INDEX
Lion as a decorative subject, 158.
Liu-tsu, 13.
Lo, Hsuan-tê era potter, 115.
Longevity, decorative devices typifying, 162-166.
Lu-yao-pien, 333, 334.
Lung-ching era, blue-and-white ware, 126, 133-135; enamelled ware, 194-201.
Lung-chuan-yao, origin, 41; distinguished from Ko-yao, 42; character, 42-46, 50; identification, 43, 47-49; date of origin, 46; factories, 46, 48; period of manufacture, 76.
Majolica ware, reason for its fine glaze, 391.
Mandarin porcelains, 202.
Marks. See Identification.
Mazarin blue monochromatic porcelain, 314.
Medallion bowls, 213, 244.
Medallion style of decoration, 152, 204, 213, 221.
Mei-hwa-yao. See Hawthorn pattern.
Metalic black monochromatic ware, 323, 325.
Meyer, A. B., on céladon, 65.
Min Lu-shang, potter, 360.
Ming dynasty, golden period of keramics, 103; blue-and-white ware, 104-136; enamelled ware, 182—201; white monochromatic ware, 252-264; red monochromes, 280—286; yellow monochromes, 304; potters of boccaro ware, 357-361; ware not exported, 376.
Mirror black monochromatic ware, 323-325; modern imitations, 326.
Mo-Ting-yao, 323.
Mohammedan blue, importation and use, 101, 110, 221; exhaustion of supply, 122, 128, 140.
Monochromatic wares, potter's first aim, 96, 154; methods of developing the colours, 298, 393, 394; modern imitations, 380. See also Céladons and colours by name.
Mustard yellow monochromatic porcelain, 306; modern imitation, 381.
Nankin ware, 176-178.
Nanwhei province, Pong ware, 90.
Ngeu, potter, imitations of Ko and Kuan wares, 77.
Ngeu Ching-chun, potter, 359.
Nien Hsi-yao, superintendent of Ching-tê-chên factories, 81, 171.
Pa sien as decorative subjects, 161.
Pai-ting-yao, 25; See also Ting-yao.
Pao-shi-hung monochromatic porcelain, variety of Chi-hung of Hsuan-tê era, 281; of Kang hsi era, 297.
Peach as an emblem of longevity, 166.
Peach-bloom. See Pin-kwo-ts'ing.
Peacock green monochromatic ware, 320; polychromatic ware, 338.
Pechili province, ware of the Tang dynasty, 15; Ting ware of the Sung dynasty, 24, 29.
Pêng Chüan-pao, potter, imitates Ting ware, 27, 259.
Petuntse, functions in porcelain, 384, 385.
Phœnix as a decorative subject, 156.
Pi-seh-yao, secret-colour ware, 17.
Pin-kwo-ts'ing monochromatic porcelain, character, 294; varieties, 295, 320; scarcity and shapes, 296; decoration, 296; pâte, 296; mark, 297.
Pine as an emblem of longevity, 165.
Plum as an emblem of longevity, 165.
Polo, Marco, on Chinese porcelain, 367.
Polychromatic wares, transmutation or flambé, 28, 329-334, 342; possible varieties classed as monochromes, 329; wide range, 334; in which red predominates, 336, blue and green, 338; Fang-chin,
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