Page 260 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE LII

Fig. i. Bowl with wide mouth, gently curved sides, and narrow
base with low foot-rim ; the mouth-rim is nicked so as to

suggest a foliate edge. Exquisitely fine egg-shell porcelain

pared so thin on the sides as to seem to consist of glaze alone.
Beneath the glaze is a design of Imperial five-clawed dragons
and pearls, delicately traced in white slip and barely visible

except as a transparency. In the centre inside is the Yung Lo

mark in four archaic characters etched with a needle point.
This bowl is a pair to the noted specimen in the Franks

Collection in the British Museum ; and it is a beautiful

example of the t'o-t'ai (bodiless) porcelain which was one of

the triumphs of the Imperial potters in the Yung Lo period

(1403-1424 A.D.).

D. 825".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos,

Fig. 2. Bowl with wide mouth, straight sides, and narrow base.
White porcellanous ware with ivory white glaze. The rim is

nicked to suggest a foliate edge. Inside is a finely carved

design of peonies and foliage. The base is glazed and the

foot-rim, which is shallow, is raw at the edge.
Ting ware. Sung dynasty. D. 7- 25".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos,