Page 196 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE XXXVI

Fig. i. Tea bowl with crackled lavender-grey glaze, thick and
smooth to the touch. The base-rim shows a greyish white por-
cellanous body which has browned on the surface in the firing
and there is a wash of glaze beneath the base. This type of

ware is sometimes called Ko yao, which evidently in several

respects resembled the Kuan yao or Imperial (official) ware
made at Kai-feng Fu in the early part of the Sung dynasty
and at Hang Chou in the latter part.

Kuan ware. Sung dynasty. D. 44".

In the possession of Mr. P. David.

Fig. 2. Four-sided vase of bronze form ; body with pear-shaped
outline ; straight neck and low, hollowed foot ; two tubular
handles. The body exposed at the foot-rim is dark brown,
and the glaze is pale blue-grey, thick and boldly crackled.
Below the neck is a belt of foliage scroll in low relief enclosed
by two ridged borders, and there is a plain raised band
between the upper edges of the handles. The base is glazed.
This specimen in technique resembles closely Fig. 1 above.

Ko type. Sung dynasty. H. 1025".

In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.