Japanese Seto Pottery Large High BOWL

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #103975
J-106

14" x 4.5" Very Good condition, with one hairline crack about 1" in length with a slight loss of glaze on outside rim. Also a circular crack inside bottom of bowl. Beautiful soft yellow glaze with 7 typical marks inside of bowl from organic material used as "saggars," during the firing process in kiln. This piece probably comes from the Seto area kilns. It's common everyday functional art, very Shibui, called, "Ishi-zara," or stone bowl by the Japanese. This item as all my items were obtained d... Click for details

Old Japanese Seto Pottery Low Bowl

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1910: item #103967
J-104

12" x 2.5" "Ishi-zara" meaning stoneware in Japanese,with a pinkish-buff beige glaze. Probably from a Seto area kiln, used originally for serving food. The small marks inside are from stones or beans used to seperate stacked pottery being fired in kilns.There are two veru small chips in the underside of the rim (see photo) Unusual to find outside of Japan.

Pair of SATSUMA BOWLS, Japanese

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #103883
J-17

Pair of Japanese Satsuma BOWLS with underglaze colbalt blue MYTHICAL ANIMALS inside cavetto. There is a "kara shishi," or lion-dog in the center, a "kirin," a "ryu" or dragon and a "hoo" or phoenix (bird) All with real gold accent marks painted in straiteted lines inside. The exterior is a scrolling peony design with lappets above the footrim. Condition inside is very good, but there is a very small repair to the rim of the larger bowl which is shown in the first image of these items. circa 191... Click for details

Edo/Early Meiji Period Pottery Buffalo (Ox)

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1900: item #97323

An wonderful signed ceramic Ox / Buffalo from a Buddhist Temple in Kyoto dating to the late Edo period (1800 - 1868). We believe this animal would have been found in some sort of altar display, or during the year year of the ox it would have been on show outside the temple. It was, and still is, common practice to display a model of whichever of the twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac represents a given year. On entering some restaurants in Japan you usually find a model animal in a glass ... Click for details

Japanese Tamba Ware Pottery Sake Bottle

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #92678
2C-353

Classic Tamba ware tokkuri (sake bottle), the rich brown ceramic body decorated with an almost black glaze at the neck which drips down the length of the bottle on all sides. Late 19th/early 20th century. On one side there is a section of naturally-occurring ash glaze. There are also two spots on the body where the black overglaze appears to have been touched, leaving smudges shaped like thumb prints. Tamba, a remote and mountainous area lying to the northeast of Kyoto and Osaka, has been the c... Click for details

Pottery Figure of Seated Kannon - Meiji

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #91333

Very nice and rather unusual pottery of the Bodhisattva Kannon in a seated contemplative pose. A series of raised Kanji characters impress molded onto the back of the piece. Unfortunately, I am unable to provide a translation. The piece is glazed in a rich mustard gold color that adds richness to the figure. Dates from the late Meiji period, circa 1910s. Height:10cm(4.0inch),150g. Some age crackling but overall excellent condition.

Large Mingei Blue & White Waste Bowl- Meiji

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #89754
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A rough and ready large flared pottery waste bowl used in the tea ceremony to discard the left over water and tea dregs. This fine old folk bowl has the simple decoration of two large floral sprays on the interior and a series of smaller floral designs around the outer side. A plain geometric pattern decorates the rim. There are some nicks to the rim as this old bowl has seen some heavy usage over the years - and some minor staining to the interior sides. The bowl measures 12" diameter at the to... Click for details

Shigaraki Tsubo Vase - Meiji Period

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #87332
3440

Meiji Era Shigaraki Vase, signed on the bottom. Shigaraki is one of the six ancient potteries of Japan. vase measures approx. 5.5 " high by 6.5 inches wide. In excellent condition, no chips or Cracks, there are a few bubbles in the glaze. Beautiful tan to brown thick glaze.

Unusual and Charming Banko/Hizen Tray-Dish

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #82587
3430

One of the more amusing and unusual examples of either Banko or Hizen pottery we have run into lately. This delightful diamond shaped dish/tray has a greyish-tan ground and is decorated in cavetto with a funny looking dragon in trailing slip decoration that forms a thick, almost rope-like moriage type design. The dragon in done in a highly stylized manner with the face consisting of just the beard nose and two eyes - followed by the suggestion of his body. The dragon is in pursuit of the Tamba o... Click for details

Signed Japanese Studio Pottery Vase

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1900: item #78835
2B-483

Richly glazed studio pottery bottle vase in tear drop form with “Wakazan” seal mark on a brown base, ca.1900. A thick olive green and brown glaze covers the heavily potted stoneware body. Shades of blue and gold flambe are randomly scattered over the body, with a gold glaze drip around the neck beneath the lip. The interior of the mouth radiates with lustrous and brilliant shades of blue and gold glaze in flambe drips. Functional folk-craft products or “mingei” are endowed with a beauty directly... Click for details