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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
decide from the style, from the method of decoration,
or from the colors employed, to which class a parti-
cular piece belongs.
CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
1. Primitive Period, including the Sung dynasty
(960-1279) and the Yuan dynasty (1280- 1367).
2. Ming Period, comprising the whole of the Ming
dynasty (1368- 1643).
3. K'ang-hsi Period, extending from the fall of
the Ming dynasty to the close of the reign of
K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). (1723-
of the
4. Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Period
1795), the two reigns being conjoined.
5. Modern Period, from the beginning
reign of Chia-ch'ing to the present day.
The above table is simple and practical, and it may
be used in combination with a second table compiled
with some modifications and additions from the ex-
cellent Catalogue of the Franks Collection of Oriental
Porcelain and Pottery (2nd Edition, 1878) issued by
the Science and Art Department of the Committee of
Council on Education, which furnishes a scheme of
the varied methods of decoration employed during the
period comprised in the first, or chronological table.
Class 1. Not painted.
Section A. Plain white.
B. Single colored glazes, not crackled.
C. Crackled glazes.
D. Flambe glazes.
E. Souffle glazes.
F. Glazes of several colors.
Class II. Painted in colors.
Section A. In underglaze colors.
1. Cobalt blue.
2. Copper red.
3. Celadon.
4. Different colors in combination.
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