Page 185 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

PROVINCE OF SUO 119
1387' Bowl. D. 5^ in. Light gray clay and glaze coarsely crackled. 1770
1388. Cake-dish, on three legs, five-lobed, leaf-shaped. L. 12J in. Hard stone clay,
light greenish glaze. Under-decoration of brush-marks in blue near end of lobes. 1770
1389. Bowl. D. 5 in. Light salmon clay, rich warm light gray glaze, tinged with clay
below. Formal radiating flower design incised in white Mishima. 1770
1390* Flower -VASE, cylindrical. H. 11 in. Light clay, thick white glaze coarsely
crackled. Bottom indented and glazed brownish-gray. 1770
X39X> Cup, exceedingly thin walls. D. 3I in. Fine brick-red clay unglazed. 1770
1392. Bowl. D. 5 in. Hard gray clay with dull brown surface, thick
olive glaze lustrous. Rim glazed brown. Conventional flowers and
scrolls below rim, and zigzag lines on sides in white Mishima.
This was obtained in Suo, with the information that it was Iwakuni
pottery. It strongly suggests Koda. *770
1393- Bowl.
CHOZAN (Case 13)
One of the earliest potters of Suo of which we have any record
produced a hard bluish-white semi-porcelain. It was made by
Chozan, an Iwakuni potter, but differs so much from the work of
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the Tada oven, that it is separated from it under the name of the >^>
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potter.
1394- Square trav-shaped cake-dish, on four long octagonal legs. •
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W. 71^ in. Heavy bluish-white porcelain with light blue panels. Design
scratched out. Rim dark blue. Iwakuni set Chosan tsukuru (written in blue). 1700

KIKKO (Case 13)
Kikko, from Osaka, opened an ^^
oven a few miles from Tada in 1832. Tf^
He made, among other kinds of pot-
tery, a yellow Nankin semi-porcelain ^> M^^
with incised decorations. Some of
these pieces were signed with his
name and date. He also made the
usual Kikko forms, black Raku bowls
and the like, with marks similar to
those used in Osaka. The oven re-
mained active until 1837, when he
moved to Shinana

1395- Water-jar, indented in melon
form. H. 7 in. Hard white stone clay and
glaze. Decoration in indigo blue, con-
sisting of band of fret at top and at base,
1395