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CHINA

PORCELAIN DECORATED OVER
THE GLAZE (Continued]

SPECIAL VARIETIES

examining the subject of enamelled porcelains
the wares hitherto discussed have chiefly been

INthose in which the coloured decoration is applied
to a white glaze. It remains now to notice

other varieties, which, though belonging to the same
species, possess characteristics that distinguish them as

separate genera.

The most important "ofoftWheesseteisrnthceolHleeic-ttoir-s.pai-Thhwias,

the " Black Hawthorn

ware differs from the celebrated blue Hawthorn only

in having a ground of uniform black, instead of
clouded or tesselated blue, and in the fact that the

white decoration is in opaque enamels over the glaze,
instead of being simply reserved in the sous cou^certe
colour. In both cases the decoration consists of

plum branches and blossoms in white. The concep-

tion is worthy of high praise. Nothing can be softer
or more graceful than pure white sprays and blos-
soms wreathed over a deep black glaze. Another
branch of the same family is the Hfi-ti-ivu-fsai, or
ware with five colours on a black ground. In this
variety, green, purple, red, and yellow enamels are

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