Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 121
om theolder nation of China and from the Coreans. From theirkeen sense of beauty, and also greater artistic power, theart products of the Japanese are superior to those of China. 102 HISTORIC ORNAMENT The first glazed pottery made in Japan is supposed to datefrom the year 1230—this was made at Seto… … Fig. 88.—Incense-Burner, Satsuma\^are ; ciixa 1720. Pottery of an inferior kind was made anterior to theChristian era, but probably the oldest known was made bythe people who occupied the country before the presentJapanese. The ancient vase (Fig. 87) is an example of POTTERY. 10- this early ware.…
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