Page 404 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE LXXXVIII

Jar with ovoid body and short, narrow neck flanged below
the mouth. Buff- grey stoneware covered with white slip and
transparent glaze of slightly yellowish tone. The designs are

formed by the grafnato process. On the body is a broad band

with lotuses, plants, and birds, standing up in white against a
grey ground from which the slip has been cleaned ; the
incised outlines and details of the decoration are picked out
with a black slip painted on. Below this is a narrower band
with foliage scroll etched through the slip, and on the shoulders
are sketchy scrolls similarly produced. The base is unglazed.

Tz'u Chou ware. Yuan dynasty. H. 105".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.