Page 216 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE XLI

Fig. i . Incense vase on three small feet ; depressed globular
body and straight neck with expanded mouth-rim. Grey
porcellanous ware with thick, smooth, opalescent glaze of
pale lavender-grey colour with blushes of purple.

Chun ware. Sung dynasty. D. 34".
In the possession of Mr. H. J. Oppenheim.

Fig. 2. Shallow bowl with wide mouth and small foot. Grey
porcellanous ware (burnt red on the unglazed base) with thick

opalescent glaze of lavender-grey colour with splashes of

purple on the interior. The glaze has run thick at the mouth

and the colour has faded into a brownish edge, but it has
correspondingly thickened round the base where it stops in
an irregular line.

Chun ware. Sung dynasty. D. 5- 25".
In the possession of Mr. H. J. Oppenheim.