one). Sung dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase of dense reddish ware, opalescent glaze of pale misty lavender with
passages of olive and three symmetrical splashes of purple with green centres.
Sung or Yüan dynasty. Peters Collection.
41. CHÜN CHOU WARE 128
Fig. 1.—Dish with peach spray in relief. Variegated lavender grey glaze with purplish
brown spots and amethyst patches, frosted in places with dull green. Sung dynasty.
Freer Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase and Stand, smooth lavender grey glaze. Sung or Yüan dynasty.
Alexander Collection.
42. TWO Temmoku BOWLS, DARK–BODIED CHIEN YAO OF THE SUNG DYNASTY 130
Fig. 1.—Tea Bowl (p´ieh), purplish black glaze flecked with silvery drops.
Freer Collection.
Fig. 2.—Tea Bowl with purplish black glaze shot with golden brown. British Museum.
43. THREE EXAMPLES OF "HONAN temmoku," PROBABLY T´ANG DYNASTY 132
Fig. 1.—Bowl with purplish black glaze, stencilled leaf in golden brown.
Havemeyer Collection.
Fig. 2.—Ewer with black glaze. Alexander Collection.
Fig. 3.—Covered Bowl, black mottled with lustrous brown. Cologne Museum.
44. EARLY TRANSLUCENT PORCELAIN, PROBABLY T´ANG DYNASTY 150
Fig. 1.—Cinquefoil Cup with ivory glaze clouded with pinkish buff stains. Breuer Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase of white, soft–looking ware, very thin and translucent, with pearly white,
crackled glaze powdered with brown specks. Peters Collection.
45. T´ANG AND SUNG WARES 150
Fig. 1.—Square Vase with engraved lotus scrolls and formal borders. T´u–ting ware,
Sung dynasty. Peters Collection.
Fig. 2.—Ewer with phœnix head, slightly translucent porcelain with light greenish
grey glaze with tinges of blue in the thicker parts; carved designs. Probably T´ang
dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
46. TING WARE AND YÜAN PORCELAIN 162
Fig. 1.—Bottle with carved reliefs of archaic dragons and ling chin funguses.
Fên ting ware, said to be Sung dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Bowl with moulded floral designs in low relief, unglazed rim.
Translucent porcelain, probably Yüan dynasty. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
47. VASE OF BUFF STONEWARE (Colour) 170
With scroll of rosette–like flowers in relief: thick flocculent glaze of mottled blue with
passages of dull green and a substratum of brown. Kuantung ware, seventeenth century.
Benson Collection.
48. KUANGTUNG WARE 172
Fig. 1.—Dish in form of a lotus leaf, mottled blue and brown glaze. About 1600.
British Museum.
Fig. 2.—Vase with lotus scroll in relief, opaque, closely crackled glaze of pale lavender
grey warmin into purple. (?) Fourteenth century. Peters Collection.
Fig. 3.—Figure of Pu–tai Ho–shang, red biscuit, the draperies glazed celadon green.
Eighteenth century. British Museum.
49. COVERED JAR OF BUFF STONEWARE 172
With cloudy green glaze and touches of dark blue, yellow, brown and white; archaic dragons,
bats and storks in low relief; border of sea waves. Probably Kuangtung ware,
seventeenth century. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
50. YI–HSING STONEWARE, SOMETIMES CALLED Buccaro 176
Figs. 1 to 4.—Teapots in the Dresden Collection, late seventeenth century.
(1) Buff with dark patches.
(2) Red ware with pierced outer casing.
(3) Black with gilt vine sprays.
(4) Red ware moulded with lion design.
Fig. 5.—Peach–shaped Water Vessel, red ware. Dresden Collection.
Fig. 6.—Red Teapot, moulded design of trees, etc. Inscription containing the name of
Ch´ien Lung.Hippisley Collection.
51. TWO VASES WITH GLAZE IMITATING THAT OF THE CHÜN CHOU WARE (Colour) 180
Fig. 1.—Vase of Fat–shan (Kuangtung) Chün ware. Late Ming. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Bottle–shaped Vase, the base suggesting a lotus flower and the mouth a lotus seed–pod,
with a ring of movable seeds on the rim. Thick and almost crystalline glaze of lavender blue
colour with a patch of crimson. Yi–hsing Chün ware of the seventeenth century.
Eumorfopoulos Collection.
52. WINE JAR WITH COVER AND STAND (Colour) 186
Fine stoneware with ornament in relief glazed green and yellow in a deep violet blue ground.
Four–clawed dragons ascending and descending among cloud scrolls in pursuit of flaming
pearls; band of sea waves below and formal borders including a ju–i pattern on
the shoulder. Cover with foliate edges and jewel pattern, surmounted by a seated figure of
Shou Lao, God of Longevity. About 1500 A.D. Grandidier Collection, Louvre.
53. VASE WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM HANDLES (Colour) 192
Buff stoneware with chrysanthemum design outlined in low relief and coloured with turquoise,
green and pale yellow glazes in dark purple ground. About 1500 A.D. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
54. VASE WITH LOTUS HANDLES (Colour) 196
Buff stoneware with lotus design modelled in low relief and coloured with aubergine,
green and pale yellow glazes in a deep turquoise ground. About 1500 A.D.
Grandidier Collection, Louvre.
55. MING POTTERY WITH DULL san ts´ai GLAZES 200
Fig. 1.—Wine Jar with pierced outer casing, horsemen and attendants, rocky background.
Fifteenth century. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Tripod Incense Vase, dragons and peony designs and a panel of horsemen.
Dated 1529 A.D. Messel Collection.
56. MISCELLANEOUS POTTERY 200
Fig. 1.—Jar with dull green glaze and formal lotus scroll in relief touched with yellow
and brown glazes. About 1600. Goff Collection.
Fig. 2.—Beaker of bronze form, soft whitish body and dull green glaze. (?) Seventeenth
century. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 3.—Vase of light buff ware with dull black dressing, vine reliefs. Mark, Nan hsiang t´ang.
Eighteenth century. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
57. SEATED FIGURE OF KUAN YÜ, THE WAR–GOD OF CHINA, A DEIFIED WARRIOR (Colour) 204
Reddish buff pottery with blue, yellow and turquoise glazes, and a colourless glaze on the
white parts. Sixteenth century. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
58. MISCELLANEOUS POTTERY 206
Fig. 1.—Jar with lotus design in green, yellow and turquoise glazes in an aubergine ground.
About 1600. Hippisley Collection.
Fig. 2.—Vase of double fish form, buff ware with turquoise, yellow and aubergine glazes. (?)
Seventeenth century. British Museum.
Fig. 3.—Roof–tile with figure of Bodhidharma, deep green and creamy white glazes.
Sixteenth century. Benson Collection.
Fig. 4.—Bottle with archaic dragon (ch´ih lung) on neck, variegated glaze of lavender,
blue and green clouded with purple and brown. (?) Eighteenth century. Yi–hsing ware.
Peters Collection.