Old Chinese Porcelain
A catalogue of Chinese porcelain published by the New York dealers Dreicer & Co., drawn from the collection of Charles Lang Freer, a Detroit industrialist and collector, and held today by the Smithsonian Libraries. Its plates show covered jars and vases arranged on plain cream grounds, each labelled with a Chinese dynasty and reign or period name. The pictures show painted decoration in enamel colours: green-ground figure scenes, peonies and blossoming branches on white, dark-ground vases with flowers and birds, and a white vase with court ladies and cranes. A designer could take palettes of rose, green and gold, and the way the decoration wraps a rounded form.
