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In order to complete th :nt branch of the

subject, it will be advisable at once to carry the his-

tory oJ >wn to modern tim In addition

to the huan-yao manufactured at Ch'u-chou-fu.

in Che up to the middle of tl ; n-

tury, and the imitations of Ko-yao and Ki

ind Ngeu lose of

ladons \

ing the J'- at the Imperial
s, in the province of

history will presently

;v that, under the

become incomparably

,ed in the Middle Kingdom. They

ny varieties of ware showing the highest

ill and <i among

VASE (COriKD FROM ANCIENT BRONZE) OF JU-YAO CELADON.

Sung dynasty. (Catalogue of H'siang.) Height, 4% inches. (See page 36.)
, established

;68) for the n' converted into celadon

ated with dr

(Ching-yao} kiln that the ware produced at

them, being intended for the use of the Court, was

termed Kuan-yao. That these celadons, in name iden-

tical with, and in appearance closely

original Kuan-yao of the Sung dyn cen

have been mistaken for the latter of

later time- ily cor, !e. any
an
rate/ beautiful e
imens
be no doubt that

of celadon now extant < How th :he
hing-
Ching-te-chen experts.
te-chen piect cture ?
of earlier date and