Page 452 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE C

Fig. i. Tea-bowl with gently curving sides and narrow foot.
Buff stoneware with thick brown glaze streaked with black.

The markings on the inside of this choice bowl roughly
resemble a chrysanthemum flower, and those outside are of

the tortoise-shell type.

Honan ware. Sung dynasty. D. y 12".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.

Fig. 2. Bowl with wide mouth slightly contracted at the lip,

sloping sides, and narrow foot. Buff stoneware. On the

outside the glaze is red-brown with splashes of yellow, of grey

tone giving a tortoise-shell appearance. On the inside the

yellow splashing is more general, except in three places where

the red-brown predominates. These may be attempts at bird

designs, but the glaze has run and the detail of the deco-

ration cannot now be distinguished. There is, however,
some similarity of technique to that displayed in the bowls on
Plate CIII. The glaze stops short of the base without any

thick roll.

Honan ware. Sung dynasty. D. 6- 25".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.