Note 119 — Chapter V
Reading edition
On the subject of crackle, see vol. ii., p. 197. The idea of a crackle assuming the form of round four– or five–petalled flowers like plum blossoms was carried out by the Ch´ien Lung potters on some of the medallion bowls (see vol. ii., p. 244), with a ground of bluish green enamel on which a network of lines and plum blossoms was traced in black.