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neck. The has failed to catch
photographer unfortunately
the
clotting.
This is a In those
probably Keen-lung (1736-1795) piece.
believed to to the the
belong Kang-he (1661-1722) period
it recedes from the neck, shows no band.
colour, although purple
No. 211. Dark crackle beaker.
sea-green Height, 8 inches ;
diameter at base 3 inches, at oh inches. No mark. The
top
base and stand are and so uneven that the
flange unglazed,
wood stand has to be or the would not stand
shaped piece
This a of the
straight. is probably Kang-he reproduction
3 In the the inside of
ling green (see p. 2). photograph
the looks white as seen at the mouth of the beaker, but
piece
inside and outside it is covered with the same dark
sea-green
glaze.
Pieces.
Splaslted
\os. 212, 213, 214, are three
splashed pieces, affording
examples of various ways of distributing the colour so as to
give the splashed appearance. There seem to be no terms
for the different forms the takes
denoting splashing ; and this
is not to be wondered at, as two are to be
hardly any pieces
f< >und exactly alike, and any attempt at description is generally
confined to recording, as far as possible, the colours. These
pieces are difficult to photograph, and the white patches on
the shoulders of the vases are caused the on the
by light glaze,
and to do with the
having nothing splashing of the colours.
No. 212 is blue with red.
No. 213 is red over
yellow.
No. 214 is fawn with red.
splashed
Coloured Glazes on "Biscuit."
This differs from the last class, in that the vessels are
burnt -that is, baked, or tired, in the kiln before
being glazed.
It is ;i sort of celadon, but the colours have been fixed by a
sorond at a lower than that
firing temperature originally
required for the manufacture of the biscuit, the result being
thai the looks thin, and.
glaze generally speaking, the colours
are not so rich as in real celadon. Sometimes the
pieces are
coated with a but the decoration
single colour, frequently is