Page 505 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

PROVINCE OF MIKAWA 337

4526*. Flower-vase. H. 64 in. Buff clay, grayish underglaze, thick white overglaze
coarsely crackled. 1875
4527*' Tea-pot. D. 3 J in. Buff clay, transparent underglaze. Around rim band of thick
white overglaze. Bamboo in black. 1877

PROVINCE OF TAJIMA

Idsushi has become known within recent years by its porcelain. Of
special excellence are the thin egg-shell porcelain and heavier white porce-
lain with delicately wrought flowers, either in sprays in slight relief, or
modeled in high relief and protected in deeply recessed panels. The
collection does not contain a single specimen of soft or hard pottery from
this province.
IDSUSHI

4528*. Flower-vase. H. 6| in. White porcelain clay and glaze. Plum blossoms beauti-
fully modeled. Ei-shin-sha (written). 1879

PROVINCE OF MIKAWA

Pottery was made in this province at an early date. Little plates for
offering, supposed to be nearly nine hundred years old, are dug up on the
sites of ancient ovens. Wagen (Zengoro) made pottery for a while in Oka-
zaki. In 1880 tea-pots and other utensils were made. No records are at
hand regarding the potters.
MIKAWA

4529*. Small plate. D. 3i in. Coarse grayish-drab clay with white granules intermixed.
Surface slightly vitreous. 1280
This piece is similar to the ancient Shigaraki plate (see No. 623).
OKAZAKI
4530*' Flattened tea-pot, D. 4 in. Gores cut out of single sheet of clay, and folded
above and below to form the pentagonal body. Fine cloth-mark impression over all. Light
fawn clay, smooth cream - white glaze. Mythological animals, clouds, pine needles, etc.,
in grayish-blue. Yatsuhashi tsukuru (written). i860
The piece shows dexterous manipulation.
453^*' Tea-pot. D. 2|in. Fine light buff clay, unglazed. Rude
flower in blue, red, and green enamels shaded with brown and
yellow. Moriyoshi (imp.). 1870
4532*-4534*. Tea-pots and tea-cup. (Eid, 4534.) 1880 4530 4S3> 4534