A set of five covered bowls from the Akashi kilns of the 19th century decorated with cotton flowers on brown sandy clay. Each bowl is roughly 11.5 cm (4-1/2 inches) diameter, 6 cm (2-1/4 inches) deep. There are minor abrasions to the soft clay along the rims, but no cracks, and overall in rare fine used condition. Akashiyaki is a type of ceramic from Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture influenced by Mishima, Ko-Kiyomizu and Ninsei wares which reached its peak in the latter half of the Edo period. At th...

Antique Japanese okimono of a skull. Made of ceramic with a dark brown finish. Realistically sculpted with details of every process and suture. And with a single porcelain tooth. Comes with tomobako.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 5" high x 5 1/2" long

Exceptional & Very Rare Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Sanskrit Inscribed Buddhist Pottery Jar

This very rare and fascinating pottery jar was made around the 13th - 14th century during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) or possibly the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) and has been excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province, at the time a particularly isolated part of China. It is made from a relatively highly-fired grey pottery, although the surface is mostly appears pale brown due to the ir...

Fine Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Pottery Zodiac Jar with Sanskrit

This interesting pottery jar was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), or possibly the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) and has been been excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province. It is made from a fairly high-fired pale grey pottery.

Strips of clay have been applied to the outer wall to form five lotus leaf panels. Within each panels are two small circular applied moulded forms of zodiac animals mak...

Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Lotus Leaf Pottery Jar

This interesting pottery jar was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), or possibly the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) and has been been excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province. It is made from a fairly high-fired pale grey pottery. Decoration comprises strips of clay applied to the upper body to form five lotus leaf panels. Within, and between, each lotus leaf there are also incised patterns.

Height 24.5 cm (9....

Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Banpo Burnished Pottery Bottle with Oxford TL Test

This fine, elegant and incredibly ancient pottery vessel was made over 6,000 years ago during the Banpo phase (c. 4800 - 4300 BC) of the Yangshao culture in present-day Shaanxi province. It is quite heavily-potted and very finely finished with its attractive form and very smooth burnished surface. It has quite a wide body, the upper body rounded and ending in a long narrow neck with a bulbous mouth, the lower bo...

Fine Chinese Neolithic Xiajiadian Culture Burnished Pottery Li Tripod

This fine pottery vessel was made some 4,000 years ago by people of the Xiajiadian culture (c. 2300 - 1600 BC) from Inner Mongolia. The form of this vessel is characteristic of this Neolithic culture with its wide rim, partly hollow udder-shaped legs and carefully constructed body. The body above the legs has a smooth burnished surface.

This is a tall vessel with a height of 23.75 cm (9.5 inches), diameter of mouth 16....

Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has a wide body with a relatively small flat base. There are two loop handles joining the shoulder to the mouth which is of the form sometimes referred to as "saddle-shaped". The varying surface colours are due to uneven firing conditions during manufacture.

Most known Siwa j...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has a wide body with a relatively small flat base. There are two loop handles joining the shoulder to the mouth which is of the form sometimes referred to as "saddle-shaped". The varying surface colours are due to uneven firing conditions during manufacture.

Most known Siwa j...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Cord-Impressed Pottery Jar / Bottle

This rare jar, or bottle, was made some 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), in the north of China, what is now eastern Gansu province. They produced a variety of pottery vessels including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes. This particular example is quite "heavily-potted", fairly highly-fired and made from a coarse gritty clay. It has fired to a pale yellowish-bro...

Ten Ancient Chinese Bronze Arrowheads - Han Dynasty / Warring States

Here is a group of ten bronze arrowheads from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) to the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). Some have remains of their iron shafts. As seen. Sizes range from 3 cm to 4 cm in length.

The stated price is for all ten of them.

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Ten Ancient Chinese Bronze Arrowheads - Han Dynasty / Warring States

Here is a group of ten bronze arrowheads from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) to the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). Some have remains of their iron shafts. As seen. Sizes range from 2.75 cm to5.25 cm in length.

The stated price is for all ten of them.

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Eight Ancient Chinese Bronze Arrowheads - Han Dynasty / Warring States

Here is a group of eight bronze arrowheads from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) to the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). These all have parts of their shafts and a couple of them seem to be a mixture of bronze for the actual head and iron for the shaft. As seen. Sizes range from 4.75 cm to 8 cm in length.

The stated price is for all eight of them.

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Large and heavy top-quality Bizen Hachi bowl by Living National Treasure Kei Fujiwara. The potter's signature is incised on the base.

Size:
Height: 13.6cm
Width: 38cm
In excellent condition with kiln scratches. Comes with a signed wooden box.

Kei Fujiwara was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, in 1899. He published a poetry collection in 1922 and studied drawing at the Kawabata Yoga Research Institute. By 1930, he was a freelance writer.

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This stunning stoneware bowl by Japanese potter Hamada Shoji showcases his signature simplicity and natural beauty. The bowl has a smooth, glazed upper section that transitions into a textured, rough lower portion. The variations in color and texture are a result of the firing process, reflecting Hamada's embrace of natural imperfections.

Hamada Shoji was a key figure in the Mingei (folk craft) movement, dedicated to reviving traditional Japanese pottery. His works are known for their...

Large winter bowl by Hayashi Kotaro (1940-1981), with the artist's mark incised on the base.

Dimensions:
Diameter: 13.5cm
Height: 9.6cm
In excellent condition, includes a matching wooden box and leaflet.

Hayashi Kotaro was a renowned ceramic artist from Toki City, Gifu Prefecture. He studied ceramics starting in 1959 under Kobei Kato at the Gifu Prefectural Ceramics Experimental Institute. He was recognized in exhibitions like the Japan Traditional Crafts Ex...

Kawase Hasui
Houses by Water at Night
Date: 1951.
Size: Approximately 2.25 x 1.5 inches. Card size: 3.5 x 2.25 inches.
Hasui seal at right.
Woodblock print is attached along its top edge only to original blank card.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent.
- A rare and truly tiny design.

One of such rare antique Hagi Chawan with wonderful glaze and aesthetically pleasing patina from the mid 19th century (Edo Period 1603 - 1868).

It comes together with its antique wooden box and rare authentication and appraisal of the 5th Kohitsu Ryōchū 古筆了仲 (1820-1891).

Like many of the great Japanese ceramic traditions of western Japan, Hagi originated with Korean potters. Indeed, in the Momoyama era (1573-1603) and in the early years of the Edo period (1603 ...