BOOK Ⅰ． DESCRIPTION OF MODERN WARE 3
1．Jao-chou Porcelain of the Reigning Dynasty 3
2．Description of the Twenty Illustrations of the Manufacture of Porcelain 7
BOOK Ⅱ． DESCRIPTION OF ANCIENT WARE 31
1．Invention of Pottery 31
2．Investigation of Ancient Pottery 34
BOOK Ⅲ． DESCRIPTION OF MING WARE 54
1．Jao-chou Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty 54
2．Processes of Manufacture during the Ming Dynasty 65
1．Materials and Colours 65
2．The Government Workmen 68
3．Materials used in the Manufacture of Porcelain 69
4．Painting and Colouring 71
5．Engraving，Embossing，and Decorating in the Five Colours 73
6．Fabrication of the Seggars 74
7．Charging the Furnace 75
8．Time of Firing 75
BOOK Ⅳ． DESCRIPTION OF SPECIMENS．PART I 77
1．Specimens of Tang and Yu 77
2．Specimens of the Chou Dynasty 81
3．Specimens of the Han Dynasty 91
4．Specimens of the Wei Dynasty 97
5．Specimens of the Chin Dynasty 97
6．Specimens of the Southern and Northern Dynasties 98
7．Specimens of the Sui Dynasty 99
BOOK Ⅴ． DESCRIPTION OF SPECIMENS(continued) 101
8．Specimens of the Tang Dynasty 101
9．Specimens of the Five Dynasties 108
10．Specimens of the Sung Dynasty 110
11．Specimens of the Yuan Dynasty 131
BOOK Ⅵ． DESCRIPTION OF SPECIMENS(concluded) 132
12．Specimens of the Ming Dynasty 132
Sacrificial Furnace and Utensils 132
Yung-lo Porcelain 134
Hsuan-te Porcelain 134
Ch＇eng-hua Porcelain 141
Chia-ching Porcelain 144
1．Blue on a White Ground 145
2．Blue 148
3．White inside，Blue outside 149
4．White 149
5．Brown 150
6．Mixed Colours 150
Lung-ch＇ing Porcelain 152
Wan-li Porcelain 155
1．Blue on a White Ground 155
2．Painted in Enamel Colours 164
3．Painted in Mixed Colours 165
Imitations of Ting-chou Porcelain 166
Wine Cups made by Hao Shih-chiu 167
SECOND PREFACE BY CHU WEN-TSAO 169
THIRD PREFACE BY PAO T＇ING-PO 170
FOURTH PREFACE BY HUANG HSI-FAN 172
BIBLIOGRAPHY 173
APPENDIX 181