Page 464 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE CIII

Fig. i. Tea-bowl of somewhat shallow nature. Buff stoneware
with dark brown temmoku glaze on the outside stopping

short of the foot-rim. Inside, the glaze is a flocculent grey

with a purplish tone, and in the glaze are drawn a series
of plum blossoms in brown-black which give a rosette

appearance.

This is one of the family of temmoku bowls referred to
on p. 15 of the introduction, and said to have been made at
Yung- ho Chen in the prefecture of Chi-an in the province of

Kiangsi.

Sung dynasty. D. 46".
In the possession of Mr. F. N. Schiller.

Fig. 2. Tea-bowl of conical form with mouth lightly channelled
on the exterior. Buff stoneware with black temmoku glaze
outside reaching practically to the base, and mottled with

yellowish grey markings, giving a tortoise-shell appearance.

Inside, the glaze is a flocculent grey with a bluish band near

the mouth ; lower down the glaze is grey, flecked with deep
yellow ; in this glaze designs are drawn in brown-black, viz.
a plum blossom on the bottom and two phoenixes and butter-

flies on the sides.
As in the case of Fig. 1 on this plate, the bowl is reported

to have been made in Chi-an Fu in Kiangsi.
Sung dynasty. D. 5".
In the possession of Mr. F. N. Schiller.