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Mashiko Large Plate, Four Seasons Designs, ca. 1965 Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1970 item# 422708 (stock#YS4-12)
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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, ...click for details

Mashiko Yaki Vase; Outsuka Sadao, ca. 1965 Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1970 item# 422467 (stock#YS-84)
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Mashiko ware Vase by local potter Outsuka Sadao. Impressed Inlay Patterning. H. 12.75" x Body Dia. 6.5". Stamped at foot "Sada". Purchased in 1965. Good condition, holds water - tested. Condition notes: you can see in enlargement #2 that the vase has a lean/list to one side. Also, there is a "kamakizu" (kiln scar) of a small rock burst on the body. These are imperfections that may make the piece more attractive to some, and less attractive to others. There are sev ...click for details

Mashiko Yaki Lidded Jar; Oushima Shou, ca. 1965 Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1970 item# 422461 (stock#YS-83)
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Mashiko ware lidded jar by local potter Oushima Shou. H. 14.5" x Body Dia. 10.5". Purchased in 1965. Mottled light green Irabo-type glaze with some color changes on body. There are some chip repairs on the inside of the lid done in lacquer and synthetic gold (see detail photo.) The post-war years in Mashiko saw a growth in decorative pottery such as this. Previosuly a traditional pottery town making strictly utilitarian wares since 1853, it was put on the map worldwide when potter Sho ...click for details

Mashiko Yaki, Black Glaze Pitcher, ca. 1965 Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1970 item# 422453 (stock#YS-82)
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Mashiko ware black glaze pitcher. H. 10" x Body Dia. 6". Small chip on rim repaired in lacquer & synthetic gold. Purchased in 1965. Mashiko wares from Tochigi Prefecture have gained a worldwide reputation since potter Shoji Hamada settled there in 1923. It's been said that such handles as the one seen on this piece, and not typically Japanese, were introduced by Hamada and by Bernard Leach into Mashiko and other pottery Japanese pottery towns. This is a fine example of such a w ...click for details

Mashiko Tea Cup - Kimura Seiketsu Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Cups: Contemporary item# 709806 (stock#YC-216)
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Tea cup by Kimura Seiketsu of Mashiko, with three elements of circle, triangle, square. Kimura, born in 1953, has been operating an independent kiln in Mashiko since 1983. The town of Mashiko, in Tochigi Prefecture, is one of the world's largest pottery communities. Starting as a production center for utilitarian pottery in 1858, Mashiko today is a mecca for the ceramic artist-craftsperson largely due to the town's exposure by the late Hamada Shoji and other members of the Mingei (Folk C ...click for details

Mashiko ware Tokkuri (Sake Flask) Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1920 item# 394267 (stock#YA-8)
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Sake Flask, "tokkuri," Meiji Era (1868-1912) from Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture. H.10", Body Dia.6". This early Mashiko ware shows the "tobi kanna" technique of chatter marking around the body. In Meiji-era Mashiko, this patterned flask was called a "matsu-kawa-tokkuri" (pine-skin-tokkuri.) A rich, dark brown glaze decorates the neck. Similar wares were also produced around the same time in Fukushima Prefecture. Today, chatter marked wares, such as plates f ...click for details

Soba Choko (Noodle Cups),Early Meiji Era, 5 pcs. Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1900 item# 402973 (stock#YA-5)
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Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue Soba Choko, featuring a lovely land/seascape scene of mountains, willow tree, a hut, and the sea with boat sails and birds flying overhead. Average height 6cm, average diameter 7cm. Although soba choko are generally attributed to Arita kilns, by the late Edo-Early Meiji Period, they were also being made in Seto, as well as at kilns further north in Tohoku. These 5 cups all feature the same pattern and are all in good condition. T

Canning Jar, early American pottery Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre 1900 item# 395351 (stock#YA-42)
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A canning jar from an early American pottery. H.8.5'x Base Dia.5". This 19th century canning jar (pot) has a rich brown glaze (Albany slip?) and exhibits the simple beauty of traditional functional pottery. It makes a wonderful flower vase.

Soba Choko, Imari, Edo Period Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1900 item# 402989 (stock#YA-4)
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Imari ware soba choko (soba noodle dipping cup) from the mid-late Edo period (1600-1868.) Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue painting of "takenoko" bamboo shoot pattern. H.5.5cm(2.17") x Dia.7.5cm(2.95"). A crack in the rim has been repaired using synthetic gold and lacquer. Soba choko were originally used for small morsels of food much like the mukozuke is used in today's Japanese place setting. It was not until later in the Edo Period that they were made specifically ...click for details

Mashiko-yaki vase, ca. 1960's, Camelia pattern Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1970 item# 403005 (stock#YA-34)
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Mashiko ware vase with long neck coated in black glaze, and overglaze painting of camelia flowers on body, ca. 1960's. H.48cm(19") x Dia.23cm(9"). A fine example of vintage Mashiko ware that might have graced the tokonoma of a local Mashiko family home, this vase conveys an elegant shape while retaining its simple rustic background. Mashiko wares became popular through the work of National Living Treasure Hamada Shoji, who settled in this agricultural pottery town in the 1920's ...click for details

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