Antique Japanese Raku ware chawan (tea bowl) with crackle glaze and finely applied kintsugi. Red glaze with dark greenish-black spots. Seal impression on the bottom. Kyoto. Evaluation done in the 1930's by TZ Shiota when the family was inheriting the collection from their great grandfather, Federic Torrey...

Japanese SATSUMA FLOWERS VASE Meiji Period

Description & Size: 18.41 x 19.05 cm (7.25" x 7.5") height & wide

Weight: 1763 gram (62.18 oz)

Age: Meiji Period c19th Century

Production: Handcrafted

This is a beautifully Japanese Satsuma vase handcrafted & decorated with multiple flowers & bamboos through out the vase. The vase is crafted on 3 flare footed stand. The condition is excellent with the exception of a hole drilled on the base...

Polychrome Sumida-gawa ceramic bowl made from sandstone, also called Sumida-yaki. Some parts are glazed. Original decoration of an old man trying to climb the bowl.

Mark of Ishiguro Koko (石黒香香): 香二, Koko. The 二 marks the repetition of a character in traditional Chinese. His name can also be written 香々 or 香二). His real name was Ishiga Gôzô (石田郷三). He is a potter of the early Meiji era...

Japanese Kutani "Taniguchi" Earthenware Dish with Satsuma style multiple Chrysanthemum Flower decoration, Ca...

A medium sized Japanese Oribe dish with a rich, brilliant green glaze and plum blossom brush painting. The crackle in the glaze adds to the design and the edging is painted. The bottom is unglazed and has 4 indented strips. Invented in Japan in 1605, Oribe ware introduced vivid pattern and color to a ceramics tradition that had previously favored somber, monochrome designs.

Dimensions: 9.5" diameter

Date: circa 18th C

Meiji (1868-1912) Japanese Satsuma Hexagon Vase with Dragon & Phoenix Marked

It is 10.7 inches (27.4 cm) tall by 8.26 inches (21 cm) wide. It is 7.9 Lb.

It has minor rubbing of gold, surface wears, and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Japanese Satsuma Earthenware square shape small Censer, Incense Pot, Meiji, 1900, 2 1/8" high, 2" square-top rim, supported by four(4) small bracket feet, the Gold and enamel painting are very small finely done. Each Panel is decorated with flying Dragon, Phoenix Bird and other flying Mythetical animals in round circling cartouche in the middle with accented by detailed design. The condition is good except some raised fine detailed gold paintings are worn.

An antique Satsuma figural group of a prone bull with a guardian. The bull with crackled cream ground, gilt noseguard and retaining rope and with polychrome painted and gilt backcover. The young man in a gilt and multicolor painted traditional Japanese garment resting on the animal while holding a book in his hand. 11.5" long, 6" high. An exceptional piece.

Condition: Flawless, ex-Christie's

A very nice Japanese, Meiji Period (1868-1911) drum form Satsuma lidded box with two faux molded handles to the sides. The exterior and interior of box and lid each are decorated with scenes. Signed on bottom, it measures 5.5 inches diameter, 3" high.

This amber Raku chawan was made in late Edo Period (1800-1868). Raku pottery is traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremony since as early as the 16th century. Size Width 4.0in (10.3cm) Length 4.1in (10.5cm) Height 3.4in (8.7cm) Weight 10.93oz + Box 6.35oz (310g + Box 180g) Condition Good considering the age. There is gold repair, please see the pictures for details.

Japanese early 20th century vase by Sasaki Niroku. The vase is done in the shape of a well bucket with crab on the side. The piece is done in fine detail and very realistically. The vase TOMOBAKO, or original artist signed wooden storage box. The piece measures 9" tall, 6" wide and 6 3/4" deep.

This is a KYOTO SATSUMA VASE on a Cobalt Ground. There are 3 Painted Panels incl. 4 FIGURES; a PAGODA SCENE; and ARHATS or DEITIES. Rich GOLD Enamels. This Vase is from a Maryland Estate standing 6 3/4" tall and dates circa 1850 to 1875. In Excellent Condition. OUTSTANDING SATSUMA VASE for the Collection (more jpgs showing marks to follow)

Raku-yaki tea bowl for tea ceremony. Raku-yaki is hand-shaped with pallet but not with the potter's wheel. This bowl has pinkish glaze and nice grey glaze in the bottom inside. 18th or 19th century. In good condition. Diameter:13cm Height:9cm

Large original Antique Japanese large low-fire ceramic mask of the Lucky God, Daikoku. His laughing face is round and painted with charming detail to his beards and eye brows. He is wearing his traditional hat that has been hand painted with great detail. One of the Lucky Gods, Diakoku is the God of Good Fortune as well as a god of the kitchen. It is possible that this mask may have hung on the wall in a temple's kitchen...

Meiji (1868-1912) Japanese Meizan Zo Satsuma Earthenware Natsume Tea Caddy Marked

It is 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) tall by 2.5 inches (6.3 cm) wide.

It has stains, rubbing of gold, and wear (as seen in the photos).

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Japanese Satsuma Signed "Hakuzan" Earthenware Dragon and Rankan decorated Cup and Saucer, Ca. 1920, Cup-4 3/8" wide include handle and 1 3/4" high, Saucer-5 3/8" diameter, small bruise and hairline on top rim about 1/4" wide, condition of the saucer is good.

Width: 21.3 cm (8.7 in)
Height: 3.8 cm (1.5 in)

Fine Japanese Satsuma dish by Fuzan; decorated with the finest of gilt and polychromed millefiori work; edged by a gilded Greek hatched border; good condition

Beautiful porcelain kutani beauty, geisha in training. She reads a poem, possibly a love poem. She wears a robe that is tied in front, miko, indicative that she is not yet a geisha. The outer robe is blue decorated with white, red, green, and gold colors. She measures 13.5" tall. Meiji Period (c1900).