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MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY. 41
THE KIKU AND KIRI CRESTS.
From a fyer/unie box made by Vnsetsu^ of Kioto.
The rudely formed tea bowls made in the province of
Iwaki, known as Soma ware, are generally decorated with
one or both of the crests of the prince from whom the
ware takes its name. Both the crests are shown in the
drawing given below the principal one is a horse, which
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is drawn alone or tethered to stakes, and the subsidiary
crest consists of a central ball surrounded by eight
smaller ones.
THE CRESTS OF THE PRINCE OF SOMA.
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