Note 146 — Chapter V
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The Hsiang–hu wares were imitated at Ching–tê Chên in the Imperial factory about 1730. T´ang Ying himself gives the following note on them in the T´ao Ch´êng shih yü kao, written about this time: "Twenty li south–west of Ching–tê Chên is a waste place called Hsiang–hu , where there were formerly the foundations of Sung kilns. It used to be easy to find porcelain (tz´ŭ) fragments of old vessels and waste pieces. The material was very thin, and the ware was evidently millet–coloured (mi sê) and pale green (fên ch´ing)." The memoir of Chiang (1322) states that "the ware was beautiful and lustrous, but not greatly prized at that time." See T´ao lu, bk. viii., fol. 12, and bk. v., fol. 2. For Chi Chou ware, see p. 98.
