Chinese Pottery in the Philippines
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^ 1 Chinese Art,, Vol. II, p. 13 (London, 1906).
2 In China, large vessels of the shape of these dragon-jars, usually of much larger size, are still used everywhere for the storage of the water-supply needed in the household. They find their place in a corner of the courtyard and are filled, according to want, with the water drawn from wells, which is brought in by carriers or on wheel-barrows. They are called hang or w&ng, and no doubt represent an an- 26 Field Museum of Natural History — Anth...., Vol. XII.
The other group of pottery in the Cole collection is characterized by well-made thick and oily glazes ranging in color from a peculiar light- blue to shades of grass-green, dark-green, olive-green, and lilac, some- times combined on one surface. There can be no doubt that all these pieces represent Kuang yao, either made at Yang-ch'un, or at Yang- kiang, in Kuangtung Province. None of them is a real celadon, though some of the glazes, in partictdar the jar on Plate XII, come near to it, to a certain degree.^ Similar glazes are still turned out at Yi-hsing on the Great Lake {T'ai hu) near Shanghai, but they are inferior in quality to these specimens.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
^ 1 Chinese Art,, Vol. II, p. 13 (London, 1906).
2 In China, large vessels of the shape of these dragon-jars, usually of much larger size, are still used everywhere for the storage of the water-supply needed in the household. They find their place in a corner of the courtyard and are filled, according to want, with the water drawn from wells, which is brought in by carriers or on wheel-barrows. They are called hang or w&ng, and no doubt represent an an- 26 Field Museum of Natural History — Anth...., Vol. XII.
The other group of pottery in the Cole collection is characterized by well-made thick and oily glazes ranging in color from a peculiar light- blue to shades of grass-green, dark-green, olive-green, and lilac, some- times combined on one surface. There can be no doubt that all these pieces represent Kuang yao, either made at Yang-ch'un, or at Yang- kiang, in Kuangtung Province. None of them is a real celadon, though some of the glazes, in partictdar the jar on Plate XII, come near to it, to a certain degree.^ Similar glazes are still turned out at Yi-hsing on the Great Lake {T'ai hu) near Shanghai, but they are inferior in quality to these specimens.
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