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[[Margin]] [[Underlined]] MING TEMPLE [[/Margin]] [[/Underlined]] Of the temples I visited at Changtefu, the only interesting one was a building of the group Ta Fo Sau, an octagonal tower showing repairs of a Ming date and of the time of Ch'ien Lung. An impressive group of sculpture in unglazed brick on the second stage of the pagoda included a typical scene of the Nirvana of Buddha surrounded by the mourning Bodhisattva. Although I was unable to examine the workmanship at close quarters, the high reliefs seemed to be Ming in style.
     I obtained permission from the magistrate to examine a set of large paintings preserved in another building of this same temple. They are attributed to Wu Tao tse who was born not many miles from this spot at the end of the seventh century. I had, of course, expected to find copies, as I did, but I was not prepared to find in these sixteen great paintings a distinct likeness to the early pictures in the Kyoto Imperial Museum and to certain others which are believed to be originals by Wu Tao Tse or early copies. These paintings seemed of Ming workmanship, but there is strong reason for considering them reproductions, which though perhaps two or three copies removed from the original, still contain hints of the artist's peculiar manner. The subjects were the Kings of Heaven done on a large scale in splendid lively colors.
[[Margin]] [[Underlined]] POTTERY [[/Margin]] [[/Underlined]] When I called on the Magistrate, who was extremely friendly, he showed me several examples of early pottery found in the vicinity, both of common Sung white ware (known as [Underlined]] Ting yao [[/Underlined]] but not to be confused with "true" or "Imperial" [[Underlined]] Ting [[/Underlined]]) and also of [[Underlined]] Chün yao [[/Underlined]]. Of the latter, he gave me a glaze dripping (1)

[[Footnote]] (1) Sent by me to Mr. Freer for determination of period. [[/Footnote]]