Page 164 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE XXVIII

Vase of rounded oval form with short straight neck and
narrow mouth ; a band of wheel rings on the shoulder and
above the base, which is flat. Red earthenware with white
slip covering which has been scraped away so as to leave the

ornament in white relief in the red ground. Much of this

ornament has in turn been coloured green, and the whole is
covered with a transparent glaze of faintiy yellowish tint.

The final effect is a white and mottled green design in an
orange-red ground. The glaze has scaled off in parts. The
design consists of a large and boldly etched dragon among

cloud-scrolls, and on the shoulder a border of running lotus

pattern.

This is an early example of the graffiato technique ; the
colour-scheme is unusual, but closely resembles that of a

remarkable figure in the British Museum which was found in
Szechwan in the tomb of a dignitary who died in 839 A.D.

T'ang dynasty. H. 15- 5".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.