Catalogue of the Morse collection of Japanese pottery
This 1901 catalogue from the Riverside Press, Cambridge, issued by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, records Edward Sylvester Morse's collection of Japanese pottery, presented as a scholarly reference for museum visitors and collectors. Its photographs show pottery arranged on dark wooden shelves, bowls, jars, dishes and tea wares photographed in plain grayscale, giving a designer a clear study of rounded forms, glaze tones and repeated shelf rhythms.
