A

• Amida, 69
• Animals, emblems in, 51, 299
• Animals, fabulous, 51
• Apple-green, 179, 272
• Arita ware, 352
• Armorial china, 48
• Artemesia, 301
• Aubergine, 106, 280
• Awata ware, 361
• Azalea, 302

B

• Bamboo, 301
• Bamboo drum, an emblem, 341
• Banko ware, 377
• Base, 17
• Bat, 327, 329
• Beaker, 17
• Biscuit, 17, 209
• Bizen ware, 367
• Black-mirror, 106, 169
• Black under green, 106, 216
• Blanc de chine, 46, 137, 150
• Blue, 107, 114, 160, 169, 183, 251
• Blue and red, 125, 194
• Blue and white, 107, 114, 137, 183
• Blue, mazarine, 251
• Blue, powdered, 115, 215, 243
• Body or paste, 17
• Borders, 220
• Bottle, 17
• Brown glaze, 161, 173
• Buddha, 39
• Buddhism, 39
• Buddhist divinities, 68, 81
• Burnt-in, 17

C

• CafÉ-au-lait, 173
• Carp, 275
• Celadon, 17, 33, 98, 107, 115, 124, 159, 166
• Chair de poule, 152
• Chakra, 255
• Cheou or Chow, 61, 82, 151, 329
• Chinese characters, plain, text and seal, 310, 314
• Ching-hwa, 98, 101
• Christians in China, 93, 98
• Chrysanthemum, 302
• Clair-de-lune, 113, 123, 162
• Clobbered ware, 201
• Coffee-colour glaze, 161
• Colours, glazes, &c., 18, 155, 169, 213
• Colours, order of discovery, 45
• Colours, three, five, 18
• Conch shell, 325
• Confucianism, 37, 256
• Copper-red, vert de cuivre, 46
• Coral red ground, 113, 126, 259
• Corean lion, 55, 85
• Crackle, 163, 177

D

• Date marks, 309, 314
• Date marks, how to read, 311
• Deer, 123, 299
• Deer, mille cerfs, 123
• Diapers, 129
• Dog of FÔ, Corean lion, 55, 85, 150, 355
• Double circle or rings, 108
• Dragons, 53, 263, 355
• Dresden Collection, 347
• Dynasties, early, 91, 97, 105
• Dynasty, Ming, 95
• Dynasty, Tsing, 103

E

• East India Company, 287
• Egg-shell, 18, 127, 232, 267, 268
• Eight immortals, 78, 82, 339
• Elizabeth, Queen, 100
• Emblematic designs, 299, 325
• Emblematic gestures, 69
• Emblems in animals, 299
• Emblems in birds, 86
• Emblems in flowers, 301
• Emblems in trees, 300
• Enamel, 18, 33
• Enamels, coloured, 141, 143, 213, 271

F

• Familles (Families)—
  Jaune—Yellow, 47, 252
  Noire—Black, 47, 106, 169, 216
  Rose—Rose, 48, 111, 122, 127, 143, 243, 264
  Verte—Green, 47, 106, 116, 143, 228
• Feuille morte, 155, 173
• Fong Hoang, 56, 355
• Fox, 300
• Fenting, soft paste, 18, 31
• Figures, 18
• Fir or pine, 301
• Fish, 326
• Five-colour, 18, 78
• FlambÉ, 155, 165, 169
• Flute-emblem, 341
• Forgeries, 24, 126, 311
• Forms, 18
• Fungus, 303, 326

G

• Gasnault, M., 149
• Ginger jar, oviform vase, 193
• Glaze, 18, 32
• Glazes, self-colour, 33, 153
• Glazes, simple, 153
• Glazes, variegated, 155
• Globber, 202
• Gold, reds from, 116, 264
• Gombron ware, 100
• Gourd, 301
• Grand feu, 18
• Graviata, 18, 143
• Green, delicate, 276
• Green family—Famille verte, 47, 106, 116, 143, 228
• Green, Ming, 272

H

• Hard paste, 29
• Hare, 300, 326
• Hawthorn pattern, 144, 192, 227, 301
• Heen-fung, 144
• Hirado ware, 353
• History of porcelain, 89
• Hizen ware, 352
• Ho-Ho bird, 56, 354
• Honorific marks, 312
• Hundred antiques, 18
• Hung-woo, 97, 100
• Huth Collection, sale prices, 385

I

• Imari ware, 142, 352
• Imbe ware, 369
• Imitations of Oriental porcelain, 293
• Immortals, 78, 82, 339
• Iron-red, rouge de fer, 116, 196, 215

J

• Jacquemart, M., 149
• Jade, 102, 161
• Japanese marks, 362, 365, 381-383
• Japanese porcelain and pottery, 351
• Jesuits in China, 98
• Joo-e-head decoration, 61, 136, 240, 247
• Joo-e-head, symbol, 327

