Preface -- Introduction -- Origin of porcelain -- Relations of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics -- Introduction to the classification of Chinese porcelain. Inscription. Chronology -- Marks of Chinese porcelain. Marks of date. Hall marks. Marks of dedication and felicitation. Marks of commendation. Marks in the form of devices -- Classification of Chinese porcelain. Primitive period, Sung Dynasty. Ju Yao. Kuan Yao. Ting Yao. Lung Ch'uan Yao. Ko Yao. Tung-Ch'ing Yao. Chun Yao. Three factories at Chi-Chou. Chien-Chou, and Tz'u-Chou. Utensils of Sung porcelain -- Yuan Dynasty -- Ming Dynasty. Reigns of Hung-Wu, Yung-Lo, Hsuan-Te, Ch'eng-Hua, Hung-Chih, Cheng-Te, Chia-Chung, Lung-Ch'ing, Wan-Li, T'ien-Ch'i, Ch'ung-Chen -- Techniques during the Ming period. Colors. Embossing. Chiseling. Openwork. Carving. Gilded decoration. Decorations in enamels. Firing -- Ching-Te-Chen. The imperial porcelain manufactory -- The K'ang-Hsi period -- The Yung-Cheng period -- Official list of the designs and colors produced at the imperial manufactory in the reign of Yung-Cheng -- The Ch'ien-Lung period -- The twenty illustrations of the manufacture of porcelain described by T'ang Ying -- The modern period (1796-1895). Imperial list of the year 1894 -- The forms of porcelain objects and their uses in China -- Peculiar technical processes. Crackle porcelain. Furnace transmutation. Souffles. Laque Burgautee. Pierced and "Rice-grain" designs. White slip, etc. -- Chinese ceramic colors -- Motives of decoration of Chinese porcelain -- Porcelain production in the other Chinese provinces of China. The White porcelain of the province of Fuchien. The Yi-Hsing Baccaro Ware of the province of Kiangsu. The potteries of the province of Kuangtung -- Chinese bibliography in relation to the ceramic art -- Korea -- Ceramic art of Japan -- A general sketch of the ceramic art of Japan --The principal ceramic wares of Japan. Owari pottery and porcelain. Kyoto wares. Hizen productions: Old Imari porcelain, Hirado Blue and White, etc. Satsuma faiences, Katuni or Kaga wares -- Appendix: Descriptive list of illustrations.
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