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 76
have always had a pair of them placed on his dinner- table which were valued at 100,000 cash, equivalent to 100 taels of silver. The P'u shit t'ing chi, “ Memoirs of the Book-Sunning Pavilion,” written by Chu Yi-tsun in the beginning of the present dynasty, relates how the author “on the days of… … 1 yi pints of wine.” H. 5 in., D. 3 in. "Wine-Cup (Chiu Pei), fashioned in the form of a purple yulan flower (Magnolia con- spicud). The bowl, with indented rim, is formed of the petals of a bursting blossom, enameled in bright colors, white inside, purple outside, springing from the green calyx;…
Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894 · Pottery, Chinese · Pottery, Japanese · Pottery, Korean · Pottery
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