Oriental ceramic art : illustrated by examples from the collection of W.T. Walters : with one hundred and sixteen plates in colors and over four hundred reproductions in black and white (1897)
Bushell, Stephen W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908, author, Laffan, William M., writer of preface, L. Prang & Co., lithographer, D. Appleton and Company, publisher · leaf 31
Oriental Ceramic Art. 54 indicate the particular shop for which it was made. This reads, Ching tu Cheng yang men wai Ta shan tan hsi t'ou In pci Yun hsiang ko hsiang hno shou yao f'u (see No. i); which may be translated, “Yun Hsiang Ko, or ‘Cloudy Fragrance Hall,' a shop for scented wares and pre¬ … A curious combination of a date-mark with a felicitous formula (see No. 4) has been taken from the bottom of a set of saucer-shaped dishes, decorated in blue and white of the Ming period, where it was found penciled in blue in antique script. The square panel in the middle inclosing the motto Te…
Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894 · Pottery, Chinese · Pottery, Japanese · Pottery, Korean · Pottery
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