Antique Japanese Shigaraki Tea Storage Jar c.1900

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1900: item #702240
KA537

Late Meiji Period c.1900 Shigaraki stoneware tea leaf storage jar. Shigaraki being the ceramic centered area outside of Kyoto famous for wabi-sabi tea utensils and natural wood-fired ash glazes. This piece is no exception. Four ears adorn the neck and the jar is in fabulous condition. c.1900. (8" diameter x 9") (20cm diameter x 23cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $85.

Fine Japanese Satsuma Butterfly Tea Set, Signed, 1900

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1900: item #701459
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A JAPANESE SATSUMA BUTTERFLY TEA SET, MEIJI, CIRCA 1900.

The tea set decorated in enamels with butterflies and netting on a typical finely crackled body. It dates from 1900 to 1920’s. Signed with a single character on each base.

As a guide the teapot is 5 inches high. The condition is very good overall and the gilding in excepti... Click for details

A Sea Green Celadon Tripod Censer – Song Style

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #700301

A handsome sea green celadon tripod censer in the style of the Lung-ch’uan porcelains of the Southern Song Dynasty. The censer is a porcelaneous stoneware with molded décor of multiple rings under a thick celadon glaze. It sits on a tripod base. On the base are five spur marks, caused by the used of small clay saggers to hold the piece above the floor of the kiln during firing. It measures 5 5/8” diameter and is 3 ¾” high. The piece is in excellent condition with no chips or restorations. We bel... Click for details

A Japanese Seto Ware Ishizara Plate – 18th/19th Century

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1837 VR: item #699645
ICHI 1286

This is a fine Seto Ware stoneware ishizara plate, with a cream-colored slip over a buff stoneware body and painted over in gosu blue and in iron oxide with a design of a small bird flying next to a tall bamboo stalk. Seto was one of the "Six Old Kilns", the six major ceramic traditions of medieval Japan. This plate is an excellent, characteristic example of Seto folk pottery. The ishizara plates were heavy plates used at village inns and wayside booths to serve travelers with herring or fish an... Click for details

Antique Japanese Kutani Vase

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #698939
KUTA-001

An unusual-shaped Kutani vase with panels of birds and landscapes on a background scrolling tendrils surrounded by a thickly applied blue-green glaze. All symbols (phoenixes, birds, chrysanthemums, etc.) are symbols of good luck, strength, and prosperity. The stamp on the bottom is a "Fuku" character which means happiness and good luck. Age: 1920 or earlier. Size: H. 16cm. W. 12cm. Condition: No repairs, chips, or breaks.

Japanese Pottery Brush Holder - Kyo-Yaki

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #696416

Beautiful Japanese pottery vertical cylindrical brush holder in the shape of a bundle of bamboo stalks tied with a blue cord ending in green tassels. Most probably Kyoto-Yaki - pottery from the Kyoto area. This handsome piece measures 2 1/2" in diameter and is 4 1/2" tall. Dates from late Meiji to early Showa period. Excellent condition.

Japanese Early 20th Century Sake Delivery Bottle

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #695118
SMK-06-M(c

Japanese early 20th century sake bottles made for delivery from sake supplier to local bars and restaurants. Each bottle has the suppliers name and type of sake written on sides. The bottles would be recognized, picked-up and refilled. Minor chip to bottom and old cracks. Bottle measures 10" tall and 5" in diameter.

Japanese Early 20th Century Sake Delivery Bottle

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #695112
SMK-06-M(b

Japanese early 20th century sake bottles made for delivery from sake supplier to local bars and restaurants. Each bottle has the suppliers name to be recognized for pick and refills. Type of sake is also written on side of bottle. Minor chips to lip and old cracks. Bottle measures 10 1/4" tall and 5 1/4" in diameter.

Japanese Early 20th Century Sake Delivery Bottle

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #695110
SMK-06-M

Japanese early 20th century sake bottles made for delivery from sake supplier to local bars and restaurants. Each bottle has the suppliers name to be recognized for pick and refills. The type of sake is also written on the side on the bottle. Minor chip to lip. Bottle measures 10 1/2" tall and 5 1/4" in diameter.

A Kyoto Pottery Okimono of a Standing Daruma – Signed

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #693328
Ichi 134

This is molded pottery figure of the legendary Japanese Daruma. He is shown clothed in a rust colored robe with yellow pants showing at the bottom of the figure. His chest is bare and he carries the traditional fly whisk of the Buddhist priest, The okimono stands 6 7/8” high and id 2 5/8” wide by 2” deep. There is an impressed potters mark on the base which we have not been able to translate. In excellent condition, we date the figure to the late Meiji Period, circa 1880-1905. Daruma is known ... Click for details