Japanese banko pottery tea pot Signed

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1910: item #767774
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A charming japanese banko pottery tea pot modelled as a cottage and decorated with applied relief and enamel with birds and blossom. It has in impressed seal mark to the base.

Dating from c.1900, it measures 5 1/2inches (14 cms) long.

There are some chips to the edge of the lid and to one flower.

Colorful Imbe-Bizen Guinomi by Abe Anjin

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Contemporary: item #767771

Abe Anjin(b.1938) is a Bizen ceramic artist outside the normal radar of Bizen fans. Yet, for hardcore fans he is a master Bizen potter and a must for any serious collection. Abe, along with Mori Togaku and Harada Shuroku, creates Bizen closest to the antique 16th century masterpieces. Abe has also created these last few years colored Bizen, like figures from the Edo period, in guinomi forms. This shishi eared low guinomi was fired about four times, first a Bizen firing---applied liquid clay slip... Click for details

Jpanese banko nodder modelled as a Geisha

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1920: item #767385
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A small figure of a Geisha seated and playing a musical instrument. The head nods.

Datong from c1920, it stands 3 inches (7.6 cms) tall.

It is in good condition.

Japanese Seto porcelain cup & saucer SIGNED

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1920: item #766750
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A very finely potted semi eggshell porcelain cup and saucer beautifully painted in underglaze blue with bamboo in a typically asymetric Japanese style. There is a 10 character mark to the base of each. In addition, the cup is marked under the glaze with the letters VM which suggests this piece was part of a commissioned set.

Dating from the 1st half of the C20th., the saucer measures 5 1/2inches (14 cms) across and the ... Click for details

Japanese Banko pottery vase

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1900: item #765391
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A very unusual Japanese vase made from a light coloured pottery or stoneware in what is sometimes included in the Banko style. It is moulded with halo'ed immortals in reserves on a basket work ground.

Probably made in the 2nd half of the C19th., it stands 5 5/8inches (14.2 cms) high.

There is wear to the enamels and minor chips.

Japanese Sumida Gawa porcelain pottery vase Meiji

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1920: item #765065
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A Japanese Sumida Gawa vase decorated in flambe enamels on a red ground with an immortal holding a ruyi sceptre.

Dating from the late C19th / early C20th., it stands over 8 inches (20.4 cms) high.

It is in very good condition.

'Metamorphosis' Iron-Kohiki Jar by Kayama Tetsuya

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Contemporary: item #763931

A very radical jar in form and particularly the design of a butterfly and beetle set against chrysanthemums and leaves made by Kayama Tetsuya(b.1954.) Kayama is the eldest son of the famed painter Kayama Matazo and he studied in Iga with Banura Shiro after graduating from Tama Art University where he studied Japanese style painting. In 1989 he established his kiln in Oiso, Kanagawa. This is a museum piece that captures the senses on many levels. In perfect condition with a signed box, 30.2cm.tal... Click for details

Bizen Chawan by Takahara Shoji

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1980: item #762490

Takahara Shoji(1941-2000) was one of Bizen's veteran potters who started in the early 1960s when there were only a dozen or so potters; now there are said to be about 600. He studied with Okayama Intangible Cultural Treasures Ishii Furo(1899-1964) and Isezaki Yozan(1902-1961) before establishing his own kiln in 1962. This kutsu-'shoe' form chawan dates to 1971 after he built yet another new kiln and on the kodai is written hatsu-gama or 'first kiln' to signify that special occasion. The firing i... Click for details

Antique Japanese Faux Kaidan Step Tansu Chest

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1900: item #760656
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Japanese antique angled tansu chest, similar to a kaidan dansu or step chest. Meiji-Period (c.1900). Thoroughly cleaned and waxed, beautiful dark patina. Fair to good condition; separations in the panels of the doors and angled top due to contraction of the wood planks. Typical wear and tear associated with a century of use. Measures 57 inches tall, 61" wide at the base and 28" wide at the top. 16 inches deep.

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Tenmoku-Iron Tsubo-Jar by Sasaki Yuzuru

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Contemporary: item #759204

The thing about tenmoku iron-glazed wares is that they change dramatically according to the lightning. In a dark zone they take on a shadowy persona and in the light they sparkle and dazzle; that is when the potter is better than good. Sasaki is. This jar attests to that and it's shown in different lighting settings; surely a piece to spark one's imagination in a cosmic way. In perfect condition with a signed box, 23.4cm.tallx18.2, stamped on base; more about Sasaki and other previews of works i... Click for details