(1) Kutani, or Kaga, often with other marks. This is the Prince's mark.
(6-7) Kutani porcelain, usually very fine.
(11) "Happiness," Kaga. The open window mark.
(16-18) Yeiraku. The Nagano-mura is an offshoot in Awaji, same mark.
(20-21) Kishu. Both marks stamped in the paste.
(22) Banko. Two stamped marks. On thin teapots, greyish brown ware.
(25, 26, 27) Soma. Stamped in oblong or oval panel, the oval being the older. On the outside of some pieces with these marks the crest of the Prince of Soma (_A_) is found with a prancing horse tied between two stakes.
This is a common form of marking Chinese porcelain and Chinese symbolical ornaments, and were often copied. The five examples given (B to F) are frequently found on Japanese porcelain:
(B) A swastika, Buddhist symbol, also a family crest.
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Vase and cover, oviform, painted with ladies in a garden, 11½ in. high 63 0 0
Bottles, pair, with long necks, painted with dragons and flames, 10¼ in. high 88 4 0
Bottles, pair, with oviform bodies and long slender necks, entirely painted with formal flowers and arabesque foliage, and with dark blue bands round the shoulders, containing scrolls and blossom reserved in white, 7¾ in. high 262 10 0
Vase and cover, tall oviform, painted with ladies and boys in a garden, 11¼ in. high 56 14 0
Canisters and covers, set of three diamond-shaped, painted with audiences, groups of warriors, and an execution scene, 12¼ in. high 52 10 0
Sprinklers, pair, with a band of mirror-shaped dark-blue panels round the centre, and vandyke borders, containing formal flowers and foliage reserved in white, the necks delicately pencilled with a marbled design, 7¼ in. high 165 0 0
Vases and covers, set of three oviform, and two cylindrical beakers and covers, entirely painted with tiger-lily ornament and conventional blossoms, 5½, 6¾, and 7 in. high 346 10 0
Vases, pair, cylindrical, painted with bands of formal arabesque foliage, and with alternate blue bands, with dragons and scrolls reserved in white, 11¼ in. high 220 10 0
Vases, pair, cylindrical, powdered-blue, painted with fishermen, Sages, flowers, &c., in upright and circular panels, 10¼ in. high 150 0 0