Japanese Kyo-yaki Stoneware Suzuri (Inkstone) Mid. 19th. century, Edo Period
Diam. 13 ins. (33 cms) This remarkable piece is quite the largest suzuri we have ever seen! It is typical of the Kyoto wares heavily influenced by the 17th. century pottery of Ninsei. The two diametrically opposed panels show two cranes with bamboos on one side an ...click for details
Japanese Woodblock Printed Shunga Erotic Book. Toyokuni 1st. Ca. 1800
8 1/2 x 6 ins. (21.5 x 15.3 cms) Like most shunga books this work is not signed but is reliably attributed to Toyokuni 1st. and printed ca. 1800. There are 5 double sheet + 2 single sheet colour illustrations & 6 pages of monochrome text. The covers appear to be ori ...click for details
This fine quality blue & white porcelain bowl was made during the mid 17th century. It is of a very pleasing shape and the porcelain is particularly translucent. It is finely decorated with a design featuring a hare sitting by a tree in a garden with the moon in the sky. Around the rim is a key-fret pattern. The underside is more modestly decorated with several ba ...click for details
