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 152
trictest orders for its completion. The manufacturers oncemore exerted all their energies, but again their attemptsfailed. The Mandarin tried, by means of the bastinado, * Extracted from Travels from Muscovy to China, by E. Ysbranti Ides, am-bassador from Peter the Great to the Emperor of China, in… … Fig. 47. Dish, blue and white. Nankin. (Coll. Marryat.) ill usage, sprang into the glowing furnace, and was imme-diately consumed in the flames. When the burning wasover, the porcelain was found perfect and beautiful,—justwhat the Emperor had desired, and Pousa the Martyrreceived divine honours.…
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