Note 272 — Chapter VIII · THE CH’ING DYNASTY, 1644–1910
Reading edition
lit. watered. This word has been rendered by some translators as “pale”; but probably it has merely the sense of “mixed with the (glaze) water,” i.e. a monochrome glaze. The recipe given in the T’ao lu (see Julien) is incomplete, only mentioning “crystals of saltpetre and ferruginous earth (fer ologiste terreux).” Another chiao which signifies “beautiful, delicate,” is applied to the Hung Chih yellow in Hsiang’s Album. See vol. ii., p. 28.
