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Show iSSUC COLORS ioT ytinent Points Corering Their estj Origin nd General 4 ...-Use. H MFEEIALC0LOB OP CHINA. Je Has Its Own Particular Ap- V ltion Among Potters of the ; Celestial Empire. ' HEX . is tin of the ceramic colore, their Biroificance, are subject of Zt and well worthy the rtndy , well as professional and 25 decorators, fa Chinese ceram- 1 Li are divided into famfljee, j. re curiously aymbohcal, jr origin often to some peculiar CIt kbla occurrence of a past age. $ known by every one that blue jvb been a favorite color . with m potter or decorator, but that k of blue has its own particu- L nd significance which give it , j, an unfamiliar fact. The ,1 m in a less degree, however, C Wus and other colore, si pliancy of the blues invented r" fa Tsin dynasty, abont 268 3 remarkable, and is the first aonstrating any great success IP .celadons. One of these blues, blue of the sky after rain," be-rrpopular, be-rrpopular, and by the command emperor was adopted for every t porcelain used in the palace. 1 to of its adoption as the royal ii placed at 954, but it is not known tow long this particular shade 7 in exclusive use in the impe-i impe-i holi It is assumed, however, ; remained in favor through sev-i sev-i erations of emperors. i in 1586 blue was adopted for J porcelains, the shade being of hue. Previous to this date a rich, deep blue became very fa-The fa-The first porcelains brought into were bine and white, the blue n various shades. The bines of leare nearly all of Chinese ori-ny ori-ny of winch have never been ex-nd ex-nd rarely approached by Euro-lemiflts. Euro-lemiflts. The Chinese bluosare rreatcr variety than the blues of ler nation; one of them is re-le re-le for its rarity, appearing quite kon nnnfnmtWl witfl Other blilM. (unmistakable blue when con-with con-with green, greens produced by the Chinese the year 600 were particularly but it is not recorded which one i special favorite of any dynasty, own, however, that green was the re iciperM color for over. 200 uid that it was not confined to ins, bat obtained in everything ted with the court. Somebeauti-:imensof Somebeauti-:imensof porcelains of this period, !ed in the finest greens, are still lence, and their value is almost price. porcelains of each family or indi-bore indi-bore the signs of rank to which it fd, and colors or shades of color i by them were kept exclusively iruae, ; Some of these colors bear that seem ludicrous, but are nev-ss nev-ss appropriate. One is red, called olor of precious stone" (probably by); another red, "color of Japan lossom;" a violet, "color of egg ' "color of mule's liver," "color of i lung," etc. ig to the unreliability of gold col-Ering col-Ering they have been a subject of ual study and experiment with ie chemist and decorator, but after o centuries of research the color is as unreliable as ever, meanwhile :ing the most charming and fasci-of fasci-of all the mineral colors. (The designated as the rose family come the head of gold colors, and in-ill in-ill tho rich rose, crimson and vio-les. vio-les. I The date of the discovery cf "!ovs is not known. Amateurs of went day are disappointed with ' in the iold colors: they are dull and lusterless, or quite purple ring, and, indeed, they never seem sice alike. is probably why carmine is con-1 con-1 a test color, and the amateur n suceesafaliy us0 jg 6aja t unquered the mysteries of mineral Tiie popularity cf the gold col-t col-t couflned to the Oriental; they ways been prime favorites with Hons. Our rose Pompadour and a Barry prove the estimation in ttey were held at Sevres in the ' these two women, from which pnve their names, and evidence of parity iu all the world is as old history of the decoration of ce- the difficulty of procuring tory results with colors of the y accounts for the value of old ' decorated with those colors, royal color of Hhina u t Ana 4-irriA I Mliant yellow known as egg yel-'"M yel-'"M still continues to be the d- of connoisseurs and the apecial un o "natenrn. It is not certain m '?Ior was Ht any time devoted ; eMuSWe use of the imperial -JM, but it is assumed that it was. position of many of the enamel 1 5 which is understood all over-won over-won except the matt colors, is a ;f guarded and transmitted ;--nitance from father to son, but J?' M- Julian, an eminent "Tori eastern ceramics, manv val-jf'Pts val-jf'Pts for the manufacture of J8 are given, which are of west interest in tho light of 'un- Undoubtedly tho Chinese, jitter of mmeml colors and the a of porcelains, stand high other nation,- nd there is i lor it. . mantnre of pottery has been yll ?Ht lmPrtant industries of n 'for upward-of 2,000 years, ruler during "that time has encouragement to tjio deco-is deco-is fherj: ? that in certain ri,j a.tmn us an uncolored or rStvIeC0f P01 the : i he progress and snc- silrT;6 d9Cration is doubtless '1 rZ r7al f aor. without which ; rfefve reached the degree t0 hich attained. in ,v otil naiton will ever equal aJujitardU doubtful -T4" j |