INDEX
Apple green monochromatic ware, 320; modern imitations, 381.
Azure blue monochromatic porcelain, 312.
Bamboo as an emblem of longevity, 165.
Banko-yaki of Japan and Yi-hsing-yao, 364.
Black Hawthorn ware, 218; criterion, 219; imitations, 219, 220, 381.
Black monochromatic wares, Ting, 24, 29, 323; Chien, 58, 323; not made during Ming dynasty, 323; metalic, 323, 325; mirror, 323—325; modern, 328; method, 401.
Blanc de Chine ware. See Ivory white.
Blanc-de-lune monochromatic ware, 313.
Blue monochromatic wares, clair-de-lune, 51, 312; imitation of glass, 310; soufflé, 311; azure, 312; lilac, 313; lapis, 314; Mazarin, 314; watered, 315; "of the sky after rain," 315; turquoise, 316—318. See also Colours, Polychromatic wares.
Blue-and-white ware, beginnings, 97—101; use of Mohammedan blue, 101, 110; criteria, 104; of Hung-wu era, 104; of Yung-lo era, 105; preparation and character of soft-paste or Kai-pien, 106-109; of Hsuan-tê era, 109; hard-paste, of Hsuan-tê era, 111; decorative subjects and skill, 111—113, 155-167; specimens of Hsuan-tê era, 113; soft-paste, of Chêng-hwa era, 116; primacy of soft-paste, 117, 122; identification of early, 117, 119; hard-paste, of Chêng-hwa era, 118; specimen court orders, 122—125, 129—133; temporary decline of manufacture of soft-paste, 126; hard-paste, of Lung-ching and Wan-li eras, 126, 133; colour character of, of later Ming dynasty, 127, 135; of early Tsing dynasty, 136; Hawthorn pattern, 137—145; Kai-pien, of Kang-hsi era, 145; hard-paste egg-shell, of Kang-hsi era, 147; Occidental estimation, 148; other hard-paste, of Kang-hsi era, 149, 153; quality of the painting, 150; soufflé, 151—153; artistic value, 155; in combination with red under the glaze, 170; of Yung-ching era, 170—172; deteriorated colour in Chien-lung era, 173; stippled, 174; decadence, 174; Nankin ware, 176—178; Famille Chrysanthémo-Paonéenne, 205—210; modern, 378—380.
Boccaro ware, character, 353; specimen tea-pots, 353, 354; esteem, 354; origin and manufacture, 355—357; potters, 357—362; fashion in tea-pots, 362; technique, 363; caligraphy, on, 363; varieties, 364; European copies, 363; Japanese copies, 364; as a work of art, 365.
Borneo, old trade with China, 68; prized specimens of old Chinese ware, 69—71.
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