《Description Of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain Being A Translation Of The TAO SHUO》

BOOK Ⅰ．DESCRIPTION OF MODERN WARE3

1．Jao-chou Porcelain of the Reigning Dynasty3

2．Description of the Twenty Illustrations of the Manufacture of Porcelain7

BOOK Ⅱ．DESCRIPTION OF ANCIENT WARE31

1．Invention of Pottery31

2．Investigation of Ancient Pottery34

BOOK Ⅲ．DESCRIPTION OF MING WARE54

1．Jao-chou Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty54

2．Processes of Manufacture during the Ming Dynasty65

1．Materials and Colours65

2．The Government Workmen68

3．Materials used in the Manufacture of Porcelain69

4．Painting and Colouring71

5．Engraving，Embossing，and Decorating in the Five Colours73

6．Fabrication of the Seggars74

7．Charging the Furnace75

8．Time of Firing75

BOOK Ⅳ．DESCRIPTION OF SPECIMENS．PART I77

1．Specimens of Tang and Yu77

2．Specimens of the Chou Dynasty81

3．Specimens of the Han Dynasty91

4．Specimens of the Wei Dynasty97

5．Specimens of the Chin Dynasty97

6．Specimens of the Southern and Northern Dynasties98

7．Specimens of the Sui Dynasty99

BOOK Ⅴ．DESCRIPTION OF SPECIMENS(continued)101

8．Specimens of the Tang Dynasty101

9．Specimens of the Five Dynasties108

10．Specimens of the Sung Dynasty110

11．Specimens of the Yuan Dynasty131

BOOK Ⅵ．DESCRIPTION OF SPECIMENS(concluded)132

12．Specimens of the Ming Dynasty132

Sacrificial Furnace and Utensils132

Yung-lo Porcelain134

Hsuan-te Porcelain134

Ch＇eng-hua Porcelain141

Chia-ching Porcelain144

1．Blue on a White Ground145

2．Blue148

3．White inside，Blue outside149

4．White149

5．Brown150

6．Mixed Colours150

Lung-ch＇ing Porcelain152

Wan-li Porcelain155

1．Blue on a White Ground155

2．Painted in Enamel Colours164

3．Painted in Mixed Colours165

Imitations of Ting-chou Porcelain166

Wine Cups made by Hao Shih-chiu167

SECOND PREFACE BY CHU WEN-TSAO169

THIRD PREFACE BY PAO T＇ING-PO170

FOURTH PREFACE BY HUANG HSI-FAN172

BIBLIOGRAPHY173

APPENDIX181