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Chekiang. It is said to have been originated by two

brothers, whose surname was Chang. The elder was

called Sheng-i (first born) ; the younger, Sheng-erh

(second born). Each had his own factory. The

ware produced by the elder brother was distin-
guished as Ko-yao ; that produced by the younger as
Chang-yao. Originally, the two were included in the
term Lung-Chuan-yao, but by connoisseurs in subse-

quent centuries the expressions Ko-yao (Ko signifies

elder brother) and Lung-chuan-yao came to be used
distinctively. Both brothers aimed at producing
celadons, the chief difference in their methods being
that the older employed crackle while the younger
avoided it. This difference must not, however, be

invariably looked for. Crackle is found is some

specimens of Chang-yao or Lung-chuan-yao as it will
henceforth be called but it is never coloured crackle.

Sheng-i's ware (the Ko-yao} resembles the Kuan-yao
in having a network of crackle sometimes fine,
sometimes bold coloured with vermilion, and occa-

sionally with Indian ink, whereas in Sheng-erh's

ware (the Chang-yao or Lung-chuan-yao} wrhen crackle

occurs it is simply untinted fissures in the glaze.

The Lung-chuan celadon glaze was more distinctly

green than the glaze of either the Ju-yao or the
Kuan-yao. Specimens of the last two might doubt-
less be classed with specimens of the first in respect
of colour, but as a general rule the tinge of blue so

much esteemed by the Chinese connoisseur did not
exist in the Lung-chuan-yao. The typical variety of

glaze was strong sea-green, often more or less impure

in tone. It is singular to observe how M. Julien's
persistence induces him to call the Lung-chuan-yao
"blue porcelain." M. d'Entrecolles, whose long

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