Catalogue of an exhibition of early Chinese pottery and sculpture

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Preface

IN presenting this catalogue I must explain that I have made the most ample use of the catalogue of the exhibition held under the auspices of the Japan Society in 1914. As our object is now, as it was then, to bring before the public the best works of art and the best information available, I could not do better. The Japan Society has generously given its permission, and Mrs. Rose Sickler Williams has allowed us to reprint her exhaustive and very able report on early Chinese potteries. The identifications and descriptions then made by R. L. Hobson have been used for those numbers which were exhibited then, and new ones were made after his example. For that reason we have reproduced his Prefatory Note, which contains a great deal of valuable information. In expressing our sincere thanks for this valuable assistance, we must also mention Mr. Charles L. Freer and Mr. Samuel T. Peters, who by their substantial help and advice have done so much toward the success of this exhibition.

S. C. Bosch Reitz.