Heshowedmeitspedigree，oritshistory，ifyouplease；
itwasadocumentwhichtracedthisplate\'smovementsallthewaydownfromitsbirth——showedwhoboughtit，fromwhom，andwhathepaidforit——fromthefirstbuyerdowntome，wherebyIsawthatithadgonesteadilyupfromthirty-fivecentstosevenhundreddollars。HesaidthatthewholeCeramicworldwouldbeinformedthatitwasnowinmypossessionandwouldmakeanoteofit，withthepricepaid。[Figure8]
TherewereMastersinthosedays，but，alas——itisnotsonow。
Ofcoursethemainpreciousnessofthispieceliesinitscolor；
itisthatoldsensuous，pervading，ramifying，interpolating，transborealbluewhichisthedespairofmodernart。