This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...so well known in foreign markets that it needs no special description. In Owari, Kiyoto, Mino, the gri at bulk of the porcelain consists of blue ware or Sometski; but a remarkable article produced in Kiyoto is the Eraku ware (so named after the inventor) which consists of porcelain painted over with red oxide of iron, on which ground all kinds of mythological ornaments are applied in gold. Kaga ware is decorated in a most characteristic way. It is distinguished by the very fine gold ornamentation, generally on red, sometimes on black grounds, leaving open fields with paintings of flowers, birds or personages, either traced in red and gold outlines, or painted with transparent enamels of a similar composition as those used in Hizen. These latter paintings are characterized by the...

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