  
Kaga ware A — Perfume burner of rare old Kaga ware, quaintly modelled to resemble the Japanese lion. The head, which forms the cover, is pierced to allow the fumes to escape. The decorations on the body are executed in quiet-coloured enamels, and their details are very similar to Chinese designs. This interesting piece is marked 'Kutani'. Height: 7¾ inches. B — Covered jar of fine ware, richly and minutely decorated with the characteristic deep-red work of the Kaga artists, and medallions containing figures, executed in various colours. Marked 'Made by Iwazo in Kutani'. Height: 4 inches. C — Small cup of fine ware, minutely and carefully decorated. The exterior is grounded with deep red, profusely enriched with gold ornamentation, and presents a shaped medallion, containing a figure scene in colours. The interior is covered with stanzas of poetry in minute characters. Marked 'Made by Seikan in Kutani'. Height: 2⅞ inches. D — Dish of old ware, quaintly and somewhat rudely decorated in imitation of Chinese art. This variety of Kaga pottery appears to date anterior to the well-known red and gold ware. The perfume burner (A) is a remarkably fine specimen of the period. The dish is simply marked with the character Fuku, signifying riches. Diameter: 8½ inches. E — Tazza of ware in all essentials similar to that of the foregoing dish. It is ornamented with a border in brown outline, and a spirited representation of the mythical lion disporting with a religious emblem. Marked 'Kutani' Diameter: 7¼ inches; height: 6½ inches. F — Small tea-pot of very fine old grey ware, decorated with close scrollwork, executed in a beautiful blue enamel. The design of the scrollwork is strictly Chinese, both in disposition and detail. Height: 3¾ inches. Lithograph, by Durin, published 1875.
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