. The color blue in pottery and porcelain. bowl, decorated with new design,and departed with his treasure. He then went to the ap-prentice, and bought an exact copy of the original bowl, withan exact copy of the mark, first used by the old potter andsold to the apprentice. On a third visit to Japan the collec-tor found both master potter and apprentice dead, and fromthe son of the old potter he secured three bowls, one anexact copy of the original bowl, the second of the bowl madeby the apprentice, the third showing a slight change, in thestyle adopted by the son. All three of those bowls were
. The color blue in pottery and porcelain. bowl, decorated with new design,and departed with his treasure. He then went to the ap-prentice, and bought an exact copy of the original bowl, withan exact copy of the mark, first used by the old potter andsold to the apprentice. On a third visit to Japan the collec-tor found both master potter and apprentice dead, and fromthe son of the old potter he secured three bowls, one anexact copy of the original bowl, the second of the bowl madeby the apprentice, the third showing a slight change, in thestyle adopted by the son. All three of those bowls weremarked on the bottom with the mark originally used by thefather potter, the son having bought it back from the familyof the apprentice, after his death. Having no skill himself,the son had failed to make as perfect ware as that made byhis father, though at first glance the replicas seemed exactlylike the original. This anecdote will convey some little idea of the advisa-bility of careful procedure in analyzing and placing wares, and [17].
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