Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-04-06

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This would make 1t coexAl with the
building Of the great pynmids-
Bricks cannot have bsen much used
for public buildings, - the Egyp-
tian kings possessed exts nsive stone
auarries, and the forced labor Of
prisoners made the cost Of trans
portation comparatively light. The
bricks used were Of sun-dried clay
mixed with straw. Unbaked clay
was used for some other purposes,
but the baked earthenware is of as
remote antiquity and more charac-
teristic Of Egyptian art. The colors
employed were pale red or yellow,
q darker red, and for more refined
use q still darker and highly pol
ished red. BY far the most inter-
esting specimens Of this early per-
iod are, however, of what has been
miscalled porcelain, for it is very
different from the Chinese ware for
which his name was invented. This
E0yptian porcelain WAS made Of
fldS skNd, 106sely fused togethsr,
and covered with q thick silicious
glaze. The shades of blue so fire.
quently seen in this ware are Of great
beauty, and were produced by. an
oxide of copper. White, purple,
green and yellow porcelain also oc-
cur. For work of the very finest
quality, the figure was cut in steatite,
and then covered with blue glaze.
This process was admirably adapted
to the manufacture of small objects,
as by it very brilliant color could
be combined with more delicate ex-
ecution than was possible in figures
made of porcelain alone. The ex-
port of Egyptian porcelain figures
must have been very considerable, II
their frequent occurrence in the
tombs of naighboring countries is
any guide. After the extinction OF
their national independence, the
pottery of the Egyptians was slowly
assimilated with that of their Greek
and Roman masters. At the present
dsy their ancient methods of manu-
features are preserved on the public
buildings and tombs, and unless
great climatic changes occur in the
next 5 900 years, the coming man OF
that remote future will see there the
record of his ancestor made of bricks
and vases 5000 years before our
time.
The Chinese have been acquainted
with the art of pottery over 1000
wears. but it is to the invention Of
porcelain, B. c., that their national
reputation in this department is due.
Chinese porcelain consists of alum
ma and silex, and the manufacture
has reached such perfection. that
although inferior to the work OF
European artists in beauty q de-
sign, the quality Of the material and
the gorgeous eolon employed are
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