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4 Chinese Pottery and Porcelain

of pre-Han pottery, excavated by Mr. Frank H. Chalfant " on

the soil of the ancient city of Lin-tzu in Ch'ing-chou Fu, Shantung,"
a district which Mas noted for its pottery as late as the Ming period.*
This find included two pitchers, a deep, round bowl, a tazza or
round dish on a high stem, and a brick stamped with the character

Ch'i, all unglazed and of grey earthenware. From this last piece,

and from the fact that Lin-tzu, until it was destroyed in 221 b.c,
was the capital of the feudal kingdom of Ch'i, Laufer concluded that

these wares belonged to a period before the Han dynasty (206 b.c.

to 220 A.D.).

1 See p. 200.