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Place of Origin: Japanese
Japanese Antique Momoyama Edo Bizen Ware Pottery Wabi-Sabi Art Tsubo Jar Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning Bizen ware stoneware vase/jar/vessel - produced sometime during the late Momoyama period (1568-1600) / Early Edo Period (1603-1867). Bizen yaki...
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16th Century Edo Antique Japanese Ceramics

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Stoneware

A pair of Edo period ‘Scheveningen’ design Arita export dishes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Each of these decagonal saucer-dishes is painted in underglaze-blue with a landscape of two Dutchmen and a boy warmly wrapped up and wearing large hats, two appear to be skating and ...
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Early 1700s Edo Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Netsuke 19/20th C Japanese Japan Monkey Thinking Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century. Provenance: From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, A well known Dutch painter and artist from...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Reconstructed Ceramics #4 Contemporary Zen Japonism Style
By Norihiko Terayama
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series of ceramics are unique work by Norihiko Terayama. He broke ceramic at first, and make it into a lot of fragment. He rasp some of fragmen...
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2010s Japonisme Japanese Ceramics

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Ceramic

Early 20th Century Japanese Kutani Milk Jar and Sugar bowl, Bamboo motif
Located in Pomona, CA
These two Bamboo Designed Sugar bowl and Milk jar Set from Japan are hand made and painted on them with gilt on the painting and hands. They are handcrafted and maintained very good ...
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Early 20th Century Anglo-Japanese Japanese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Lovely Antique Lamp Vase with Birds and Turtles Japan Meiji
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice quality with superb decoration Condition Overall condition; Very good. Size: 405mm. Period Meiji Periode (1867-1912).  
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Japanese Asian Signed Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Ceramic Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous Japanese studio pottery chawan tea bowl that features a mix of shifting colors, glazes and textures as well as elements of Shino Ware and Hagi Ware. The piece radiates in...
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20th Century Showa Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Antique Japanese Satsuma Dish Decorated Travellers in Landscape Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very friendly piece. Marked at base, 19th century. 8-7-19-11-1 Overall condition perfect size, 250 mm x 35 mm.  
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Japanese Handmade Ceramic Pottery Textured Chawan Yunomi Tea Ceremony Cup Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
Wonderfully made and designed Japanese Chawan or Yunomi tea cup. Great texture and color. Likely Mid-20th Century Showa period but could be older. Fine craftsmanship. Very attracti...
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Mid-20th Century Showa Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

