Page 95 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

PROVINCE OF TSUSHIMA
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509' Bowl. D. 4^ in. Light brown clay, light fawn glaze with gray areas and pinkish
stains. Plum-tree in indigo blue. Shiga (imp. and
written). 1804
510. Shallow bowl. D. 4} in. Fine fawn clay;
warm yellowish glaze, with pink areas, crackled. Shiga
^\^
1820
(imp.). *3|)\^*
^ £
YAHEDA (Case 6 and Plate III. 512)
Among the early potters of Tsushima was one 509 510
by the name of Yaheda, who made bowls after
strictly Korean models.
512. Bowl. D. 4J in. Fine light fawn clay, light gray glaze with small round pinkish
spots, coarsely crackled below. Crane in blue and white Mishima. Basal ring with three
notches. 1680
513- Bowl. D. 4J in. Grayish-fawn clay and glaze. Bands of stars and vertical lines
about rim, inside and out and below, and vertical zigzag lines on body in white Mishima.
1700
515* Bowl. D. 5J in. Irregular outline. Light yellowish-fawn clay, yellow glaze of same
color with bluish-gray areas about rim. Right-hand spiral on base. 1790
This bowl is identified as Yaheda, though it is dated no years after the original potter of
that name.
516. Low CUP, with vertical sides and flat bottom. D. 2| in. Light warm gray clay and
glaze. 1790
517- Bowl, one end abruptly flattened. D. 4J in. Fawn clay, warm grayish glaze with
fawn-colored areas. Cloud and crane in white and blue Mishima, with brush-marks of
white. 1800

SEN SAKU (Case 6)
A shallow bowl, bearing the impressed mark of Sen Saku, has been identified as
Tsushima.
518. Shallow bowl. D. sJ in. Fine light brown clay, thick warm gray glaze with dark
pink areas. Zigzag lines in basket-work. Inside, stars and swastika, and
outside, bands and stars in white Mishima. Sen Saku (imp.). 1750

TSUSHIMA, IN GENERAL (Case 6)
The following objects are, with perhaps few exceptions, unquestion-
ably Tsushima. Beyond this mere fact, no information can be obtained
about them. S'8
519, 520. Bowls. 1700-1800
521. Bowl. D. 5J in. Fine fawn clay, light greenish-gray glaze with light orange areas
outside and in. Thin walls, roughly turned. 1700
Gift of Denman W. Ross.