Note 114 — Chapter V
Reading edition
The T´ao lu (bk. vi., fol. 2 verso). It is obvious that the term Kuan yao (Imperial ware) is liable to cause confusion, as it might be—and indeed was—equally applied to any ware made at any time at the Imperial factory. In recognition of this fact the Sung Kuan yao was sometimes named in later writers Ta Kuan ware, after the Ta Kuan period.
