Note 253 — Chapter VII · MISCELLANEOUS PORCELAIN FACTORIES

Incised designs on Fukien wares consist of the ordinary decoration etched in the body of the ware and of inscriptions which have evidently been cut through the glaze before it was fired. The latter often occur on wine cups, and are usually poetical sentiments or aphorisms, e.g. “In business be pure as the wind”; “Amidst the green wine cups we rejoice.”