Collections towards a history of pottery and porcelain, in the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries : with a description of the manufacture, a glossary, and a list of monograms (1850)
Marryat, Joseph · London : J. Murray · leaf 140
t must have been longere the manufacture could arrive atsuch a state of perfection, as to renderit an object of interest to the court. DEntrecolles says, that the Chinesepaid large prices for pieces of the time ofYao and Chun, two of their most ancientemperors, who reigned, according to theChinese… … Fig. 46. Chinese Bottles found in the Egyptian Tombs: a, in the Museum, Alnwick Castle; b, brought bySir Gardner Wilkinson from Thebes; c, belonging to W. Hamilton, Esq.; d, from Thebes. China. He says, that among the bottles found in thetombs of Thebes, none have excited greater curiosity…
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