Fig. 337.—Stoneware Jar.
Ôto ware.
Fig. 338.—Porcelain Vase.
Kishin ware.
Fig. 339.—Candlestick.
Tozan porcelain.
Painted in blue.
Perhaps the most beautiful of all the porcelain made in Japan is the egg shell, so called because it is extremely thin and translucent, yet so compact that it can be formed into large vases, as well as plates and bowls or cups.
The small cups without saucers, which are usually placed upon présentoirs of lac, are seldom painted on the exterior; but within is frequently found a fillet of gold, and slight sketches in blue or gold indicating the outline of a mountain, the sun, clouds, and a line of birds taking flight, or sometimes animals, all in outline. On other pieces are birds, flowers, and animals delicately painted in colours.
Fig. 340.—Flask.
Satsuma ware.