<for
some reason I called this character the blue chinaman although there
was nothing at all blue-ish about his origins.../>
<the
original design method of defining the figure with a few simple lines was reflected
in the animation style. The character first emerges from a stylised cloud, also
derived from the jar.../>
Chinese
jar
North China 13-14th century AD
Cizhou stoneware, slipped, painted and glazed
<the
blue backpainting fades out at the edges of the photograph in the background.../>
