Japanese E. - Mid 20th Nezumi Shino ware fluted dish

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1960: item #442330
U-1659

Japanese early to mid-20th century NEZUMI SHINO ware dish. The dish has a fluted edge. Beautiful Nezumi Shino glaze over a dark body. The dish measures 8 3/4" in diameter and 1 1/2" tall.

Japanese Studio Art bowl C1950

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1960: item #441248

Japanese art studio bowl with crackle glaze and hand painted floral design. This piece is signed by unknown artist. Dimensions are approximately 7" diameter and 3" high and is in excellent condition.

Fabulous Large Japanese Stoneware Sake Jar, Matsushiro

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1940: item #436739

This is a very nice, large sake jar (tokkuri). It is made of a light brown stoneware clay. It has a greenish-gray glaze (like a soft celadon green), with the rim being a darker green. The glaze is thick and smooth, with the irregular handbuilt texture of the clay coming through. It was made at one of the Matsushiro kilns, located in today's Nagano Prefecture (central Honshu). Founded in 1816, kilns in the pottery region of Matsushiro specialized in utilitarian ceramics, such as this large sake j... Click for details

Japanese Studio Art Pottery Nouveau Signed Vase

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #435160

Signed Japanese Studioware sunflower vase, Circa 1910. 15" high, 9" wide. Art Nouveau rendition of a large bunch of sunflowers against a gloss and semi-gloss blue crackle glaze. Pleasant baluster form with tapered waist, high shoulder, and a short, wide mouth. Impressed circular mark on base. Drill hole restored; otherwise excellent condition.

An Oribe Kogo (Incense Box) - Showa Pd.

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1980: item #431067
Ichi 4205

A handsome small Oribe glaze kogo (incense case) dating from the mid to late 20th century, circa 1950-1985. The kogo measures 1.8" diameter and is 1/5" high. It is in generally good condition with some small chips where the glaze has come off at the edges. A very similar small square kogo is illustrated in the classic reference book:"Oribe" by Takeshi Murayama,Kodansha International, Ltd., 1982 on page 25, plate # 38. That one is Edo period - the one offered is late 20th century.

Japanese Oribe Pottery Vase - Globe Shape - Early 20th

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1940: item #429367
Ichi 373

A nice medium sized globular shape Japanese Oribe pottery vase. Decorated with stylized grasses on one side and crosshatching on the other in typical iron underglaze. Surrounding each design is the classic Oribe tan crackle glaze and thick dark green drip glazes. The bowl is marker with an impressed makers mark – not translated. The bowl dates from the late Meiji period to early Showa periods. Circa 1910 - 1940. It measures 4" high and is 5" inches diameter at the waist. Excellent condition. Or... Click for details

A Banko Teapot - Hotei - Taisho/Showa

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1940: item #428564
Ichi 522

A cute little Banko pottery teapot with unglazed finish. On the outer sides of the body is a low relief molded design of Hotei and his bag of goodies - surrounded by a score of small children. Signed on the base with an impressed mark that reads "Banko Nippon" - the clay is a greyish tan color and the pot is in excellent condition with no chips or restorations. It measures 2 1/2" diameter at the widest part of the body and stands 2 1/4" tall. Although the Banko pottery started in 1850, we belie... Click for details

A late Meiji/Taisho Banko Teapot – Three Monkeys

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1930: item #427049
Ichi 522

A nice little Banko pottery teapot dating from the late Meiji to Taisho period, circa 1910-1925. The teapot measures 3 1/2" high and is 3 1/2" long by 2 1/2" diameter at it’s widest. It features a low relief decoration of the traditional "Three Monkeys" on the sides of the orange ground melon shaped body. The lid of the teapot has been cleanly broken in half and reglued at some time it the past. The bamboo strip wrapped handle has some minor loss to the strips. Otherwise the piece is in excellen... Click for details

Kogo,form of Sea Shell,Impressed Seal of Kato Shun Yo

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1950: item #424158
815

Japan early to mid-20th century Pottery with overglaze enameling and gilding. It has a realistic looking hinge impressed on the bottom portion and raised on the lid to hold the two halves in place. Impressed seal on the bottom.

Mashiko Large Plate, Four Seasons Designs, ca. 1965

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1970: item #422708
YS4-12

Mashiko Yaki Oozara (Large Plates), Dia. 12.25" (31.5cm); Vintage production, purchased in 1965. These plates feature patterns from the four seasons: Ume (Plum) for Spring, Shobu (Iris) for Summer, Nekoyanagi (Pussywillow) for Autumn, and Kiku (Chrysanthemum) for Winter. These types of plates were made using molds and then hand-painted as stock items sold in Mashiko in the 1960's & '70s. They are sturdy in form and design, and were seen in many a home and restaurant in Mashiko, Tokyo, and elsewh... Click for details