Japanese E. 20th C. set of small dishes by Makuzu Kozan

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #428565
OT-8

Japanese early 20th Century set of small dishes by MAKUZU KOZAN. Each dish is in the shape of 2 overlapping clam shells. Each one is designed with a cloud design done in overglaze enamel on the left hand shell and with one of the famous historic Japanese poets on the right hand shell done in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gold. The bottom of each dish is done with realistic detail and design. Even the feet that hold up the dishes are in the shape of small barnacles. Stamped MAKUZU on b... Click for details

Kogo,Kyoto Ware,design of Iris and Bell Flower

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1900: item #424441
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Kyoto,Japan 19th century height 2.5cm diameter 6cm Overglaze enamels and gilding. twelve-sided box. The Iris and bell flower in a mist of scattered gold. Unsigned.

Japanese Shigaraki Jar/Vase

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1910: item #417775

Japanese Shigaraki stoneware jar with rare Namaco or "blue soufflé" glaze. c.1900. 13" high 9 1/2" wide.

A Meji Pottery Figural of a Monkey Priest

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1900: item #409833

An unusual glazed pottery figural of a seated monkey in the pose of a priest holding a flame like item in its hands. The face of the monkey is unglazed brown clay - the body and robes are executed in an off white crackle glaze with dark grey spots as accents on the front. The monkey's hair is glazed in an overglaze orange/brown enamel. At the lower part of the back there is an old museum or collectors notation in black paint that says: "Japanese - WLRNC - 1899" and there is a pencil notation on... Click for details

Antique Japanese Mingei Seto Folk Andon Lantern Plate

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1800: item #409392
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A beautiful Japanese Seto Andon Zara or lantern plate dating to around 1700. Made at the Seto kilns in modern day Aichi prefecture, the plate has a free and easy picture style, combined with a skillful tecnique and glaze. Andon Zara (Plates for lanterns) are also called Abura Zara (oil plates) were placed on the base section of a lantern to prevent tatami mats from being stained by oil dripping from the light dish. These plates pent most of their life covered in oil and fell out of general use b... Click for details

Tamba ware tokkuri (sake flask), Meiji Era

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1910: item #402988
YA-3

Sake flask from Tamba kilns in Hyogo Prefecture, early-mid Meiji Era. Characteristic reddish-brown glaze with black ladle drips around the neck. H. 24cm, Dia. 13cm.

Seto ware "konebachi" kneading bowl, Meiji Era

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #402987
YA-2

Seto ware kneading bowl, or "konebachi" used in most Japanese households of the period. Characteristic warm yellow seto glaze with seiji (green) ladle drips to add accent to the rim. Height 15cm x Dia. 26.5cm. Minor glaze cracking inside the bowl.

Mino-yaki Toushin-zara (Oil Lamp WickPlate,) Edo Period

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1900: item #394678
YA-29

Toushin (wick) zara (plate) held a small amount of oil with a coiled wick, and was usually set in some sort of lamp arrangement. These were used until the advent of glass and other lamps. This example of fine folk pottery is from central Japan, likely Mino ware, produced during the Edo (1600-1868) Era. The top side has a warm yellow glaze, and the underside is unglazed. H. 1.5cm (0.6") Dia.10cm (4".)

Kasama-yaki Tsubo (Jar,) late Edo-early Meiji Era

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1910: item #394667
YA-30

A rich black glaze covers this Kasama-yaki jar from the late 19th C. It is in the shape of a "natsume," a tea powder caddy used in the tea ceremony. H.21.5cm (8.5") Body Dia.16cm (6.25".) Kasama wares currently do not enjoy the fame of pots from nearby Mashiko. But Kasama, in neighboring Ibaraki Prefecture about 30 minutes away by car, preceeded Mashiko in being a ceramic production center by nearly a century, and had a hand in training the early Mashiko potters. Though most Kasama wares were, ... Click for details

Abura Dokkuri (Oil Flask)

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1900: item #394656
YA-24

An antique flask much like a tokkuri used for transporting sake, the "abura" (oil) "dokkuri" (flask) was used to transport oil products. H.27cm (10.5"), Body Dia.16cm (6.25".) This one is from the old Echigo (present-day Niigata Prefecture) which had stores of oil used for heating and lighting that were shipped up the Japan Sea coast north to Hokkaido. This example is wonderfully pitted with oil over a white glaze, produced at one of the no longer existent folk kilns of the Echigo region. It's u... Click for details