Page 254 - Chinese Porcelain Vol I, Galland

1 64 CHINESE PORCELAIN.

Famille Noiee.
M. makes mention of this class, and
Jacquernart very slight
it did not the above name which it has come to be
get by
known from him. The chief in this section are vases
pieces
of various shapes, covered with black, which, when looked
closely into, are discovered to be coated with green over the
black. The decoration generally consists of primus blossom
sometimes mixed with coloured flowers, the
(hawthorn pattern),
theory being that the plain white primus is the earlier style of
ornamentation, and that the coloured flowers are of later date.
No. 270. A rectangular vase. Is a very good example of this
class, and belongs to the Salting Collection in South Kensing-
ton Museum. The of blossom from neutral-
sprays primus hang
tint stalks, on one of which a bird
perches canary-coloured
with The with which the vase is coated
green wings. green
over the black can be seen at the heads on the shoulders
joo-e
of the In this instance the black is relieved a white
piece. by
margin at the edges, which is not unusual in the rectangular
but most of the in this section are
shapes, pieces entirely
covered with black.
and bottles to be met with in
There are also vases, jars,
this class, covered with merely a black glaze, decorated with
coloured flowers or other designs ; but these are not the same
as the above, and might be called " plain famille noire."
Peau d'Okange.
So called by the French because the surface is rough,
resembling the peel of an orange. This ware is of coarse
texture, a sort of earthenware covered with a glaze, which
forms the orange-peel surface. It is generally of a dark
colour, and decorated with coloured figures. It is to be met
with of various dates, from times onwards. 9
pretty early
No. 271. A hexagonal holder. Height, 11 inches ; diameter,
4§ inches. No mark. Made of coarse brown ware, covered
with a very dark purple, almost black, peau d'orange glaze,
decorated with figures in white, green, yellow, and brown ;

!)
The so-called Peau d'Orange effect is found on very fine porcelain as
well as earthenware, and I am of opinion that it is a peculiar process of
— T. J. L.
enamelling.