Modern Vase with Three Friends of Winter Design

Japanese: Ceramics Pre 1980: item #976750
COLL1013

This is a handsome vase dating from the mid 20th century, Showa period. It has a lovely design with the tapered top done in a geometric medium blue color. As the base straightens out to a vertical body, we find a rounded body with a blue stream connecting reserves of the Three Friends of Summer. The back of the vase is primarily a plain white glaze. On the base is a signature that has been translated as “Toho”. It measures 6” high and is 4 Ό” diameter A at its widest. It is in excellent conditi... Click for details

Moon flask, Satsuma ware, Taizan, Japan Meiji period

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1900: item #976700
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Stoneware moon flask, decorated on one side with three pieces of cloth hanging in the wind from a flowering cherry tree (the cherry blossoms in tiny specks of silver, the clouds done in gold); on the other side with peonies that are covered against late spring snow (the snow on the cover and the veins of the leaves in silver, the outlines of the peony petals in gold). On the rounded side an irregular pattern in tea dust glaze, sprinkled with cherry blossoms in silver. The neck and foot are glaze... Click for details

A Hirado Cup with Karako Chasing Butterflies

Japanese: Ceramics: Porcelain Pre 1900: item #976444
ICHI 2239

This is a fine Hirado handleless cup with a slightly ruffled rim. On the outside and inside of the rim is a band of blue lappets in the classic Hirado blue. The outside of the cup has a scene of five young boys – karako – chasing butterflies under pine trees. The base of the cup has a band of geometric squiggly lines. On the bottom there is a three-character mark that translates as "Hirado Mikawachi" in Japanese kanji characters. The cup measures 2 Ό” high by 3 ½” diameter at the top and 1 Ύ” d... Click for details

Outstanding Early Japanese Imari Vase Fukagawa

Japanese: Ceramics: Porcelain Pre 1900: item #976350

This is a beautiful example of early Japanese Imari porcelain. We believe it is from a matched pair that had only one signature. The enamel work and decorations are fabulous. We have seen this quality of work before on pieces marked either Fukagawa with the red orchid or with the 1880 Seiji Kaisha mark. The vase stands 8 1/2 inches and is in excellent condition.

Excellent Very Large Japanese Sumida Gawa Vase

Japanese: Ceramics: Earthenware Pre 1910: item #976347
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This is a huge Sumida Gawa vase from a grand old estate of oriental items. The previous owner had owned it for decades. We have never seen this pattern before, especially with the basket design behind the figures. Probably a one of a kind. It weighs a massive 25 pounds. It stands 18 inches high and is about 14 inches wide. The condition is very good overall and all the paint appears to be original. There are two chips on the bottom rim and a factory repair of a firing crack. Look close at the la... Click for details

Japanese Satsuma Dragon Teapot Marked - Meiji Period

Japanese: Ceramics: Earthenware Pre 1900: item #976217

This is a finely made, hand painted, artist signed Satsuma teapot with detailed painting of wise men(arhats) and raised lizard or dragon handle and spout coiled and curved around body of teapot and much open work. It shows Satsuma Mon and lots of raised gold and various shaped panels with arhats and pictures of samurai life. The maker's mark on the bottom: "Dai Nippon, Satsuma, XXZan (illegible), Hododa" which indicates Meiji Period (1868-1912). Beautiful decoration with nice gilt work.... Click for details

A Japanese Arita Dish – Dragon and Phoenix

Japanese: Ceramics: Porcelain Pre 1940: item #975846
COLL1012

This is a well-made blue and white Arita dish with a transfer design of a dragon and a phoenix. The dragon is traditionally associated with the Emperor and the Phoenix, or Ho-O bird, is associated with the Empress. Stylized clouds surround both symbols. In the center of the dish is a round reserve with a formal arrangement of three large leaves ans smaller vines. The base of the dish glazed in pure white with no decoration. ... Click for details

Chawan Tea Bowl by important Zen Priest Kutsu Deiryu

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1950: item #975526
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A red Raku Chawan inscribed with the Ichigyosho Tea phrase Seifu hakki yoku ni shozu by Zen Priest Kutsu Deiryu enclosed in a wooden box. The bowl is 4-1/2 inches (11.5 cm) diameter and in fine condition. Kutsu Deiryu (1895-1954) was born into a military family, and was raised from an early age in the strict environment until being diagnosed with Tuberculosis. He was sent then to serve at a nearby temple but was refused as Buddhism was still recovering and many temples were quite poor. He wa... Click for details

Chawan Tea Bowl by Important Zen Priest Yamada Mumon

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1980: item #975522
TCR2784

A Shino glazed bowl inscribed with the characters Jutoku by Zen Buddhist Priest Yamada Mumon enclosed in the original cedar box signed by the potter and made in 1974 for the 500th anniversary of the completion of Tokuju-Ji Temple. The bowl is roughly 5 inches (12 cm) diameter, 3-1/2 inches (8.5 cm) tall and in fine condition. Yamada Mumon (1900-1988) studied law in his youth, but was converted to the life of Buddhism by a statement of Confucian theory which says, rather than become a lawyer, c... Click for details

A Small Koransha Dish – Cherry Tree – Showa

Japanese: Ceramics: Porcelain Pre 1980: item #974889
ICHI 1259

A nice little Japanese Koransha dish with a design in dark blue of a cheery tree with red cherries. It measures 2 ½” long by 2” wide and is 1” deep. We date it to the late Showa period, 1960s-1980s. It is signed by the Koransha (Scented Orchid) workshop on the base. The piece is in excellent condition.

Over three hundred years ago, Eizae... Click for details