A history and description of Chinese porcelain (1901)
Monkhouse, W. Cosmo (William Cosmo), 1840-1901, Bushell, Stephen W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908 · London [etc.] New York, Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited · leaf 280
w, a lively green, and a colour whichvaries from a bro^vnish purple (prune colour) to a purplishbrown or mouse colour. On these pieces the ground isgenerally either yellow, green, or purple, but the yellow ismost common, and almost forms a class by itself, whichmight be named famille jaiine, in… … Fig. 39.—kang-hsi vase, decoratedwith po-ku emblems. DESCRIPTIVE. 119 natural forms, like fruits or bundles of bamboo, and decoratedwith impressed work (diapers, etc.), over which the coloursspread in a glaze-hke wash, the reserves being paintedwith green sprays (outlined in black and brown),…
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