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THE CfiLADON

whereas the genuine old types are exceedingly rare.

Very little knowledge is required to distinguish the

two, for the thinner glaze and finer pate of the Kang-

hsi Yung-ching, and Chun-lung pieces, constituting in
y

themselves easily recognised indications, are often

supplemented by year-marks, which are never found

on Lung-chuan-yao, "Ju-yao, Ko-yao, or Kuan-yao.

To conclude this part of the subject and as an

interesting confirmation of the deductions recorded

above as to the nature of Sung wares, it will be well
to quote, from a book called the " Annals of Fu-
" Imitations
liang," the following account of " of

ancient wares, manufactured at Ching-te-chen :

Ware with iron-coloured pate of the Ta-kuan era (1107-
ii n). Of this there were three kinds; namely celadon of

dark and light colour, and moon-white. These three spe-
cies of glaze had the same tint and lustre as the glaze of the

vases manufactured for imperial use in the Ching-te period

(1004-1007).

Ware with copper-coloured pate and glaze imitating that

of the Ju-yao of the Sung dynasty, without crackle. This
and the preceding ware are of the same colour and brilliancy

as the toilette basins of the Sung dynasty.

Ware with iron-coloured pate and the glaze of the Ko-ki,
or vases of the elder Chang. Of this there are two varieties ;

rice-coloured glaze and pale celadon. Each is of the same
colour and lustre as the ancient Sung ware manufactured for

imperial use in the Ching-te era (10041007).

Ware with copper-coloured pate, glaze of the Ju-yao, and
crackle of the fish-roe variety. With regard to the tint and

lustre of the glaze, the same observation applies as in the

preceding cases. Ware with the whitish, or meal-coloured,

glaze of the Fun-ting-yao (the choicest variety of the Ting-

yao] of the Sung dynasty. Ware with the glaze of the Chtin-

yao. Imitations of the five varieties of Chiin-yao glaze

manufactured for imperial use during the Sung dynasty

come under this head. These varieties are: violet, or