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Chapter VI VDER
)RCELAIN DECOR.
THE GLAZE
amics under the
dynasties a
iod of eight centuries (581-1367) in-
dicates that to produce a single-coloured or
Hewas the potter's first aim.
under-
' largely practised the device of ornamenting
h designs incised or in re-
CENSER (COPIED FROM ANC1K.NT BRONZE) OF KUAN-YAO.
^ Catalogue of H'siang.) Height, l>i Incha*.
F
ftf dynasty Se^A^9.) imPale ce'ladon with starred-in crackle.
dark or light colour. But the glaze \
Onthing. its lustre, solidity, and tone the whole
beauty of the specimen depended. To make it per-
tly colourless and translucid, a mere agent for pre-
and revealing decoration beneath, did not find
a place among his methods, and, indc not likely
to find a place in the case of n
porary mon
purpose than that o ing a ;
>aque glaze, brilliant een
r hin
seen that the manufactui,
'en-
competence. The TV//-
degree of
der, fine and pure biscuit
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