Folder of 1974 Chinese Ancient Art Treasures series Stamps- Song Porcelain. Formosa(Taiwan), Rep of China.
sc#1864-68 .
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The masterpieces of the Sung dynasty featured on the stamps represent the earlist Chinese porcelain wares that have ever appeared on stamps as follows:
1.00 Fang Hu (vase), Ko ware:The vase is bronze shape with octagonal pear-shaped body, straight neck spread at the lip with two tubular handles and a high base. The vase is heavily potted and is glazed greyish blue and millet yellow in color. The entire surface of the vase is covered with dark crackles. The foot rim reveals a grey biscuit.
2.00 Fang Hu (vase), Kuan ware:This vase (Fang Hu) has a three-terraced body, glazed in light greenish-blue. The three terraced trapezoid body is narrower in the upper part and broader in the lower. It is straight neck, flat base, low foot, and thickly potted; the shade of the glaze appears light, \\\"Eel´s-blood\\\" crackles intermingle with a few ice crackles on the surface. The footrim is unglazed, but coated with brown slip. On the base a poem by the Emperor Chiei-lung with two seals is inscribed.
2.50 Wan (Bowl), Ju ware: Lotus-flower shaped-bowl is glazed in light greenish-blue and shaped like a lotus-flower. The sides, deep, and narrowing towards the foot, are in the form of ten petals of a lotus-flower. The mouth is rather wide, the foot high and splayed, and the body thinly potted. The light greenish-blue glaze is uniformly smooth and luminous both inside and outside, with fine, close crackles on the surface. The mouthrim is tinged with high pink. Five spur-marks on the base reveal a yellow biscuit.
5.00 Lu (Incense burner), Kuan ware:Incense burner of bronze \\\"Lien\\\" form is with everted lip, flat base, and three short feet. There are three groups consist of three bands each in relief. Thick glaze is light greenish-blue and netted with ice crackles. The 12 spur-marks on the base show greyish black biscuit.
8.00 Lu (Incense burner), Chun ware:The incense burner has an everted mouth with projceting lip short neck, globular body and three feet. The burner is heavily potted. The glaze is light greyish blue in color with furnace transmutation of blue and purple spots. There are crackles on the surface of the vessel.The base of the feet reveals greyish biscuit.
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