Page 41 - Japanese marks and seals on pottery, paper and other objects.

MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY. 3

vessels with sprays of flowers, such as the botmi, kikii,
and saku-ra, painted in colours and gold, whilst upon others
are found year-periods and symbolical ornaments, copied
from Chinese wares, and, in exceptional cases, modifications
of the Kiku crest of the Mikado. The mark given below
is copied from one of the choicest specimens in the Dresden
Collection.

PAINTED UPON HIZEN PORCELAIN, IN THE DRESDEN COLLECTION.

The use of Chinese year-periods upon Japanese porcelain
appears to have been general from the earlier days of its
manufacture, for numerous instances are to be found in the
Dresden Collection. The following mark, of the Tch’ing-hoa