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"Finer specimens of Korean pottery are to be found in Japanese museums and in various collections. Japanese wares seem to owe their excellence to Korean potters* *(W.E.Griffis.The Origin of Japanese Art. Scribners Monthly, Dec.1882).
"The glazed wares of the Songdo potteries--- are seemingly protoporcelain, judging from the paste, which is evidently kaolinic. This variety of heavy celadon, or olive-colored ware, has been dug up from graves in Kiungju or Kiou-chiu, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Scilla, which existed through one thousand years previous to 1000 A.D.
"Korean Pe-chun (sky color) ware (celadon,H.N.A.)was much esteemed by the Chinese, and there is a Chinese poem dating [[strikethrough]] back [[/strikethrough]] from the latter part of the Sung, or beginning of the Ming dynasty, setting forth the impossibility of imitating the pe-chun of Korean pottery.
"The Korean potters wheel consists of a circular table from 2 to 3 feet in diameter and 4 to 6 inches thick, made of heavy wood so as to aid in giving impetus to it when revolving.---This arrangement is sunken into a depression in the ground, and revolves easily by means of small wheels working on a track underneath, the table being pivoted in the centre. The wheel is operated directly by the foot, without the aid of a treadle of any kind. The potter sits squatting in front of the wheel, his bench or seat on a level with it, the space being left between his seat and the wheel to facilitate his movements. With his left foot underneath him he extends his right foot and strikes the side of the wheel with [[strikethrough]] his [[/strikethrough]] the bare sole of the foot, causing it to revolve.
 So much for Mr.Hough's monograph, which is well worth reading.