Note 116 — Chapter V

The list of wares made at the Imperial factories at Ching–tê Chên about 1730, and published in the Chiang hsi t´ung chih (vol. xciii., fol. 11), refers to the imitation of Kuan wares as follows: "Ta Kuan glazes on an iron–coloured body. These are three kinds—yüeh pai, fên ch´ing, ta lü—all imitating the colour and lustre of Sung ware sent to (or from) the palace (nei fa sung ch´i)." There is no reason to suppose that Ta Kuan here is more than a mere synonym for Kuan (ware).