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 169
e brilliant white, andthe clay is of a better quality ; the designs are more simple, and the decorations less overloaded; the dragonsare not so monstrous, and the flowers are designedmore in accordance to nature. The glazing also is moretinged with blue, and more delicate. It does not standthe heat… … Fig. 54. Bottle, gourd-shaped, Japan. (Coll. Marryat.) CHAP. VI.] WARE OF CHINA AND JAPAN. 125 piece, and the Chinese occasionally imitate the Japanporcelain. Of the Japanese ware, the oldest kind is that of quaintshape, with curious embossed figures, white ground, withpatterns in red and blue, the…
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