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SUNG AND YUAN WARES

Chapter V

SUNG AND YUAN WARES (Continued).

reader must not suppose that in the pre-

ceding pages he possesses an exhaustive cat-

I alogue of wares manufactured during the

Sung era. Many minor kilns were active

in addition to those mentioned in these pages ; but

as their products were invariably imitations of the

< Lung-chuan-yao y or Chun-yao types,

Ting-yao^u-yao t

and as they differed from their originals in inferi-

ority of techique only, to enumerate them here

would be at once confusing and uninstructive. It

is, nevertheless, probable that some of the speci-

mens which have been preserved as examples of Sung

chefs-d'oeuvre are in reality the outcome of minor fac-

tories. By way of illustration mention may be made

of a kiln at Su-chou, in the province of Nanwhei,

where it is recorded that large quantities of imitation

Ting-yao were produced under the Sung dynasty.

When the true products of Ting-chou became rare,

this Su-chou-yao was greedily purchased by dealers who
Asold it as genuine Ting-yao.
neighbouring factory

at Sz'-chou devoted itself to similar work, and its

outcome fell into the hands of persons who valued
cheapness as much as quality. Thus there doubtless

still exist specimens honestly dating from the Sung

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