Note 132 — Chapter V
Reading edition
Speaking of the imitations of Kuan yao early in the nineteenth century, the T´ao lu (bk. ii., fol. 10) remarks: "Originally there were special departments for imitating Kuan yao. Now, only the imitators of the crackled wares make it. As for the imitations made at the (Imperial) factory, they are more beautiful," sc. than those made in the private factories.