Eegular Meeting, Monday, April 5, 1880. 



Meeting this evening. The President in the chair. 

 Records read. Donations and correspondence announced. 



Eev. George H. Hosmer, of Salem, and Rev. E. C. 

 Butler, of Beverly, were duly elected members. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Institute be tendered to 

 Hon. George B. Loring for courtesies and civilities ex- 

 tended to members of the Institute and their friends, 

 during the recent visit to Washington, D. C. 



Prof. Edward S. Morse made a communication on the 

 persistence of Korean art in Japanese pottery. His 

 remarks were illustrated by numerous examples of Korean 

 and Japanese ware. One very conspicuous character of 

 Korean pottery of three hundred years ago was the in- 

 laying of the ornamentation in white or black upon a gray 

 ground. The design being first cut out in delicate lines 

 or large areas in the case' of leaves, or else impressed by 

 means of a stamp. These depressed portions were then 

 filled in with either white or black pigments. He showed 

 that wherever the Korean potters had settled in Japan as 

 in Satsuma, Higo, Hizen, Suwo, and other places, the 

 pottery still bears the impress of this peculiar method of 

 ornamentation. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 19, 1880. 



Meeting this evening. The President in the chair. 

 Records read. Donations and correspondence announced. 



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