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 59
, Meiy the Pine, Bamboo, and the Prunus, the first two because they are evergreen and flourish throughout the winter, the prunus because it throws out flowering twigs No. 1. from its leafless stalks up to an extreme old age. The accompanying mark (No. 2), reproduced in facsimile from a large bowl… … Fig. 94. — Large Flat Dish of the K'ang-hsi period, decorated in colors, including red, yellow, black, overglaze cobalt blue, pale purple, light green, coffee-brown, and touches of gold. Among the animal emblems of longevity are the deer, the tortoise, and the stork, all of which occur occasionally…
Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894 · Pottery, Chinese · Pottery, Japanese · Pottery, Korean · Pottery
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