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INDEX
APPLE GREEN monochromatic ware,
320 ; modern imitations, 381.
Azure blue monochromatic porcelain,
312.
BAMBOO as an emblem of longevity,
165.
Banko-yaki of Japan and Ti-hsing-
yao, 364.
Black Hawthorn ware, 218; crite-
rion, 219; imitations, 219, 220,
38i.
Black monochromatic wares, Ting,
24, 29, 323 ; Chien, 58, 323 ;
not made during Ming dynasty,
323 ; metalic, 323, 325 ; mirror,
323325 ; modern, 328 ; method,
401.
Blanc de Chine ware.
See Ivory
white.
Blanc-de-lune monochromatic ware,
313-
Blue monochromatic wares, clair-de-
lune, 51, 312; imitation of glass,
310; souffle, 311; azure, 312;
lilac, 313; lapis , 314; Mazarin,
of the sky
314; "
watered, 315;
after rain," 315 ; turquoise, 316
318. See also Colours, Polychro-
matic wares.
Blue-and-white ware, beginnings, 97
loi ; use of Mohammedan blue,
04o oI 1 , 1 ; of
11 ; criteria,
Hung- wu era, 1 04 ; of Yung-lo
era, 105; preparation and char-
acter of soft-paste or Kai-pien,
106109; of Hsuan-te era, 109 ;
hard-paste, of Hsuan-te era, 1 1 1 ;
decorative subjects and skill, 1 1 1
11 3 1 SS~ 1 ^7* specimens of
415
Hsuan-te era, 113; soft-paste,
of Cheng-hwa era, 61 1 ; primacy
of soft-paste, 117, 122 ; identifica-
tion of early, 117, 119; hard-
paste, of Cheng-hwa era, 1 1 8 ;
specimen court orders, 122125,
129133; temporary decline of
manufacture of soft-paste, 126;
hard-paste, of Lung-ching and
Wan-li eras, 126, 133; colour
character of, of later Ming dynasty,
127, 135 ; of early Tsing dynasty,
136; Hawthorn pattern, 137
145; Kai-pien, of Kang-hsi era,
145; hard-paste egg-shell, of
Kang-hsi era, 1 47 ; Occidental
estimation, 148 ; other hard-paste,
of Kang-hsi era, 149, 153 ;
quality of the painting, 150; souffle,
151 153; artistic value, 155; in
combination with red under the
glaze, 170; of Yung-ching era,
170172; deteriorated colour in
Chien-lung era, 173 ; stippled,
174; decadence, 174; Nankin
ware, 176178; Famille Chrys-
anthemo-Pffoneenne, 205210 ;
modern, 378380.
Boccaro ware, character, 353; speci-
men tea-pots, 353, 354; esteem,
3 54 ; origin and manufacture, 355
357; potters, 357-362; fashion
in tea-pots, 362 ; technique, 363 ;
caligraphy, on, 363 ; varieties, 364 ;
European copies, 363 ; Japanese
copies, 364; as a work of art,
365.
Borneo, old trade with China, 68 ;
prized specimens of old Chinese
ware, 6971.