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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 65

An illustration from 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, leaf 65
musical stone of jade or a plaque of bronze may be fashioned in this shape. 5. A ch'mg, or musical stone of jade (No. 3). Also cast in sonorous metal. Struck with a hammer, it is a very ancient musical instrument, and minute directions for its manufacture are found in old books. A set of six¬ teen,… … val of new moon in the fifth month Frc. 95. — Decorated in brilliant enamel colors of the K’ang-hsi every householder nails to the posts period, with medallions displayed and windows of his house some leaves upon a scrolled ground of coral- of the artemisia and sweet flag, tied together in bundles,…

Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894 · Pottery, Chinese · Pottery, Japanese · Pottery, Korean · Pottery

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