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CHINESE PORCELAIN CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY 21 II. HARD PASTE 29 III. RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY 35 IV. A SKETCH SHOWING PORCELAIN CLASSED ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE COLOURS AND GLAZES 43 V. THE FOUR CHIEF FABULOUS ANIMALS AND TWO GODDESSES 51 VI. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF PORCELAIN 89 VII. THE MING DYNASTY AND ITS PRODUCTS 95 VIII. THE TSING DYNASTY, KANG-HE PERIOD 103 IX. THE YUNG-CHING PERIOD 109 X. THE KEEN-LUNG PERIOD 119 XI. MANDARIN PORCELAIN, YUNG-CHING PERIOD AND LATER 131 XII. KEA-KING, TAOU-KWANG, AND THE LATER EMPERORS 139 XIII. CHINESE WHITE PORCELAIN 147 XIV. SINGLE OR SELF-COLOUR GLAZES 153 XV. CHINESE CRACKLE 175 XVI. BLUE AND OTHER COLOURS UNDER THE GLAZE 181 XVII. CLOBBER WARE OR REDECORATED PORCELAIN 201 XVIII. RETICULATED PORCELAIN 203 XIX. DECORATED WITH COLOURED ENAMELS 211 A. THE BLACK FAMILY—"FAMILLE NOIRE" B. THE GREEN FAMILY—"FAMILLE VERTE" C. POWDERED AND MAZARINE BLUE WITH ENAMEL COLOURS D. THE GREEN AND YELLOW FAMILY—"FAMILLE JAUNE" E. CORAL RED GROUND—"ROUGE DE FER" F. THE ROSE FAMILY—"FAMILLE ROSE" G. OTHER ENAMEL COLOURS XX. PORCELAIN OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY 285 XXI. IMITATIONS OF ORIENTAL PORCELAIN 291 XXII. SYMBOLICAL DESIGNS 297 A. EMBLEMS IN ANIMALS B. EMBLEMS IN TREES C. EMBLEMS IN FLOWERS XXIII. DATE MARKS ON ORIENTAL PORCELAIN 307 XXIV. SYMBOLICAL MARKS AND ORNAMENTS 323 XXV. THE IMMORTALS OR CHENS 337 XXVI. THE DRESDEN COLLECTION 345