Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 (1878)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 225
Kiri-mon. Guik-mon. Three-leaved Mallow. The vase here given (Fig. 117), from Mr. Averys collection in theNew York Museum of Art, is a good illustration of the way theJapanese used natural forms artistically rather than naturally. … f *- Fio. Wl.—From. Mr. Aren/n Collection. JAPANESE DECORATIONS. 217 The description is as follows: Yase, of elegant form, a ground of white, a branch of a tree inviolet color running around the body, from which depend the fniit andflowers of the peach of longevity in rich colors. Storks delicately…
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