Page 284 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

i88 THE CATALOGUE
2505^. Bowl, small base, flaring sides. D. 5I in. Very light and thin. Fine grayish-
fawn clay, deepest rich brown glaze. Outside, round, comma-shaped, and irregular spots of
fawn glaze. Inside, closely sprinkled with fawn glaze with spray of plum blossoms and
mythological bird in deep brown made with stencil. 1 250-1300
Gift of W. S. Bigelow.
2505^. Bowl, with brass rim. D. 4I in. Thick and heavy. Deep brown clay, rough sur-
face, thick light brown glaze with fine, long running streaks of blackish-blue inside and out,
on outside accumulating in thick drops at edge of glaze below, and inside forming a uniform
thick mass of nearly black glaze on bottom.
Gift of W. S. Bigelow.
2505*^. Bowl, small base, flaring sides. D. 8^^ in. Thick and heavy. Deep brown clay,
thick bluish-black glaze flecked with light blue streaks merging into brown on rim.
Gift of Denman W. Ross.
SETO (continued)

2506. Tea-bowl, with metallic rim. D. 4I in. Brown clay, strongly mottled brown under-
glaze. Middle glaze lighter brown strongly mottled with very dark brown. Around rim
inside and out thick grayish-yellow overglaze running. 1380
2507*. Incense-burner. D. 2\ in. 1380
2508 . Jar. H. II in. Four looped handles. Light brown clay, rich light brown glaze
with large splashes of thick dark brown overglaze flecked with fawn. This is known as Ko
Seto. 1400
2509. Tea-bowl, irregular in shape. D. 5^ in. Light drab clay, thick light fawn glaze inter-
mixed with golden-brown, flecked with blue, strongly iridescent. 1400
2510. Double gourd-shaped bottle. H. 9 in. Dull brown clay, rich mottled brown
underglaze, thick deep fawn overglaze running nearly to base, slightly iridescent. 1480
Gift of Miss Lucy Ellis.
2511. Shallow tea-bowl. D. 6| in. Reddish-brown clay, rich brown glaze, strongly
marked with irregular splashes of dark brown and golden-brown glaze inside and out. 1480
An exceedingly rare object.
2512. Cup, six-sided. D. 2f in. Clay and glaze similar to last. 1480
2513- Shallow bowl, with deep constriction midway showing two curves in profile.
D. 7J in. Warm gray clay. Inside, green glaze flecked with greenish-blue, circular inter-
space inside unglazed. Rare form copied from Korean model. (See Catalogue, No. 70.) 1500
2514- Bottle. H. 7I in. 1580
2515* Beaker. D. 5 in. Very thick and heavy. Light gray clay, thick richest dark
brown glaze. Outside, strong oblique and vertical lines in series, deeply incised, leaving
interspaces of flowers. 1580
2516. Bottle. H. 6J in. Thick and heavy. Two looped handles. Brown clay and
glaze, with large areas of dark brown overglaze, flecked with golden-yellow, strongly irides-
cent. 1580
2517. Deep bowl. H. sJ in, 1580