The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
Rose Curtains" by Dewing Woodward.
Recent exhibition of the Blue Dome Fellowship.

Chun, the tz'u tai. is 20 perfect N
workman ship has long caused these
pieces to he regarded as OF later daie.
COMPARISON with Ming pieces and lie.
torlcal evidence have. however, sat-.
factoriiy proved their extreme age
They were made FOR use rather than
simply for decoration. and though rar,
Of them were made with tribut" ola,
and for imperial use. in a time aher
taste and skill were Of such hie
standing as under the Sung dvnas,
they were. outolassed by the older a'd
much admired wares az Ch'ai. Nu ati
even Northern Ting. These have "
fortunately disappeared long sine.
and where comparison failed the '7u
tai came to its rights. II certain,
Is now the rarest and most sous
after Of early Chinese wares.
The pieces their d%elirhtrullv
varied colors 10 the presence 81 cog
per oxide IN the glaze which, accori.
Ing 10 n heat Of the kiln and I'll"
accidents Of more or less air, become,
blue and purple til brilliant red come
TO the surface and again disappear
and becomes green and dull in over
fred pieces. Tor this reason the hrl-
IltSl1 Tfu. llf Vbl't VI Ios'S =" TVutNf
is the most appreciated.
"In later times the air in The kin
was a~rt.Ariallv regulated by drau-h's
or by the letting in of inone TO produs
the fia,nb: colors. while in the earl'
kilns the effect was so-called natural
certainly not so easily obtained. bu' =
successful more beautiful. That n
later times not only the color ard a..
shape OF the color splashes could We
, determined but designs even could he
produced ia c~uriously proved by y
bowl Of the late Sung or Yiian period
which is shown. Two Chinese letters
Shing Ching. meaning purity ~
heart are clearly visible n Ca
hardly he attributed to chance. r.
what means. however. this was dow"
I am not prepared TO say.
III is easy TO trace IN the exfsenE
specimens the sradual evolution @:
this process which ended In the =
colors OF the eighteenth centu-
f,nles. The great variety Of eHec'e
~ firing on the glaze is urtou
shown 10y tho olive colorcd rims AZ
the bases. always covered with a N
olive wash, Wher. the glaze ran ~
at the rims and was applied thin,v "
the tases the color disappeared a
left an olive brown. except in rl'.
patches accidentally Of great'r ~
ness, = fact which AZ be noted
all modern k!ins. where J. .~ 90
known that any glaze to Irur,jt. %
desired color has To lr Applied '-.
The hard Chun invariably N-
under thc foot an messed mimic o
der the glaze, ranging from : On '
sometimes with he additional jose
iai, meaning great Dti"r,u'
orics about tho meaN.u- If iu.~p W
hcrs exist. the most lk"ir = t','
indicated tho size. J s'Indiu- g..
largest.
Tho CHEN ware. oh c'iy ,eurD-..'
by tea bowls. known in Japan &c. j'',
moki, is related to the Cau".e '..'
'huD in 81 far 49, II W .n ,f- ~
specimens the sam" >trcah, u ''-
color which seem 80 float In tie
glaze. IN this ease, huwrNc~ ..
glaze Is intensely black W.T. S.t...
brown hucs which have h,,r
pared to har"'s fur. TN. cl,y 49,
ever. very different. hla'k an. h
a porous mass which has ~. uul ', ~
retaining IN" heat for !, long 'u
; which reason tho Tcminoku irtp =
much appreciated in .Ianin toI .',
: ccrcmouy. Lately similar 't. ''
much tighter clay have ic,u '. .,. =
, Honan. som" similar to the. ,."
> some hecked or coffee lruN
even with designs Of leaves o." i.'r
! ons."