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 176
ades of green,with an enamelled yellow ground. It consists of floweringtrees springing from behind rocks, peonies, cherry trees,and pheasants in front, blossoming prunus and magpies atthe back; on the two sides of vases Avith flowers, vesselsfor incense and wine, books and all the usual… … DESCRIPTIVE. 73 says Dr. Bushell, accounts for the abundance of porcelain otthis date (Wan-h) in Peking, where a street-hawker may beseen with sweetmeats piled on dishes over a yard in diameter,or ladling iced syrup out of Ming bowls, and there is hardly abutchers shop without a large Ming jar,…
Pottery -- China History
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