We must, above all, get rid of the base old notion that head-work is divine and "gentlemanly," hand-work ignoble and vulgar: both are divine, and when the two are combined we shall see the finest possible man--an _artist_, whether he works with paint, marble, wood, clay, or metal. MARKS, ETC.--The following copies of marks, as translated by Mr. Franks, will be found useful: [Illustration: 1. A. D. 1721.] [Illustration: 2. A. D. 1078 to 1086.] [Illustration: 3. A. D. 1368 to 1399.] [Illustration: 4. A. D. 1403 to 1425.] [Illustration: 5. A. D. 1426 to 1436.] [Illustration: 6. A. D. 1465 to 1488.] [Illustration: 7. A. D. 1465 to 1488.] [Illustration: 8. A. D. 1488 to 1506.] [Illustration: 9. A. D. 1506 to 1522.] [Illustration: 10. A. D. 1522 to 1567.] [Illustration: 11. A. D. 1567 to 1573.] [Illustration: 12. A. D. 1573 to 1620.] [Illustration: 13. A. D. 1644 to 1661.] [Illustration: 14. A. D. 1661 to 1722.] [Illustration: 15. A. D. 1723 to 1736.] [Illustration: 16. A. D. 1736 to 1795.] [Illustration: 17. A. D. 1796 to 1821.] [Illustration: 18. A. D. 1821 to 1851.] [Illustration: 19. A. D. 1851 to 1862.] [Illustration: 20. A. D. 1862 to 1875.] [Illustration: 21. A. D. 1875.] [Illustration: 22. A. D. 1004 to 1097.] [Illustration: 23. A. D. 1403 to 1425.] [Illustration: 24. A. D. 1426 to 1436.] [Illustration: 25. A. D. 1723 to 1736.] [Illustration: 26. A. D. 1736 to 1795.] [Illustration: 27. A. D. 1736 to 1795.] [Illustration: 28. A. D. 1796 to 1821.] [Illustration: 29. A. D. 1821 to 1851.] [Illustration: 30. A. D. 1851 to 1862.] [Illustration: 31. A. D. 1862 to 1875.] CHAPTER XI. THE PORCELAIN OF JAPAN. Corean Porcelain.--Katosiro-ouye-mon.--The Province of Idsoumi.--Styles prevailing in Japan.--Marks.--Japanese Blue.--Indian Porcelain.--Dutch East India Company.--Egg-shell and Crackle.--Mandarin China.--Kaga Ware.--Satsuma Ware.--Japanese Art.--The Philadelphia Exhibition. Of porcelains from the island of Corea but little is known, and all our statements are made with doubt. It is believed by some that from Corea came the first porcelain-makers into Japan. In New York, Mr. Hoe and Mr. Avery have each pieces which are peculiar, being bolder in decoration and cruder in color than the Chinese or Japanese, but which may have been made in Japan. So, too, with Persian porcelain: there is about it much vagueness and uncertainty. There seems to be testimony to prove that porcelain was made in that country. In India, too, it has been now and then asserted that porcelain was made. But, as the Chinese and Japanese had much trade with those nations, and as they certainly did work from designs sent from other countries, it is most reasonable to believe that what some persons have supposed was Indian or Persian was really Chinese porcelain.