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History of the ceramic art. A descriptive and philosophical study of the pottery of all ages and all nations (1877)

Jacquemart, Albert, 1808-1875, Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Catenacci, H, Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand, 1837-1880 · New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. · leaf 45

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dered more heavy by good living and indifference, the old 28 HISTORY OF THE CERAMIC ART. travellers brought over under the name of Pou-sa— the god. It is thatof contentment, and one must be thoroughly imbued with Chinese notionsto admit it under this denomination. In the Celestial Empire,… … POU-TAI, GOD OF CONTENTMENT. We might increase the Chinese pantheon by describing the God ofWar, with his prominent belly, red and threatening face, his lance withcutting edge; the Goddess of the Talents, who lets fall pearls, and athousand other secondary divinities who preside over the birth of…

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