Whimsical Meiji Banko Teapot with Character Faces Japan

A delightful antique Banko-yaki teapot from the Meiji era. The pot is hand-crafted and hand-painted with expressive theatrical faces, including Okame, Oni, and Tengu—traditional characters from Japanese folklore and Noh theater...

A Satsuma bowl decorated with gold and polychrome enamels, featuring on the interior a procession with samurai and a daimyo on horseback. The exterior shows numerous figures walking. Signed Shoko Takebe, with the name “Thomas B. Blow” inscribed in katakana. Published in the volume “Selezione 2024”. Diameter: 11 cm Meiji period, circa 1900 Thomas B. Blow was an English merchant who lived in Japan. He supplied many collectors in Europe...

A Kyoto Satsuma vase with polychrome decoration on a cobalt blue ground, enriched with floral motifs in gold. One reserve depicts scenes of daily life with geishas in brightly colored kimonos, adorned with flowers and traditional patterns. The other reserve features a naturalistic scene with a rooster, a hen, and a butterfly in flight. Signed Kinkozan. Published in the volume “Selezione 2024”. Height: 32 cm Meiji period, circa 1880

A Satsuma Moonflask vase decorated with polychrome naturalistic motifs within two circular and convex reserves, depicting roosters, ducks, and various birds. On the reverse side, a pair of pheasants is shown beneath a blossoming cherry tree. The handles are shaped like karashishi and finished in gold. Signed Koshida and Zuizan. Published in the volume “Selezione 2024”. Dimensions: 18 × 24.5 × 8.5 cm Meiji period, circa 1900

When all has decayed, only the skeleton remains in a haunting bottle form by Kato Yoshiyasu enclosed in the original signed wooden box. This piece is truly reminiscent of the pod of the Japanese lantern flower, after the flower has deteriorated, leaving behind a framework of such delicate frailty. It is 10 x 5.9 x 36 cm (4 x 2-1/4 x 14 inches) and in excellent condition, directly from the artist this year...

A very rare 19th century tea bowl by Ohashi Shuji enclosed in the original wooden box signed by both the artist and a tea aficionado named Horinouchi Fusensai. It is 10 cm (4 inches) diameter, 12 cm (just less than 5 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Ohashi Shuji (1795-1857) studied medicine before coming to pottery at the age of 37. A practitioner of the Hisada School of tea, he studied in Kyoto under Ogata Shuhei, and was adept at many styles...

Pair of Japanese Meiji period Daishoji Imari porcelain sixteen petal chrysanthemum form shallow bowls densely decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome pigments and gold highlights. A gold chrysanthemum at the center is surrounded by a white chrysanthemum panel decorated with two flowering branches. Sixteen alternating geometric panels accented by six gold chrysanthemum flowers surround the inner and outer walls. Gilt at the rim...

The deity is depicted riding a Buddhist lion. This is Bodhisattva Monju, holding a sword in one hand to slay ignorance and a scroll of scripture in the other to impart knowledge. The representation of the Bodhisattva here is feminine. The lion is the guardian of Buddhism. The sculpture was probably created by assembling several molded parts...

Vintage Japanese Toshikane Arita Porcelain Persimmon and Bird Okimono Marked

It is 6.1 inches (15.5 cm) tall by 4.9 inches (12.5 cm) wide. It is 0.5 Lb.

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

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A large sculpted organic form by the rising young female star Goto Miho rendered from sheer white porcelain titled Kaku. Not simply a carved pillar, it is made simultaneously of an inner and outer layer, with hollows and caverns visible in places between the deeply scored runes outside. It is 1 meter (3 feet) tall and in excellent condition, mounted on a steel plate, directly from the artist this spring.
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An early Ai Kakiemon dish depicting a Nightingale perched upon prunus branches. Scalloped rim elegantly decorated with scrolling vines and flowers. Stunning blue and white decoration, classic design, and excellent firing impart the highest quality to this elegant dish. A nearly identical piece found in the Shibata Collection Part II.

A superb example of the early Kakiemon style...

A porcelain image of two Chinese children by Teishitsu Gigeiin Suwa Sozan I enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Gosai Karako Okimono. It is 15 x 12 x 34 cm (6 x 5 x 13-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Suwa Sozan I (1852-1922) was born in Kutani country, present day Ishikawa prefecture, where he initially studied before moving to Tokyo in 1875. Over the next 25 years he would gravitate between Tokyo and Kanazawa, working at various kilns and research facilities...

A very unusual Edo period ceramic sake bottle with handle and a screw-on pewter lid decorated with two Dutchmen enclosed in an ancient custom made wooden box. It is 12 cm (5 inches) diameter, 29 cm (11-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition. Unprecedented, I have never seen another like it.

A breathtaking voluminous chawan covered in metallic glaze by the master of tea ware Banura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter, 10 cm (4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Banura Shiro (1941-2001) was born the fourth son of influential Lacquer Artist Banura Shogo. His sensitivity to textures may stem from that exacting influence. Although his older brother succeeded the family tradition (another branching into paper arts), Shiro, af...

Large Japanese Meiji period Satsuma double gourd form two-handled vase with an arts and crafts influence in the design. Kinkozan kiln mark to the base. Circa 1900. 14 3/4" high. Heavily potted and with thick pigments. The base and mouth show the characteristic cream colored crackle glaze ground of Satsuma earthenware. Very good overall condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs.

Very rare set of four small dishes of irregular circular shape. Hand-formed from whitish clay, decorated in iron brown slip and covered in a translucent glaze. Probably for serving sweets during the tea ceremony. Each plate decorated with a flower that is closely related to a certain season: Camellia for winter, chrysanthemum for fall, lotus for summer, rice for fall. There may have been a fifth dish, as four is an unusual number for Japanese sets and a spring flower is missing in the line-up. <...

Japanese antique raku ware chawan tea bowl. Light brown color with naturally pitted surface. Antique kintsugi gold lacquer repairs with raised kiri blossom.

Age: Edo Period (18th century)

Dimensions: 4 1/4″ high x 4 3/4″ wide

Provenance: From the personal collection of Frederic Cheever Torrey (1864-1935),partner of Vickery, Atkins & Torrey, interior design firm and art gallery founded in San Francisco in 1888.
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Killer! This is breathtaking vessel of riven clay by Atarashi Manabu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Shinogi Hanaire. Shinogi is this method of cutting away portions of the surface, in this case in deep vertical strokes, the remainder torn away, leaving a surface scarred which both allows the natural ash glaze a foot hold as it blows through the kiln, and as it cools, allows the molten ash to flow and create striking patterns on the surface. It is 16 x 16 x 22 cm (6-1/4 x ...