Moriage

One of the coolest things about selling on ebay is all the little tidbits of knowledge you pick up along the way. Tonight I am researching a pair of Nippon dresser pots. One of them is a hair receiver. They are funny little rounded jars with raised bumps that remind me of sea urchin shells. The finishing technique is moriagewhich is "a special type of raised decoration used on some Japanese pottery."