The New Student's Reference Work/Satsuma Ware

Sat′suma Ware, named from the province of Satsuma in Kiushu, is a fine pottery, almost like porcelain, which in its older examples is much sought.  The ware has a yellowish glaze, and is ornamented in red, gold, green and silver.  The Japanese excel in this hard pottery, although the Chinese are their superiors in the manufacture of porcelain proper.  The Japanese employ glazing alloys of a kind unfamiliar in Europe, based generally on copper.