Page 400 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE LXXXVII

Fig. i. Vase with globular body, tall, slender neck with wide
mouth-rim, and spreading foot. Buff ware with seven pairs
of slightly raised ribs on the body and a black glaze which
loses its colour on the raised edges, leaving them white.

Tz'u Chou type. Sung dynasty. H. 7-6".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.

Fig. 2. Buddhist alms bowl of depressed globular form with wide
mouth. Greyish stoneware body ; unglazed base and pared

foot-rim. The body is washed over with white slip, through

which the design, a peony scroll, has been engraved ; the
whole has then been covered with a transparent glaze which
shows slight crackle.

Tz'u Chou ware. Ming dynasty. D. 45".
In the possession of Mr. F. N. Schiller.