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of tlie principal pottery centers of Japan, arranged by provinces in 

 accordance with the following plan : 



Ancient pottery. 



Province. 



Ware. 



Hizen Karatsii. 



Arita. 



Hirada. 



Nangawara. 



Nabeshiina. 



Kakiyemon. 



Tsryi Gokushin. 

 I Kameyama. 

 I Bogasaki. 

 ' Shiraishi. 

 Taisliiu (Island of Tsushima). Tsii.shima. 

 Owari Seto. 



Huraku. 



Bizeu Bizen. 



Omi Sbigaraki. 



Koto. 



Kii Ziiishi. 



Iga Iga. 



Tamba Taniba. 



Idzumo ■ Idzumo. 



Ware. 



Idsumi Idsumi. 



Tamato Akahada. 



Survo Survo. 



Xagato Hagi. 



Chikuzen Takatovi. 



Higo Tatsushiro. 



Satsunia Satsiinia. 



Settsu I Sanda . 



Kikko. 



Kosube. 



Iwaki Soma. 



Kaga Kutani 



Ise 



Sado 



Saniiki 



Tauiasbiro 



Banko. 



Sado. 



Shido. 



Eakn. 



Kioto. 



Musash) Tokjo. 



Ota. 



In addition to the oriental porcelain and pottery, there are several 

 smaller gronps ot objects, the most noteworthy of which is that illns- 

 trating tlie products of the imperial manufactory at Sevres, |)resented 

 by the French Government. This collection is of the greatest value to 

 students of the decorative arts and to a large number of other visitors 

 to the Museum, and it is hoped that it may receive extensive additions 

 hereafter and be arranged in a hall by itself. 



In this same connection, as occupying adjacent cases, may be men- 

 tioned the very instructive special cases of Japanese lacquer, showing 

 the i)rocess of nianufticture ; of Japanese bronzes; of Eussian and 

 American easting in iron, and the cases of enamel and metal work 

 presented by the Siamese Government. All these together form a 

 nucleus which it is hoi>ed in time will develop into a collection similar 

 to that which is the chief glory of the South Kensington ^Museum in 

 London, and Avhich there has as yet scarcely been any eflbrt made to 

 reproduce in this country, save in the art museums of Boston, New 

 York, and Cincinnati, whose plans, however, arc somewhat dilferent. 



THE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. 



A great i)ortion of the time of Mr. A. Howard Clark, the curator, was 

 necessarily devoted to his other duties as editor of the Proceedings and 

 the Bulletins of the Museum, and in charge of printing descriptive 

 labels, the year being the busiest in the history of the IMuseum in these 



