Page 156 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE XXVI

Fig. i. Water-pot of melon-shape, of reddish buff pottery with
yellow glaze inside and mottled aubergine purple outside.

The glazes are encrusted in places, especially in crevices,
with iridescence which can only have been formed by pro-
longed chemical action under conditions such as would obtain
during burial. Though this aubergine colour is very rare on

T'ang pottery, there is reason to think that the piece belongs

to that period.

Tang dynasty. H. 275".

In the possession of Mr. A. L. Hetherington.

Fig. 2. Vase with ovoid body, low contracted neck with slightly
spreading lip, and fiat base with bevelled edge. Soft white
pottery with pale straw-coloured glaze liberally splashed with

blue. The glaze as usual is minutely crazed.

Tang dynasty. H. 49".

In the Victoria and Albert Museum.