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A history and description of Chinese porcelain (1901)

Monkhouse, William Cosmo, 1840-1901, Bushell, S. W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908 · London [etc.] New York, Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited · leaf 126

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d-ing Chelsea; but we need not dwell upon it here, for if anycan still be found in its undecorated state, it is not worth theattention of the collector, being generally inferior to the porcelainthat was intended by the Chinese to remain white. The lattervaries in quality, but the finest specimens… … Fig. 17.—FIGURE OF KUAN TI, GOD OFWAR, IN FUCHIEN BLANC DKCHINE. DESGBIFTIVE. 51 says: The paste is usuall}^ of a creamy white, resembling ivory,the glaze seems closely blended vvith the paste, and has a satinytexture like the surface of soft-paste porcelain; the decorationsconsist of ornaments in…

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