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shall also come across crackle in the blue and white, if not in
other classes as well.
No. 204. A pencil-holder, in the form of a lotus seed-pod.
Height, 3^ inches. No mark. This is a piece of fine white
crackle. It is at with seven round holes for the
pierced top
brushes to stand in.
Nos. 205, 206, 207, are taken from the South
Kensington
Museum .collection, and serve to illustrate the three sizes of
crackle.
No. 208 is from the same collection as a specimen of
pieces decorated with " zones of sealed ornaments, executed in
a brown Joo-e band at border on
ferruginous paste." top, key
shoulders, and sweet-flags on stand.
The seal mark on No. 206 is badly made — " Yung-ching "
(1723-1736) printed in blue; the base is the same as the sides
of the bottle, so that the blue shows up on it.

Celadon.
" " whole ' " '
Single coloured glazes," known as or self
coloured pieces. To lovers of colour this is probably the most
interesting class. It was much appreciated by the collectors of
last and still Of all the various
century, brings long prices.
the one that lent itself best to French
descriptions, it is, perhaps,
skill in ormolu mounting. The distinctive feature of this class
"
is that the coloured glaze was applied to the paste," and thus
to the extreme heat of the This often
exposed first firing.
caused the glaze to change colour, hence the variegated hues
to be met with, known to the French as flamle, and to us as
" In course of time the Chinese no doubt could
splashed."
produce this effect pretty well at will, and perhaps sometimes
used of more than one colour to obtain their end. The
glazes —
word "celadon" is used in two senses as a
unfortunately general
term where the substance of which the vessel is made is hid
from view by the coloured glaze with which it is covered ; in
the other, as indicating that particular range of greens known
this name. It is, therefore, difficult at times to know how to
by
the of the word " celadon." Pieces to which
interpret meaning
the word may be applied in both acce2)tations are probably
among the oldest specimens we have of Chinese porcelain.
Those sent by the Sultan of Egypt to Lorenzo de Medici in