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No. 37 A large bowl with tracery pattern on inside, celadon. It has two nicks on the edge.

No.38 A very interesting brown bowl, [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] saucer shaped, with raised ridges and colored pattern under the glaze.

No 39-40 A wine set, two pieces. The cup is of the finest brown crackle. The stand is inferior. They are of different periods.

No.41 An excellent specimen of delicate celadon. It is a bowl with a nick on the edge. The color is a beautiful celadon, with a perfect glaze showing the intricate crackle underneath.

42-43 Fainter immitations of No.41. 42 is a flat bowl, 43 is a round cup shaped bowl.

No. 44 A conical shaped bowl of good celadon and excellent workmanship. It has a delicate leaf tracery pattern on the inside. Some misguided person has scratched the glaze in attempting to get off the earth that had formed a chemical union during its long burial.

No. 45 A fine large flaring celadon bowl. It has six regular nicks on the edge, made before it was glazed.

No.46 A heavy saucer, celadon, nicked like No.45.

No.47 A heavy, crude, conical bowl, celadon. Uninteresting. 

No.46° A conical bowl, crackled, niether celadon nor brown.

No.47° A saucer shaped of uniform brownish gray. Good glaze, with two [[strikethrough]] flcons [[/strikethrough]] falcons traced on the bottom.

No.49 An excellent flaring bowl, of light, dark color, good glaze.

No. 50 A heavy brown bowl with seven raised ridges on inside. 

50-[[strikethrough]] 70 [[/strikethrough]] 80 25 ordinary Korai bowls. All of ancient workmanship, some excellent, but with no particular distinguishing features. Some are large, some quite small. Odd pieces.

^[[I hereby certify to the truth of the above to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Seoul Korea, Feb. 26, 1901. 
Horace N. Allen
US. Minister]]