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Korean Chawan for the Japanese market Gohon Tea Bowl
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Pre 1900 item# 514733
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$1425 please inquire for availability
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5.8" wide x 3" tall. Accompanied by an unmarked tomobako. Excellent condition with normal crazing, with some faint weak glaze hairlines. Choson / Yi Dynasty (1392-1910), 15-16c. Interest in Choson ceramics began in the 15c in Japan, and by the latter part of the 16c the tea bowls known as “Koryo” or “Korai chawan” saw frequent use in tea ceremony. Certain types were preferred by the Japanese, not white porcelain but various punchong (powder green) stoneware, coarse porcelains and coarse ash glazed stonewares, all manufactured in local provincial Korean kilns. From 1639 to 1737 the Japanese even ran a kiln in Pusan (southwest Korea) where such teabowls were made to order to Japanese taste (these are known generally as Gohon chawan in Japan). Other teabowls were casual made for local use but then utilized for tea in Japan. (see KOREAN CERAMICS from the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, p 28). Author Ito Ikutaro in his essay from this book classifies these ceramics as fitting within what he calls an “anti-classic” type of beauty, which “rebels against perfection in search of a unique aesthetic” p 31. Teabowls of this type are rare to see outside of Japan, being quite scarce and sought by collectors in Korea, where most of these are scarce domestically.
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Kakiemon Brass French mounts France 18c porcelain box
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Pre 1900 item# 469781
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$750 includes shipping from Japan
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4 x 3.25 x 7.5" with mounts, or 10 x 8 x 19 cm with mounts. Dating estimated 18c, unlikely 19c, certainly not 20c. This is a beautiful mounted porcelain box done in the Kakemon style. Let's begin by saying we are specialists in Japanese porcelains, so we can say with confidence the box is not Japanese kakiemon (the type of box is wrong for Japan, the style of the painting derivative, and the palette different), but we don't know enough about European versions to say with any sureness where this was made. I think most likely it is French or English, but could be German. too (so I guess that doesn't help at all! Kakiemon porcelains were made from the 17c in Kyushu, Japan, and Europeans were crazy about them, with royalty eagerly collecting the pieces, inspiring both copies and newly derived local versions. Japanese pieces were often accentuated wih brass mounts in Europe, but this piece seems to have been intended for mounts from its manufacture. It has the qualities of older (18c and before) porcelains in the slight unevenness of surface consistency. It is beautifully hand painted with the addiiton of the handsome brass mounts. It is in perfect condition and is guaranteed not to be a modern reproduction, (of which ebayers are quite familiar with now, especially with Japanese porcelains!. ) This is a lovely piece but simply not our specialty and it is offered at a reasonable reserve.
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Japanese Porcelain Imari - Kutani Figure of a Woman
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Pre 1900 item# 427950
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14.4" tall x 4" wide. Dating 19th century, made in either Arita / Imari or Kutani. The figure seems to have had some damage to the head, and has retouches on the face and hair. Porcelain figures have been made since the 17c in Japan. This particular piece while having some restorations has exceptionally fine enamelling on the kimono; it is gorgeously designed and enamelled in a rich jewel like palette. It is a very nice piece for an interior and priced reasonably reflecting its condition. Most pieces on the market date from the 20th century and lack the quality detail work of 19th century and earlier pieces; this is a nice example to compare these differences with.
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Rare Banko Tokkuri Japanese Pottery Sake Bottle
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Pre 1800 item# 389780
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5.8" tall x 4" wide. Edo Era, 18-19c. This small and amusing colorful tokkuri is lightweight and typical of the domestic products of the Banko kilns, better known in the West for the export ceramics so popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Meanwhile Banko goes back to circa 1700, the kiln initially having produced wares for tea ceremony, and eventually made sake bottles such as this, and other tea related goods, for Sencha and then for export. One occassionally can find pieces like this in Japan, decorated in similar enamels.
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Edo Era Japanese Imari Plate Hanakago
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Pre 1900 item# 192109
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$550 includes express shipping from Japan
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8.5", excellent condition, no damage, one kiln irregularity on edge. This attractive plate done in the Export style that dates to the Late Edo era, between 1820-1850. The style of flower basket (hana-kago) was first done on early export pieces officially made for the Dutch Trading Company VOC from the late 17th to mid 18th centuries, with the style continuing on later pieces made after the company stopped Japanese production around 1750, the design based on Chinese precedents. This example is nicely painted with a whimsical touch in the details of what appears to be a squirrel. This attractive piece is well suited for both Western and Eastern interior settings.
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