Chapter II: Section I: Chinese Porcelain

CHAPTER

I. INTRODUCTORY 21

II. HARD PASTE 29

III. RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY 35

IV. A SKETCH SHOWING PORCELAIN CLASSED
ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE
DISCOVERY OF THE COLOURS AND GLAZES 43

V. THE FOUR CHIEF FABULOUS ANIMALS AND
TWO GODDESSES 51

VI. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY HISTORY
OF PORCELAIN 89

VII. THE MING DYNASTY AND ITS PRODUCTS 95

VIII. THE TSING DYNASTY, KANG-HE PERIOD 103

IX. THE YUNG-CHING PERIOD 109

X. THE KEEN-LUNG PERIOD 119

XI. MANDARIN PORCELAIN, YUNG-CHING PERIOD
AND LATER 131

XII. KEA-KING, TAOU-KWANG, AND THE LATER
EMPERORS 139

XIII. CHINESE WHITE PORCELAIN 147

XIV. SINGLE OR SELF-COLOUR GLAZES 153

XV. CHINESE CRACKLE 175

XVI. BLUE AND OTHER COLOURS UNDER THE GLAZE 181

XVII. CLOBBER WARE OR REDECORATED PORCELAIN 201

XVIII. RETICULATED PORCELAIN 203

XIX. DECORATED WITH COLOURED ENAMELS 211

A. THE BLACK FAMILY--"FAMILLE NOIRE"
B. THE GREEN FAMILY--"FAMILLE VERTE"
C. POWDERED AND MAZARINE BLUE WITH
ENAMEL COLOURS
D. THE GREEN AND YELLOW FAMILY--"FAMILLE
JAUNE"
E. CORAL RED GROUND--"ROUGE DE FER"
F. THE ROSE FAMILY--"FAMILLE ROSE"
G. OTHER ENAMEL COLOURS

XX. PORCELAIN OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY 285

XXI. IMITATIONS OF ORIENTAL PORCELAIN 291

XXII. SYMBOLICAL DESIGNS 297

A. EMBLEMS IN ANIMALS
B. EMBLEMS IN TREES
C. EMBLEMS IN FLOWERS

XXIII. DATE MARKS ON ORIENTAL PORCELAIN 307

XXIV. SYMBOLICAL MARKS AND ORNAMENTS 323

XXV. THE IMMORTALS OR CHENS 337

XXVI. THE DRESDEN COLLECTION 345

SECTION II

JAPANESE PORCELAIN AND POTTERY

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XXVII. JAPANESE PORCELAIN AND POTTERY 349

IMARI, ARITA, OR HIZEN
HIRADO
NABESHIMA

XXVIII. SATSUMA 357

KYOTO
AWATA
MARKS, FIRST SET

XXIX. BIZEN OR IMBE 367

KUTANI
KENZAN WARE
YEIRAKU WARE

XXX. KISHU 375

BANKO
SOMA
SANDA
SHEBA
VARIOUS
MARKS, SECOND SET