Chinese pottery of the Han, Tʻang and Sung dynasties
A 1917 catalogue of Chinese pottery from the Han, Tang and Sung dynasties, issued in New York by Parish-Watson & Co with the De Vinne Press, aimed at collectors and dealers. Its plates show single ceramic objects centred on a cream ground with a numbered caption beneath each, the first a green-glazed Han-style dog figure with a curled tail and the second a dark brown glazed bottle-shaped vase with raised floral relief and a carved wooden stand. A designer might borrow the restrained museum-plate layout and the weathered green and brown glaze tones.
