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 23
unts, parcel pair, of K'ang-hsi Period, with European per-red (Nien Yao), mounted gilt and inlaid with enamels. in metal as ewers. Africa, and in the adjoining islands, from Ceram and the Key Island on the east to Madagascar and Zanzibar on the west, as well as in Japan and China. A quantity has… … Fig. 16.— a Pillow ; fine five-colored decoration, with diapered bands. Period of Kang-hsi. highly because they are supposed to change color at the contact of poisoned food. The Arabs called them martabdni , a name derived from Martaban, one of the states of ancient Siam, the modern Maulmain ; and…
Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894 · Pottery, Chinese · Pottery, Japanese · Pottery, Korean · Pottery
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