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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

Kasama-yaki Tsubo (Jar,) late Edo-early Meiji Era Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1910 item# 394667 (stock#YA-30)
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A rich black glaze covers this Kasama-yaki jar from the late 19th C. It is in the shape of a "natsume," a tea powder caddy used in the tea ceremony. H.21.5cm (8.5") Body Dia.16cm (6.25".) Kasama wares currently do not enjoy the fame of pots from nearby Mashiko. But Kasama, in neighboring Ibaraki Prefecture about 30 minutes away by car, preceeded Mashiko in being a ceramic production center by nearly a century, and had a hand in training the early Mashiko potters. Though most ...click for details

Tamba ware tokkuri (sake flask), Meiji Era Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1910 item# 402988 (stock#YA-3)
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Sake flask from Tamba kilns in Hyogo Prefecture, early-mid Meiji Era. Characteristic reddish-brown glaze with black ladle drips around the neck. H. 24cm, Dia. 13cm.

Mino-yaki Toushin-zara (Oil Lamp WickPlate,) Edo Period Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1900 item# 394678 (stock#YA-29)
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Toushin (wick) zara (plate) held a small amount of oil with a coiled wick, and was usually set in some sort of lamp arrangement. These were used until the advent of glass and other lamps. This example of fine folk pottery is from central Japan, likely Mino ware, produced during the Edo (1600-1868) Era. The top side has a warm yellow glaze, and the underside is unglazed. H. 1.5cm (0.6") Dia.10cm (4".)

Tokkuri (Sake Flask), Edo Period Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1900 item# 394442 (stock#YA-26)
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A late Edo - early Meiji tokkuri (sake flask) from the Hokuriku (central west coast) of Japan. H.24cm (9.5",) Body Dia. 16cm (6.25".) Probably fired in one of the no longer existent kilns of what is now Niigata Prefecture, this tokkuri has a rich yellowish-brown glaze which has experienced a nice crazing over time. Although from central Japan, the glaze and somewhat refined shape are reminiscent of Yatsushiro ware from Kumamoto in Kyushu. It is a folk piece, but at the same time has a ...click for details

Abura Dokkuri (Oil Flask) Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1900 item# 394656 (stock#YA-24)
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An antique flask much like a tokkuri used for transporting sake, the "abura" (oil) "dokkuri" (flask) was used to transport oil products. H.27cm (10.5"), Body Dia.16cm (6.25".) This one is from the old Echigo (present-day Niigata Prefecture) which had stores of oil used for heating and lighting that were shipped up the Japan Sea coast north to Hokkaido. This example is wonderfully pitted with oil over a white glaze, produced at one of the no longer existent folk kiln ...click for details

Mizugame (Water Storage Jar), Late Edo-EarlyMeiji Era Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1910 item# 394259 (stock#YA-23)
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This water jar, "mizugame," stands 60cm (23.5") high with a mouth diameter of 55cm (21.5".) The rich brown glaze is decorated front and back with freely poured ladle splashes of black slip. A band of 5 incised lines runs about 7cm below the rim of the jar. The decoration is similar to Tamba wares at first glance, but a look at the unglazed bottom reveals not the red clay of Tamba, but a yellowish-light brown clay from Seto or elsewhere. Water Jars like this one were a standa ...click for details

Seto ware "konebachi" kneading bowl, Meiji Era Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1920 item# 402987 (stock#YA-2)
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Seto ware kneading bowl, or "konebachi" used in most Japanese households of the period. Characteristic warm yellow seto glaze with seiji (green) ladle drips to add accent to the rim. Height 15cm x Dia. 26.5cm. Minor glaze cracking inside the bowl.

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