Page 486 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

3*6 THE CATALOGUE
43oo- Jar. H. 21 J in. Thick and massive. Light brown clay, reddish-brown glaze, rich
light blue overglaze, flecked and running. Recent
Gift of W. S. Bigelow.
On top of Case 39.
43o9' Bottle, in form of egg-plant. H. 6} in. Brownish clay, purplish-brown glaze
clouded. Calyx outlined in white glaze. 1850
4390- Jar, depressed. H. 2f in. Fine reddish-brown clay, deepest brown glaze, almost
black and very lustrous. i860
These two pieces are very puzzling, and are placed here on the authority of Japanese
experts.
439^' Globular jar. H. 25 in. Fine reddish-brown clay, deepest brown glaze, almost
black, lustrous. i860

MISHIMA (Case 37 and Plate XXVII. 4395, 4399, 4404)
Under this name are included forms, not otherwise assigned, in which the design
is impressed, rarely incised, and filled with a white clay, sometimes on a gray glaze,
rarely in black on a white glaze. The designs are usually in the form of stars, circles,
semi-circles, conventional flowers, and bands. This form of decoration is entirely
Korean in origin, and in those provinces where Korean potters settled this style is
found. From these provinces it has spread throughout the empire.

4392. WiNE-BOTTLK H. 7^ in. Fine fawn clay, light dull grayish glaze. Zones of vertical
and horizontal lines combed. 1600
4393- Bottle, with nozzle. H. 4^ in. Brown clay, dark gray glaze. Cross-lines, half
circles, and stars. Iridescent. 1680
4394- Flower-vase. H. i i^ in. Gray-fawn clay, light gray glaze. Bands of stars, circles,
vertical lines, etc., finely impressed. 1730
4395- Box, hexagonal. D. 2\ in. Fine gray-drab clay and glaze. Mikado's crest and
radiating figures in white and black Mishima. 1750
4396. Tea-bowl. D. 4^ in. Thick and solid. Hard light brown clay, gray glaze. Bands
of stars, flowers, and vertical lines. 175°
4397- Covered JAR, with knobbed handle. H. 15I in. Light gray-drab clay, \
transparent glaze. Bands of diaper, flowers, lines, etc. 1780 \_
4398- Cake-plate, flaring and scalloped rim. D. 7 in. Similar to last. 1780

4399- Shallow tea-bowl. D. 5 J in. Gray-drab clay, gray glaze mottled.
Bands of stars and lines. 1780
Type Ninagawa. Part VII., Fig. 28. 1800 t

4400- Tea-bowl. D. 4I in. Stars, vertical lines, etc.
4401. Bottle. H. 8^ in. Gray-drab clay, lustrous transparent glaze, with
fawn areas. Vertical lines, bands of stars, etc. Jota kore wo seisu (inc.). 1800
^ ' 4401
44^^- Shallow tea-bowl. D. 5I in. Mishima, white on gray. 1830