Page 168 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE XXIX

Fig. i. Bottle with slender neck, wide mouth, and pear-shaped
body moulded in five lobes. Three wheel-made rings at the
base of the neck. Porcelain with ivory white glaze which

forms in places in brownish drops. The glaze on one side

stops short of the base which is unglazed beneath.

Tang dynasty. H. 525".

In the possession of the Misses Alexander.

Fig. 2. Ewer with beautifully turned ovoid body and spreading
neck ; flat base with bevelled edge ; short spout, and handle
in form of an animal standing on the shoulder and looking
into the mouth of the vase. White porcelain with ivory white
glaze in which are brownish " tear drops " and stains ; the

glaze stops short of the base.

With it is a circular stand of similar ware supported by a
ring of demon busts.

T'ang dynasty. H. 35".
In the possession of Mr. F. N. Schiller.