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Antique Japanese Porcelain Cup E-1 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920 item# 468882
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This cup, originally made for soba (noodle soup) sauce, is called a "soba choko." It also makes a lovely tea cup. The abstract design was handpainted in cobalt blue underglaze on a pearly white porcelain body. The rim is gently scalloped. Slightly raised on a delicate foot. Measurements Height: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) ...click for details

Antique Japanese Porcelain Cup D Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920 item# 468871
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This cup, originally made for soba (noodle soup) sauce, is called a "soba choko." It also makes a lovely tea cup. The design--a large Chinese honey pot--is done in cobalt blue underglaze ("sometsuke") on a lovely pearly white porcelain body. The inside rim is also decorated (pine needles). Slightly raised on a delicate foot. Only one of these cups. Measurements ...click for details

Japanese Okinawan Lacquered Dish, Wood, Red/Black Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1950 item# 462427
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This is a Japanese lacquered dish made of wood. The design on the surface--allover arabesque motif--was intricately and skillfully handpainted with red lacquer over a black lacquer ground. Such red-over-black motifs are common in Okinawan lacquer. Comes in a wooden box marked "kashibachi" (dish for sweets), indicating that this dish was meant for serving traditional Japanese sweets--kashi--with tea; at tea ceremony, etc. Very special dish! ...click for details

Antique Japanese Porcelain Cup C-1 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920 item# 462218
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This cup, originally made for Japanese noodle soup (soba) sauce, is called a "soba choko." Will make a lovely tea cup. The design, in cobalt blue underglaze ("sometsuke"), is skillfully handpainted on a lovely pearly white porcelain body. The inside rim is also decorated (pine needles). Slightly raised on a delicate foot. This is one of three identical cups being sold separately. Measurements ...click for details

Antique Japanese Porcelain Cup B-1 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920 item# 462217
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This cup, originally made for Japanese noodle soup (soba) sauce, is called "soba choko. Makes a lovely tea cup. The design, in cobalt blue underglaze ("sometsuke"), is skillfully handpainted on a lovely pearly white porcelain body. The inside rim is also decorated (with an abstract crosshatch line design). Slightly raised on a delicate foot; the lip is gently scalloped. Measurements ...click for details

Vintage Japanese Tea Pot, Shino Yaki Stoneware Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1980 item# 455928
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This is a vintage red Shino (aka-shino yaki) stoneware teapot from Japan. Shino stoneware, still made today, is produced in small villages scattered high in the mountainous region of Mino. The Shino yaki tradition began some time in the 1500s. This pot has a swiftly and artistically drawn "picture" done in red, using the local iron/magnesium "oni-ita" clay as an underglaze. The picture seems to be p ...click for details

Japanese Lacquer, Rare Set of Yoshino Dishes (5) Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 455922
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This is a set of five very special Yoshino lacquerware dishes dating from the late Edo to the early Meiji periods (100-150 years old). Yoshino lacquerware (yoshino nuri), from the town of Yoshino (located in today's Ishikawa Prefecture), began to be made in Japan in the 1500s. It rose in prominence after the famous tea master, Sen no Rikyu, commissioned several Yoshino artisans (in 1587) to produce items for the shogun's upcoming cherry blossom viewing party. These dishes here show the s ...click for details

Japanese Tea Pot, Mishima Stoneware Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1980 item# 453706
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This is a lovely Mishima-style Karatsu stoneware tea pot. It has the trademark repeating impressed (stamped) design of Mishima ceramics, with a milky white glaze. The clay body is brown. The lid sits inside the rim of the pot. It has a brand new bent twig handle. Very nice pot. Measurements: 4 in. high (10.1 cm); 3.5 in. diameter (8.8 cm) We ...click for details

Japanese Wooden Manju Bun Container for Group Gathering Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art: Pre 1920 item# 438668
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This container, in the shape of a Japanese sweet bun filled with bean jam (manju), is named after the sweets it was made to hold. It is called a "manju-bitsu" (literally, bean-sweets chest). In Kyoto, from where this container came, bean jam sweets used to be (in eras past) presented to guests at large gatherings in a container such as this one. It is made of a solid carved-out piece of keyaki wood (zelkova) and lacquered red over black on the inside, and black on the outside. Lid fits ...click for details

Japanese Tea Bowl, Super Groggy Surface Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Tea Articles: Pre 1980 item# 431441
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This tea bowl has a very rough surface, due to grog added to clay when being made. This gives it an interesting (and charming) texture. Wonderfully made; very symmetrical; great shape. Likely dates from the second half of 20th century. In excellent condition. Measurements ...click for details

Japanese Tea Pot/Cup (5) Set, Stoneware Catalogue: Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pre 1990 item# 431387
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This is a very special tea pot/five-cup set. Made of a smooth, brown stoneware clay (with iron oxide spots) and glazed on the inside of the pot and cups only--except for a simple decoration done on the outer surface of the pot and cups, with a quick brushstroke. Skillfully and artistically done throughout. Handle is made of wood and bamboo. In excellent condition. Only one miniscule chip on spout (so small, camera cann ...click for details

Japanese Lacquer Tray, Cinnabar Red Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Tea Articles: Pre 1970 item# 431373
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This is a very nice Japanese footed tray, made of wood and covered with a brilliant cinnabar red lacquer. Great as a tray for tea pot/cups or for storing things on the desk, etc. Very useful item with lots of charm. Approx. 30-60 years old. Measurements: 3.5 in. (8.8 cm) high; 8.75 in. (22.3 cm) wide Weight (in box w/packing material; for sh ...click for details

Large Japanese Lacquer Tray, Signed Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood: Pre 1980 item# 424802
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This is a lovely large lacquered tray made in Japan. It was made using the "coopering" technique, in which strips of wood are cut at an angle and assembled into a circle (like a barrel). This tray is lacquered, then wrapped with twisted strips of bamboo, which are also lacquered. The stickers on the bottom indicate that it was made by a master craftsman in a high-quality workshop (as designated by the Japanes ...click for details

Rare Japanese Art Book, Ryukyu (Okinawa) Lacquer Craft Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Books: Pre 1980 item# 422617
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This book, dating from 1977, is a major publication on Ryukyuan lacquer. The title in Japanese is: "Ryukyu Urushi Kogyo" (The Lacquer Craft of Ryukyu). It has essays by several scholars (Tokugawa Yoshinobu, ARakawa Hirokazu, etc.) in both English (translated by Louise Allison Cort) and Japanese. In excellent condition. Comes with dust cover. ...click for details

Japanese Lacquer, Cinnabar Red Vanity (Kyodai) Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Pre 1920 item# 418626
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This lovely vanity, from the early 20th century, has inlaid mother-of-pearl on a cinnabar red lacquer surface. Classic 1910s Taisho-style oval mirror. In excellent condition. There is a cross-bar (under mirror) missing (see pic). Height: 28 in. (71.1 cm); Width: 18 in. (45.7 cm).

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