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Marks on Chinese Pottery and Porcelain 219

Hall Marks

^i Yii Vang chia ch'i Chih Ian chai chih
=fine vessel for
= made for the
the jade hall
(late Ming). epidendrum hall

(seventeenth cen-

tury).

Yii hai Vang chih #f Ku yiieh hsUan chih
= made by Ku-
=made for the
yiieh-hsiian. (See
Yii-hai (jade Vol. ii., p. 215.)
sea) hall (about
Yu cKai= quiet
1700).
—pavilion a studio
it.,)
name of a painter.
^^C3 Ts'ai hua Vang
chih = made for
the hall of
bright painting
(nineteenth
century).

Ts'ai jun Vang =Wan shih chil

chih =made myriad rocks re-

for the hall of treat; studio
name of a painter.
bright colours

(nineteenth

century).

Nan hsiang Vang — =Chu shih chil red

south aspect hall rocks retreat;
(o n eighteenth studio name of a
century pottery).
painter.

become frequent on the later porcelains. In fact most of the ex-

amples with which I am acquainted are nearer in style to the Tao

Kuang than to the Yung Cheng wares, and the majority of the hall

marks written in red on the glaze will be found to be of early

nineteenth century date.