Sumida Gawa Vases

A beautiful Japanese Satsuma pottery studio vase featuring multiple kesa-clad enlightened Buddhist monks on each side of the vase. The piece is finely detailed with rich raised gilt highlights throughout and beautifully decorated in gold and various hand painted other colors. From the Meiji period (1868-1912). This piece has the all-important Shimazu Family crest mark (red circle with a cross inside) on the base authenticating the work as an old and original Satsumaware work. The mark shows the pottery was made under the rule of the Shimazu clan. From a Los Angeles Collection...

This is a large antique Japanese ceramic storage jar covered with paper. Its powerful, substantial form combined with the remaining traces of paper on the surface gives it a sculptur...

It is "Shigaraki ware". Shigaraki is a historical kiln located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. (Shigaraki Kiln is marked with a red circle on the map.) It is said to have originated in t...

This is an old Japanese ceramic jar covered with multiple layers of traditional washi paper. It was made during the Meiji period (1860s–1900s) and was originally used for storing and...

Brass vases with a turquoise leaf field background with a bright floral ground, flowers of white, red, and cobalt blue, the bottoms decorated with leaves and a single flower

This ancient ceramic jar was once used as a storage container in Japanese homes and merchant houses. It is coated with a deep, lustrous black glaze, which has developed a subdued lus...

Mid-century hand thrown art ceramics vase has clean and minimal shape; it was made of white clay with thick band of vibrant multicolored fat lava glaze decoration on the widest part...

Large Awaji pottery vase with sprigged chrysanthemums and green and white glazes, circa 1930. Measures: 18 1/4" high, 9 1/2" diameter. Excellent condition.

Unusual large antique Japanese imari lidded vase having a quality antique imari lidded vase, with twin handles to the sides, a bulbous body shape and a removable lid, decorated with ...

This vase is thought to be a type of pottery called "Onta ware" in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu. (It is around the area circled in red on the Kyushu map.) This "Onta ware" is a type of po...

We have a unique Japanese aesthetic sense. And only we can introduce unique items through our purchasing channels in Japan and the experience we have gained so far, in such a way tha...

Mid-century hand thrown art ceramics vase has clean and minimal shape; it was made of white clay with thick band of vibrant multicolored drip lava glaze decoration on the widest par...