CHINESE POTTERY
ceeded in manufacturing tea utensils that differ scarcely at all from their originals.
The Yi-hsing-yao is not important from the point of view of a Western collector. As will be gathered from what is written above, it was manufactured for use, not for ornament. Considered as examples of skilful manipulation of clays, curious natural colouring, and admirable delicacy of modelling, some specimens deserve a high place in the most select collection. But the pottery possesses few decorative qualities and belongs chiefly to the class of fictile curiosities.
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