ANCIENT CHINESE ^POTTERIES. 



Fig. 19. 



The ingredients of which the paste is formed heing thus sup- 

 plied to the potter, the process of the formation of the paste from 

 the bricks is also described by Entrecolles as practised in his 

 time. 



The bricks of kaolin and petung-tse being again pulverised are 

 further purified by washing, and any sandy matter they may 

 contain removed. The two materials are then mixed in different 

 proportions according to the sort of porcelain intended to be 

 fabricated. 



4. The laborious process of kneading the dough is represented as 

 being executed by buffaloes in fig. 19, copied like the others from 

 contemporary drawings. 



This method of kneading is still used in China. M. Chavagnon, 

 who penetrated into the interior of that country, assured M. 

 Brongniart, the director of the Sevres manufactory, that he 

 witnessed the process. 



The paste being prepared thus for the fabrication of the porce- 

 lain, the process of forming the articles at the potter's wheel as 

 practised at the same epoch in China, is represented in fig. 20. 



The wheel is kept in rotation by a man, who holds the ends 

 of a flat strap, which he presses lightly against the edge of the 

 wheel when he impels it by drawing one end of the strap, and 



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