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3898. Cup, rounded below. D. 2-f^ in. Fine grayish-brown clay, very light gray glaze.
Rim brown, showing cloud outline on side, and, just below, scalloped looped band in blue.
Otowa (imp.). 1660
An exquisite example of Otowa.
3899- Tea -BOWL. D. 4I in. Fine Japanese yellow clay and glaze minutely crackled.
Slight decoration in olive-brown. (Unsigned.) 1660
The two following specimens were identified by Ninagawa as Otowa. (Case 28.)

3900- WiNE-BOTTLE, doublc gourd-shapcd, with deep constriction between the two bulbs.
H. 10 in. Thin walls. Nearly white glaze. Pine, bamboo, and plum blossoms in rich blue
and green enamels, touched with gold. 1660
3901- WiNE-BOTTLE, double gourd-shaped. H. 11 J in. Similar to last. 1660

KENTEI (Case 33)
This potter baked in Gojosaka within forty years. Previous to that time he had
an oven in Otowa, and his work at this place was signed with the impressed marks
Otowa and Ken, rarely Kentei. He made incense-burners, tea-pots, and vessels for
holding hot water. These were made of fine white clay, very soft, and were decorated
on an unglazed surface with vitrifiable enamels. This work was commonly known
under the general name of Kentei. Other forms of a widely different character, and
signed Ken, are supposed to be the work of Kentei in the Otowa oven.
3902. Tea-bowl. D. 5f in. Brown clay, warm gray glaze, broad brush-marks of white
outside. Bands of stars, flowers, etc., in white Mishima in-
side. Ken (imp.). 1850
1 m
3903* Oblong cake-dish. L. 9J in. Thick and heavy,
rim cut. Coarse gray-drab clay, gray glaze. Broad brush-
3902 3903 3908
mark of thick white glaze, inside and out. Rim olive-brown.
Ken (imp.). 1850
3904. Cake-dish, outline of peach. D. 6J in. Coarse gray-drab clay, gray glaze spotted
with brown. Two broad leaves inside in brown and olive-brown. Ken (imp.). 1850
3905. Fire-vessel, melon-shaped, with perforated cover. H. 5f in. Nearly white clay, deep
yellowish glaze. Roughened surface. Otowa and Ken (imp.). ' 1850
3906. Tea-pot. D. 3f in. Fine light drab clay unglazed, polished surface.
Six " No " dancers in rich enamels. Otowa and Ken (imp.). 1850
3907* Tea-box. H. 2J in. Soft nearly white clay, thick salmon glaze. Va
Bands of broad cloud-marks in black. {Otowa written). i860
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390o- Tea-box. H. 2J in. Japanese yellow clay, bright yellow glaze
with green spots, irregular splashes of purple-brown overglaze. 3907 3905
Ken (imp.). i860