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CHINA

used in the manufacture of the Lung-chuan-yao be-

came red under the action of heat.
Dr. Hirth has collected from Chinese literature the

following extracts having reference to the wares pro-
duced at Lung-chuan :

EXTRACTS FROM THE T'AO-SHUO (Cn. 2, P. 10 j^.).

i. The Ko-yao of the Sung Dynasty.

The porcelain factories of Liu-t'ien at Lung-chuan were

originally in the hands of two brothers, natives of Ch'u-

chou, whose surname was Chang, the elder of whom was

called Sheng-i (i.e., the first born), whereas the younger

brother's name was Sheng-erh (i.e., the second born). Each

of the two brothers owned a factory, and the porcelain which

came from the factory of the elder brother [in Chinese Ko]

was called Ko-yao, or Elder Brother's Porcelain, to distin-

guish it from the produce of the other factory.
i. r-The Ko-ku-yao-lun [A.D. 1387] says of the old Ko-

yao : f Its colour is ch'ing-green of various shades, and it
comprises porcelains " the iron foot and
which have the red

mouth," of which specimens having a good colour may be

classed with Tung-yao, though there are few to be found at

present.'
When3. The P'ai-shih-lei-plien says: '
its paste is fine

and thin, and the enamel pure and clear, this porcelain is

highly valued. Ko-yao will then have short cracks which

are called Pai-chi-sui.' (Lit. the crackle of the hundred

dangers.)

The4. Ch l i < Ko-yao is of a
-i
un-feng-t ang-sui-p says :

dead white and has short cracks.'

5. The Po-wu-yao-lan says: c The characteristic feature

of Kuan-yao consists in its having cracks underneath the

glaze resembling the claws of a crab, that of Ko-yao in its

having cracks like fish-spawn ; with the difference that its

enamel does onfotthceo"mecruabp'stocltahawt" of Kuan-yao.' (The true
marks has been
significance explained

in the text.)

6. The Wu-tsla-tsu says : ' from Ch cai-yao, the

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