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The  inscription  reads:  “May  3  1918    Mrs
                                                                      Warren  From  pupils  of  St.  James  School
                                                                      Wuhu”

                                                                      The  school  was  attached  to  St  James
                                                                      Anglican  [Hua  Sheng  Kung  Hui]  church  in
                                                                      the  city  -  the  church  came  under  the
                                                                      jurisdiction of the Bishop of Hankow.


                                                                      There are distinct similarities of the style of
                                                                      this  pot  and  others  created  elsewhere  in
                                                                      China  around  the  same  period  [see  last
                                                                      illustration in this entry]
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