A manual of marks on pottery and porcelain : a dictionary of easy reference (1886)
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, Phillips, William Charles · London ; New York : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 199
pottery is of the greatest antiquity, and, like the porcelain, is of every quality. The oldest example that can now be obtained is of the Ming period, though, if the marks could be relied on, there are many pieces of the 10th century still to be found, but marks are so easily imitated, and Chinese… … Egg Shell " ware was first made in the Yung-lo period. The Seuen-Uh was famous for all sorts of coloured ware.
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