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Kutani|kuˈtaːni| [f. the name of the village of Kutani-mura in the former province of Kaga, Japan.] Used esp. attrib., as Kutani ware, a kind of gold and dark red Japanese porcelain.
[1875–80Audsley & Bowes Keramic Art Japan I. 43 Almost all the good and important pieces of Kaga ware which we have seen are marked with the two characters signifying Kutani.] 1880A. W. Franks Jap. Pott. 80 The amateur prefers the original Kutani ware of dark-red and greyish-white colour. 1890B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese 283 There were two principal varieties of the ware: Ao-Kutani, so called because of a green (ao) enamel of great brilliancy and beauty..used in its decoration, and Kutani with painted and enamelled pâte varying from hard porcelain to pottery. 1960B. Leach Potter in Japan vii. 170 Contemporary and old examples of Kutani wares. 1967N.Y. Times 22 Oct. i. 10 The dramatic bronze castings were discovered in Hong Kong, the hand-decorated Kutani porcelains in Japan. |