Page 608 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE CXXXIX

Fig. i. Incense box of fine porcelain with coloured glazes. The
sides of the box are moulded to suggest a knotted tree-trunk
glazed yellow, the knots picked out with aubergine. The

cover is in the form of a life -prolonging ling-chih fungus
glazed aubergine purple.

L. 25".

In the possession of Mr. F. N. Schiller.

Fig. 2. Tripod incense-burner of similar ware, the sides moulded
in a similar design and glazed yellow with the knots picked

out with aubergine.
Parts of a dainty set of furniture for the writing-table, this

and the box above are exquisitely finished objects, real gems

of the potter's art. Pieces like these help us to realise the

true character of the small Ming specimens illustrated in the
16th-century Chinese album of Hsiang Yiian-p'ien.

H. (without handles) 3".
In the possession of Mr. H. J. Oppenheim.