The book is divided into two parts, Part I covering the Yung-lo Hsüsn-te, Ch'éng-hua and Hung-chih periods, Part LI dealing with the District and Kilns of Fou-liang and Ceramic Alchemy. In Part I the author makes copious references to Chinese works dealing with the subject, besides explaining the marks to be found on the bottoms of the porcelain pieces which serve to identify them as belonging to this or that period, and giving details concerning their quality, workmanship, designs and colours. These should prove of great value to collectors in helping them to determine the dates of manufacture and the genuineness or otherwise of pieces that may come into their hands, at the same time lending interest to their collections by supplying the history of the pieces they contain.
Part LI supplies a mass of information on the kilns as they exist today and on the processes involved in the manufacture of the still fine quality t porcelain turned out.
Altogether this is a most useful Chinese art and art-crafts should and one that every student of
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