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provide him.  We may depend on him in the future for permission to examine his collection and may expect much benefit from his own conclusions concerning it.  I was happy to promise him an opportunity to see the collection of kiln tests and glaze drippings which I have brought back from China.
[[underline]]KOREAN POTTERY[[underline]]  There was in London a noticeable and increasing interest in the few specimens of Korean pottery which have been collected for Europe, and I heard repeated, both in London and in Paris, the question raised by certain American students as to the actual Korean origin of some of the whites which resemble Ting Yao.
[[underline]]SIAMESE "CELADON"[[underline]]  Certain branches of the subject, which might perhaps be considered side-issues, interested me and did not seem too remote for immediate attention.  For instance, the celadon-like wares from the Siamese kilns are known only by a few examples like those in the British Museum, and should be kept in mind if any member of our future staff should have cause to visit Siam in pursuit of other material.  I mention this not as having particular bearing in this report, but as a single example of the ramifications of a field like that of ceramics.  Many such detailed problems will suggest themselves to the minds of the committee in connection with each of the subjects treated in this report, and it would be impossible to enumerate even a small proportion of these which turned up in the course of my journey.
    Everywhere I found a great interest in the exhibit of Chinese pottery which was to be held in New York.  Museum