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CHINA

It was not till the Ming d it the beautiful

yellow nr ' by all con-

noisseurs to speak more

accurate] \ y elicited the
it seems that
admir.1 c-urs.

the er i tirst suv . inufacture of

the ware :he Chinese must in reality

be regarded a& the time when it ; a very high,

if not the highest, stage velopn As to yel-

low monochromes this ti iung-chih era

188-1505) of the Ming dynasty. H'siang, in his

ited Catalogue, shows several specimens of

L-How, and appends to his description of

t yellow was the

-

it appears that the chot

newly husked chestnut, and that bright yellow occu-
WITH
WINE-POl OF CHYEENLGL-OHWWMA),^W^c^B\ltlth^PQy$LhV*

(Catalogue of' H'siaSP^Pfiiht^nehes. (See page 192.)

were chosen or choice

pieces, the decorati iy incised in the
pdte but sonv
s-relief. The point of

note about this WAIT was that the glaze itself con-

&H ring material, which did not consist

> < ' enamel as was the case with in-

lor porcelains of later date. The difference is

ssential. For whereas the beautiful canary-yellow

ware of first quality is thin, almost transparent, of

.xy softness ;i'ul possessing a peculiar shell-like d

y, the commoner class of yellow por* has

<ek pate, a comparatively lustreless surface, and an

ique colour. It is with this, latter variety that

Western collectors are chiefly familiar, the former be-

; not only scarce but also confined to insignificant

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