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differing breadths which meander below the surface of the glaze and have rounded or blunt edges) are thought not to occur in porcelain much after the Sung period, though Mr. Chun considered it possible that very superior examples from a period as late as the middle of the Yuan dynasty may have possessed them. (1)

[[underline]] CHINESE VIEW OF SCHOOL MUSEUM [[/underline]]

From a frank talk with Mr. Chun concerning the possibilities of a museum in connection with the American School, I took away a clearer impression of what the point of view of the Chinese collector might be expected to be, than I had hitherto been able to secure. His opinion was particularly significant in that he knows nearly all the important collectors personally, and his training with Europeans has given him the ability to draw conclusions from experience.

In brief, he advised that the School should have nothing to do with any museum founded by the present government of China. The native collectors would, in his opinion, never lend to such an institution even if temporarily managed by a foreigner.

He considered that the only chance for a successful museum in China was of one owned and managed by foreigners and built within the Legation Quarter. Such a foundation, would he believed, attract loans as soon as it became known as a safe place for deposit. He considered that we might safely count on diverting to our purpose many of the collections now stored

(1) I have in my possession a sample of what I consider to be modern [[underline]] chun yao [[/underline]], made in Honan, which shows these "worm-tracks" clearly. [[end page]]

Transcription Notes:
u has an umlaut in the term chun yao.