Page 367 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

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3359- Beaker. D. 3I in. Fine gray clay, rich brown glaze with light brown overglaze
flecked with light blue. Sei, in hexagon (imp.). 1830
33^0. Globular water-jar. H. 6f in. Brownish clay, transparent glaze
mottled with fawn. Rokubei Qnc). 1840
3359
3361. Large bowl. D. 5J in. Strongly turned. Rough drab clay, gray
underglaze, white overglaze coarsely crackled. Characters, circles, etc., in olive-brown.
Rokubei (inc.). 1840
A vigorous example.
3362. Flaring bowl. D. 6 in. Gray-drab clay, thick white glaze, strongly pitted.
Dragons and scrolls vigorously drawn in olive-brown. Sei, in hexagon (imp.). 1840
3363' Bowl, same as last. Mark erased. 1840
(Figured in Harper's Magazine, September, 1888.)
Mistaken for Satsuma by Ninagawa.
3364~3383- Beakers, cake-dishes, brazier, small plates, bowls, etc., variously signed
Sei Roku, impressed (3365), Sei, in hexagon (3368), and Rokubei, impressed and written
(3369), and Roku ichi, impressed
(3376, 3383). 1840-1870
3384. Plate. D. 10 in. Coarse y ^
fawn clay, warm gray glaze. In-
side, over - decoration of rad-
3376
ishes in white and blue, leaves
in white, dark green, and brown. Rokubei (inc.).
A vigorous example.
33"5~339^- Garden-lantern, tea-cup, sake-bottle, bowls, etc., with
various signatures of Rokubei. 1870-1880
FOURTH GENERATION
This potter has succeeded in preserving some of the spirit of his
3369
father, using also similar marks as signatures to his work.
3392. Wine-bottle. H. 6} in. Fine gray-drab clay, light gray underglaze, cream-stained
overglaze. Hotel in brown. Cloth-mark below. Sei Roku (imp.). 1888
3393- Paper-weight (crab). L. 3I in. Hard white stone clay, light brown glaze, with
back and big claws in red, yellow, and white glaze. A strong example of modeling.
Sei, in hfexagon (imp.). 1888
3394- Wine -bottle. H. 5J in. Gray-drab clay, warm gray glaze. Pine
incised and splashed with dull green. Sei, in hexagon (imp.). 1888
3395- Tea-cup. D. 2J in. Strongly turned, coarse brown clay, thick olive-
green glaze clouded with brown. Yeishin (imp.). 1890 3395

SHICHIBEI (Case 29 and Plate XX. 3401)
Pottery bearing the impressed mark Sei, in double heptagon, was made by a
nephew of the second Rokubei. It dates from 1840. The work is t)rpical Kiyomizu,