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PLATE LXII
Bowl with rounded sides and bottom, with three knob-
feet. The unglazed mouth-rim is fitted with a silver band,
and the body of the ware is not disclosed but rings with a
clear note on percussion. The glaze is a brilliant black with
a few brown markings of the " hare's fur " type near the
mouth-rim and on the knob feet.
The unusual nature of the feet, the fineness of the potting,
and the even texture of the glaze differentiate this bowl from
the familiar black wares of the Sung period to which it is
reputed to belong.
It is quite possible that it belongs to that rare type, black
Ting, which Hsiang Yiian-p'ien (in his 16th-century album)
evidently considered as scarce as black swans.
D. 82".
In the possession of Mr. F. N. Schiller.
