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[[underlined]] CERAMICS. [[/underlined]]

Since public knowledge of Chinese art is to a great extent confined to the field of ceramics so largely collected by Europeans, it will be found proper for one member of the staff to make particular study of the subject. In connection with the immediate and interesting results which may be expected from exploration of early kiln sites, and also with the splendid examples of Chinese pottery and porcelain to be found in Europe and America, this work will probably arouse more general interest in the mind of the non-scientific public than almost any other which we undertake.

[[underlined]] EXPLORATION OF KILN SITES. [[/underlined]]

The ancient kiln sites of China may fairly be supposed to contain the information we now need concerning early and medieval ceramics. They present definite and comparatively simple problems to the investigator as well as good promise of immediate results.

For these reasons,if for no others, I recommend that one or more members of the field staff be commissioned to explore such ancient kilns as are known, and to determine the sites of others. This work may well be undertaken early in the life of the School, provided that funds for it do not have to be diverted from the collection of the School Library.