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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 136

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with her fan, and a parroton a perch behind is apparently screaming in concert.The usual adjuncts of a cultivated interior fill in thepicture, jars for wine and water, incense-burning appa-ratus, a dish of Buddhas-hand citrons to scent the air, atray with tea-pot and cups on the table, etc. The rim… … DESGBIPTIVE. 55 prized. Later, however, especially during the present Dynasty,they have come into great favour. In the Sung Dynasty the single glazes appear to havebeen celadon, blue, yellow, black, purple, and red. Someaccount of these early pieces will be found in the HistoricalSummary (see p.…

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