K

• Kang-he, 103, 183, 214
• Kaolin, 18, 32
• Kea-king, 139
• Kea-tsing, 102
• Keen-lung, 119, 264
• Kenzan ware, 372
• Kiau, dragon, 263
• Kiln, 18, 32, 47
• King-te-chin, 92, 121, 144, 184
• Kishu ware, 375
• Korea, lion of, 55, 85
• Kouan-ti, 73
• Kutani ware, 370
• Kwang-shiu, 144
• Kwan-Yin, 58, 61, 62, 65, 150, 373
• Kylin, 54, 85, 355
• Kyoto ware, 360

L

• Lange-Lysen, 190, 232
• Lang-yao, 156, 275
• Lao-tseu, 39, 58, 73, 77, 301, 339
• Leaf mark, 326
• Li, dragon, 195, 263
• "Long Elizas," 191, 232
• Longevity, god of, 151
• Lotus, 255, 303, 326
• Lowestoft, 202
• Lung, dragon, 263

M

• Magnolia, 304
• Mandarin, 18, 129, 133, 283
• Mandarin china, 136, 283
• Marks—
  Date, 314
  Grass, 310
  Hall, 321
  How to read, 311, 317
  Seal, 310, 315, 319
  Text, 310
• Mazarine blue, 169, 243, 251
• Mice china, 18
• Mille cerfs, 41, 123
• Mille fleurs, 123
• Ming, 61, 95, 214, 273, 312
• Mirror black, 106, 161, 169
• Morte feuille, 155, 173
• Moulds, 18
• MudrÂs, hand gestures, 69
• Mythical deities, 61, 78, 82, 337

N

• Nabeshima ware, 353
• Naga, 18
• Nankin blue, 183, 312
• Neck, 19
• Nien-hao, 92, 105, 107, 311

O

• Ornaments, 19
• Overglaze enamels, 18, 33, 143, 213, 271
• Oviform, 231
• Oxides, 165

P

• Pa-Kwa, 112, 195, 329
• Pa-sien or Pa-chen, 78, 82, 339
• Paste or Body, 19
• Peach, 301, 304, 327
• Peach bloom or peach blow, 112, 170
• Peach-tree, 301
• Pearl, 325
• Pekin ware, 19
• Peony, 305
• Pe-tun-tze, 19, 31
• Pheasant, 86
• Phoenix, 56
• Pierced or reticulated porcelain, 152, 205, 207
• Pierced patterns, 143, 209
• Pin points, 19
• Piu-hwo, Taoist god, 77
• Poutai, 151
• Powder or powdered blue, 115, 155, 215, 243, 246, 249
• Prunus blossom, 192, 227, 301

Q

• Queen Elizabeth, 100
• Queen of heaven, Si-Wang-Mu, 57, 66

R

• Rabbit, 300
• Red, 48, 161, 173
• Red, underglaze with blue, 126, 194
• Religion and Mythology, 35
• Reserves or compartments, 115, 220
• Reticulated porcelain, 152, 205, 207
• Rice bowls, 142
• Rose, 116, 264
• Rose family—Famille rose, 48, 111, 116, 122, 264
• Rouge de fer, iron red, 116, 196, 215, 231, 259, 261
• Ruby-backed plates, 116, 127, 267
• Ruby-backed plates, sale prices, 127

S

• Sale Prices—Huth Collection, 387
• Sale Prices—Japanese, 364
• Sanda Ware, 379
• Sang de boeuf, 113, 124, 156
• Satsuma ware, 357
• Seal, 310, 316, 319
• Seven borders, 129
• Sheba ware, 379
• Shell, conch, 325
• Show, or Cheou, 61, 82, 151, 329
• Single or self-colour glazes, 153, 161
• Si-Wang-Mu, 57, 66, 301
• Slip, 19
• Soft paste, Fenting, 18, 31
• Soma ware, 378
• Splashed, tiger, 166
• Statuettes, 18, 343
• Stork, 300, 327
• Suen-tih, 97, 99, 159
• Sung dynasty, 92, 161, 179
• Swastika, 136, 256, 279, 326
• Symbolical marks, 325, 384
• Symbols or emblems, 299, 325, 327

T

• Taoism, 38
• Taoist immortals, 76, 78, 82, 339
• Taou-kwang, 142
• Tests, 191, 371
• Three-colour, 18, 106
• Tiger splashed, 167
• Tortoise, 300
• Transfer printing, 137
• TruitÉ, 179
• Tsing dynasty, 103
• Tung-che, 144

U

• Under-glaze blue, 107, 114, 183
• Under-glaze red, 126
• Unicorn, or kylin, 54, 85

V

• Vases, 19
• Vitreous enamels, 18

W

• Wan Chong, 70
• Wan leih, 18, 106
• Warham, Archbishop, 98
• Wen-tchang, God of Wisdom, 74
• White, 45, 147
• Willow pattern, 19

Y

• Yang and Yin, 113, 329
• Yao-pien, 19, 165
• Yeiraku ware, 372
• Yellow Family—Famille jaune, 47, 252
• Yellow glaze, 160, 173
• Yulan, 247
• Yung-ching, 109
• Yung-lo, 18, 98, 101

UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, THE GRESHAM PRESS, WOKING AND LONDON

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Transcriber's Notes:

1. Illustration Table page number 79/97 has been corrected, incorrect in book.

2. Where the description of an image precedes the image, it has been moved to AFTER the image, so as to avoid confusion.