This early to mid-1900s Karatsu style chawan or tea bowl has a wonderful thick frothy ash glaze spilling over a deep iron glazed base. The artist's seal is stamped on the bottom. There is a small kiln chip on the rim.
Height: 3 1/4
Diameter: 4 1/2
This mid-1900s Japanese cobalt blue hibachi is decorated with a peony motif in shades of light purple. An illegible signature is stamped on the bottom. Very good condition.
Height: 11
Diameter: 17 1/2
This glazed stoneware jar from a kiln in Kyushu was once used as a container for pickled plums. Thick black glaze with a light blue interior. Very good condition.
Height: 5
Diameter: 5 ½
This early 1900s Japanese blue and white porcelain hibachi is artistically decorated with stylized pine trees and waves. Good condition.
Height: 12
Diameter: 17
This Karatsu style chawan or tea bowl has a wonderful thick frothy ash glaze spilling over a deep iron glazed base. The artist's seal is stamped on the bottom. Excellent condition.
Height: 3
Diameter: 4
This very lightweight mid-1900s chawan or tea bowl has a salmon colored glaze. The artists signature, Yuichi Furuse is stamped on the bottom. Excellent condition with tomobako.
Height: 3 ½
Diameter: 3 ½
This mid-1900s signed pottery water dropper, shaped as a teapot, is used in Japanese brush painting to dampen the ink stone. Very good condition.
Height: 3
Diameter: 3
This early to mid-1900s Bizen sculpture is shaped as Hotei, the god of contentment and happiness. He is depicted here carrying a pearl. Excellent condition.
Height: 8 ½
Width: 6
Depth: 4
This large 19th century hand painted pale blue and white scalloped platter is decorated with a phoenix, dragon and flower motif. There have been two old repairs at the rim.
Diameter: 17 ½
Height: 3
This early to mid-1900s signed plate has been glazed in the characteristic Oribe colors. Two stylized chrysanthemums decorate the center. Excellent condition.
Height: 1
Length: 7
Width: 4 ½
This late 1800s signed Arita plate is decorated with a hand painted floral and leaf pattern. There are surface marks, kiln cracks and signs of use.
Diameter: 9 Ύ
Height: 2
This mid-1900s set of five plates has been glazed in the characteristic Oribe colors. They are shaped as fans with scattered geometric designs. Excellent condition
Height: 1
Length: 5 ½
Depth: 4
The rich coloration of this early to mid 1900s Bizen plate is the result of placement and slow firing in the kiln which has produced a deep rust-brown color. Very good condition with an unidentifiable signature on the back.
Diameter: 9
Height: 1 Ύ
This sake bottle was traditionally used for delivery from sake supplier to local bars and restaurants. The name of the supplier and type of sake is written on the bottle. Good condition with normal firing irregularities.
Height: 14
Diameter: 6
This style of Seto-ware was a standard utilitarian product of various kilns at Seto in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The tightly drawn swift circles date this piece to mid-Edo. Very good condition except for old inner and outer rim chips and normal firing irregularities.
Height: 2
Diameter: 10"
