Page 132 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE XX

Jar with ovoid body, short, slightly spreading neck, and
dome-shaped cover with knob ; flat base with bevelled edge.
Light buff ware with a wash of white slip and designs reserved
in white in a green ground, a band of chevron pattern with

scattered plum blossoms between. The chevrons are bordered
with blue lines broken by dabs of yellow. The glaze, as usual,

is transparent and almost colourless in itself, and the colour
is applied locally on the body of the ware ; the glaze stops
some distance above the base.

T'ang dynasty. H. 105".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.