The sun., 1898-02-18
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| While In their simplicity they appeal strongly
| to the aesthetic sonsc, there seems to be some
| thing more than qualification that this sense 10
satisfied, feeling that the keen pleasure which
| they yield arises from an incomplete and some-
| what conjectural knowledge of the means en-
ployed by their makers to produce tho perfec.
| tion OF color and the artistic ensemble which
| In curious way suggest thoughts that
| may DO compared to those that pass
| through the mind when word picture
| Is read In an old Greek poem. Our
| imagination constructs the picture az the
details of the description given. and In look.
| ing at tho vase there is n somewhat similar
mental process. The satisfied visual sense is
married TO an analytical imaginative picture
which comprises n host OF conjectures. How
were such marvols producedi Why, II they
were made by Chinese artists OF former times.
cannot they be made nowi Was this variation
in the tint or that transition flxed as It were,
| ut the moment OF changing from one tint to an
other, the result of accident or Of the careful
| timing of the burning to the fraction of O min
ute or to single second or half second 1t 10
not merely question Of placing q hundred
vases in q row and deciding which 10
the most beautiful in our eyes, That
would DO judging them from purely modern
and Western standpoint. There are other con.
sidorations. There are reasons why. when you
have been well bitten with the desire to flnd out
the reason Of their fascination, and have Guilt
waited your taste both on the artistic and tho
son' .n ei.e' you prefer one rare example 10
m,', .na. "fe not purely @stnetio reasons
s.,,,, VI o.. =. oNenipio sho .no H,possioity
~, ,uupiioA.ins !. arc CONSIDERATIONS whieh aneot
~, r.s nloo'J V,.iue' ou' not our enJoymeht OF u.
Inese poroeiains oeione IN oeauutui world
whero" ose may aa,nire' specuiete' ENJOY coior'
.oois' Gnu onu ~, ~ " "io iose eeoneciousnesso OF every
u"y surrounuines fernaps because the'r posses
s,on opon9 'ne uoors " suon an 'ueai realm Goes
o epps o"nof vi such treasures oeight 10
W, n%se mem Al niS keepihR. IN any event. the
~, " suon M o."utiu. oo'oets oineis IN
' "e uesiee honi INC hao rivalry OF the oia
p M o'AnU Gnu i.oih "h suoh
.s v, 'onoe'oi' ~ "horo tne oo!eo's coFeteo
uepeu oh pufe rarity unanectod oS estneuo
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ioF e'innuia'ihE pr'oe Oh pos
seesion'
IL tne pfeiaco 10 LIZ. oushehe nne WORK on
tno WATERS conection OF oriental ceramics. an
moi.0n sononHi nus 'nis W say ON tne Wonuer-
iu, Ste VI tne ohiheSe'
veh sentence or TWO In chinese deserip-
uive oi piece OF porcelain It's shape, tho
quatS oh is PASTE its Color, or other OF It's at
uiou'es' anu Inc sinoioeue VINO is learned only
=. INC nnisuaee per SO may translate IL Win
.he pro'ounaest eruaition ana yet not convey
i's re',i neehing' out ne nave oetore MIN the
sctua, pieoe "nioh the Cninese author has been
aesef,oihR' aha II nc nave aiso weli'tounaed
hho"ioage OK onlnese porcelain then his trans
iat,oh win % Oh very ainerent character
M anu nuon noro Instructive. III such mat
@ .ern INC Shihese euthor ID perfectly IN
eei,kioie ohiy "hen Inc reaoer aaequateiy
uiiueie e'anuS 'uo euoJect- II. ior instance
0 ie"ue' Hne" theS inc Shinese "riter was
uisous,k ,, oeieuoh he "ouia not IN trahsiating
te1u M o'uo ~ LUZ sfeen, "ithousn 'ne ohihese "oro
uSou mean. equai,y oiue OF green according 70
tno au"p'"'ioh maae o' II. Inc Illustration ls
t"oo' one' ous ~ ihuicetes accurately case IN
"nion sefy iearheo sihoiosue oeioggeo many
p"Ioh. e'uuehts. In hoto the same schoiar
.o' eoa0f os INC ehihese teNts reiatihg
70 processes OF manufacture are concerned.
.ey arc VI siish' anu ohiy inciaentei interest.
Ahe5 ,eii aNou' tho peIuhtse anu inc kaoih'
eoous 'no eoh positioh VI siazes ana the manage
"en' VI Aihs, ou1 NO European potter mas ever
-. nuoeu "a iioni tneh seihtnia 10 MS khoWIedge.
the chinese potter !ormuia 10 not unnKe the
onem'' anaysls o' one OF natures meaning
"S.efs-is 40 soomp'eee' oot u tne ono case IL ID
~, lnuispohsAoie .nat the application % inade oy
onin1Ah' anu IN the otner that tne compound
ing 10 uone oS Na'ure hersen. turning no"
70 Inc Uooks ON inc subject ana craving on Dr'
nusheii anu other "riters LOT ihtormaton' we
learn thaI poFceisih was invented In China ana
tnat the exact oate OF its invention ID wrapped
IN mystery. lne Cnihese nave Deen potters
since remote ages. ihey claim the invention OF
tne potter wheel ana M. brongnart' nrst-
CLASS autnority' Is inclined 10 ADMIT their claim
ana even attempts 10 trace the route oy which
" may nave reacnea Egypt' Inc wheei was
known 70 tne Egyptlane Z'oooyears perore the Do
ginning OF inc Christian era ana tho Chinese
claims go Dack 10 ABOUT the same PERIOD at
trioutins tne inVehtloh 10 tne director OF the
pottery ettachea 10 Inc court OF the fabulous
emperor hueng III 10 "hose reign they carry
BACK their oyehcal system OF chronology starting
from q date corresponding TO d. q. 1857. Ara
oian writers speak OF neets OF large chinese
9uhks In tne fersian 1ui as carry as the ninth
century ana their route may Do toiiowed In the
onlclal ahnais OF the ang dynasty. Chinese
authors OF the sung dynasty describe now
Their ships travelled along the coast or Africa
as far south as ZANZIBAR which they called
lbanB-po, auu SoppoE Stah Vi tn0 ucriou naVo