Page 480 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE CVII

Fig. i. Perfume bowl with sides delicately pierced in swastika
fret pattern interrupted by four panels with figures of the
Eight Immortals in pairs, modelled in full relief in unglazed
biscuit ; the panels are edged with threads of unglazed clay
and the borders are floral scrolls in white slip on a ground of
blue glaze. This elaborate pierced work was significantly
called kuei kung or devil's work.
About 1600. D. 38".
In the possession of Mr. P. David.

Fig. 2. Incense bowl with a pair of well-moulded lion handles.

Fine white Fukien porcelain with milk-white glaze. Mark
stamped in a rectangular panel, Ta Ming Ch'eng Hua nien

chih.

The bowl can hardly be as early as the 15 th century (as
the mark would indicate) ; but it is an exceptionally choice

specimen of the ware showing the simple beauty achieved by

the Fukien potters.
D. 6".

In the possession of Mr. P. David.