Other sales.—Bowl, in Ninsei pottery, £26; scent burner, Satsuma, £28 16s.; vase, Bizen ware, £26; blue, red, and gold ground, probably Imari, £10; another vase, decorated with Ho-Ho birds, same colours as the last, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, £100; bottles, pair of old Imari, fluted and painted in red, blue, and gold, £27 6s.; vases and covers, pair, old Hizen, decorated with birds, flowers, wheels, and scrolls in rich colours and gold, £35 14s.

It must be remembered that the finest Japanese, copied from Chinese models, is sold frequently as Chinese.

NABÉSHIMA, PRINCE OF HIZEN.

HOSSOKAWA, PRINCE OF HIGO.

MATSOU-OURA, PRINCE OF HIRADO.

MALDA, PRINCE OF KAGA.

MOÔRI, PRINCE OF NAGATO


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