A Japanese Satsuma ceramic lobed bowl
Located in Milano, IT
Satsuma ceramic lobed bowl with curved corners and embellished with a refined scene of daily life along a watercourse on the outside. The interior is adorne...
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Late 19th Century Japonisme Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Glazed Mino Tea Bowl Chawan Showa Period Ex-Musuem
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese glazed ceramic tea bowl (chawan) in Gohon style likely made in Showa period of 20th century. Supported by a short foot ring with a notch, the bowl was made from coarse cla...
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Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Japanese Satsuma Style Porcelain Tea Set 27pcs Pot Richly Decorated
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This add is for 27 pieces. Unusual and very detailed pieces with butterfly in original box. Marked on base. Porcelain in Satsuma style 5-7-18-zwa-3114p Condition: Overall c...
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Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Kichizaemon Raku Seinyu XIII "13th" Signed Antique Japanese Raku Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully glazed, impeccably made Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese master potter the 13th Kichizaemon Raku, Seinyu (1887-1944) who was the eldest son of Konyu - the 12th Kichizaemon of the Raku family line of potters - known as the most noted and celebrated tradition of pottery within the world of Japanese tea. Kichizaemon Raku was the 13th master to carry on the family's esteemed name and tradition. The bowl features shifting textures and deep, rich colours which radiate in the light. The term "Raku" was derived from the site where clay was dug in Kyoto in the late 16th century. The Kanji character for Raku translates to "enjoyment" or "fun/delightful" For 15 generations it has been the title and seal used by a lineage of potters whose work formed the central tradition in Japan. This lineage believes that 'Raku' refers to the potters who use the technique, not the technique itself. In the 16th century, the first of these potters, Chojiro is said to have come under the patronage of the Japanese tea master, Sen-No-Rikyu. According to legend, in 1598 a few years after Chojiro's death, ruler, Hideyoshi Toyotomi bestowed upon his adopted son, Jokei, a golden seal with the written symbol "Raku." Both the name and the ceramic style have been passed down through the family to the present ever since. The name and the style of ware have become influential in both Japanese culture and literature. Raku ware marked an important point in the historical development of Japanese ceramics, as it was the first ware to use a seal mark and the first to focus on close collaboration between potter and patron. Other famous Japanese clay artists...
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Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Pair Japanese Satsuma Hand Painted Vase Urns Meiji Period 1868-1912
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair of early Meiji period Satsuma heavy gauge earthenware Rouleau Japanese Vases of Museum quality and generous proportions. These beautiful Satsuma-ware vases were made du...
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19th Century Anglo-Japanese Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Fine Art Japanese Vase Arita. Artist Fujii Shumei Winter Landscape Born, 1936
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and rare piece with matching storage box. A superb blue and white porcelain vase, with a landscape. Made by Fuji Shumei Fujii Mr. Aki Fujii's specialty is the technique ...
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20th Century Qing Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Meiji Hand Painted Satsuma Vase Pot Warriors Hunters Antique circa 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
High quality hand painted Satsuma vase / pot with warriors or hunters During the mid-19th century the well-known highly decorated Satsuma ware was created in an appealing oriental...
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19th Century Taisho Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Fine Japanese Ceramic Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A miniature Japanese ceramic vase from the end of Meiji period circa 1880s- 1910s by Kinkozan (1645-1927). One of the largest studio manufacturers of the export ceramics at the time ...
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Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique 19C Japanese Satsuma High Quality Vase in Pipe Shape with Flowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description A Faboulas Japanese Satsuma vase, Meiji period ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Porcelain Studio Art Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
With lovely magnolia tree in bloom and finch on blue background. Signed: Fukugawa.   
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20th Century Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Massive Japanese Arita Presentation Porcelain Plate Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
This massive Japanese Arita plate was made in Hizen, circa 1890-1910s, at the end of Meiji period by a potter named Takeshige Yoshisuke who was active in A...
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Late 19th Century Japonisme Antique Japanese Ceramics

Japanese Contemporary Platinum Black Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 9
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, dramatically hand painted in platinum, set against a beautifully shaped porcelain body in black, a signed piece belonging to the artist's signature fish collection by highly acclaimed master porcelain artist and recipient of numerous awards for his exceptional and extraordinary porcelain work and his unique signature gold and platinum work on porcelain. In 2016, the British Museum added a work by this award-winning artist to its collection of contemporary Japanese porcelain in the Imari-Arita polychrome enamel tradition. The artist's profile is available upon request. According to a Chinese legend...
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21st Century and Contemporary Adirondack Japanese Ceramics

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Platinum

Contemporary Japanese Blue Red Green Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, extremely intricately hand-painted and gilded on a stunning progression of hexagons on a beautifully shaped porcelain bod...
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21st Century and Contemporary Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Gold

Vase with Delicate Hand Painted Floral Spray on Neutral Ground-Japan, early 20th
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Japanese porcelain vase delicately hand painted on an craquelure oatmeal colored ground. The brightly colored design is of prunus blossoms, chrysanthemums and several roosters all ou...
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Early 1900s Japonisme Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Japanese Meiji Period Gold White Porcelain Sleeping Cat Sculpture, circa 1910
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Meiji period Japanese Kutani sculpture of a sleeping cat in fine porcelain, inspired by the small wooden sculpture at the entrance of...
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Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Gold

Old Wooden Netsuke 19/20th C Japanese Japan PEANUTS Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century. Weight: 9 grams Provenance: Collected in the 1980's. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, ...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Japanese Meiji Period Early 20th Century Sake Bottle with Brown Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period monochrome sake bottle from the early 20th century with concentric lines. Created in Japan during the Meiji period, this antique sake bottle captivat...
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Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Ceramics

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Ceramic

Japanese Contemporary Hand Painted Red Gilded Porcelain Cup and Saucer
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary Ko-Imari (Old Imari) style gilded hand painted porcelain cup and saucer. This extraordinary piece brings back the glory an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Gold

Antique 19C Japanese Satsuma Flowers Foliage Jar with Landscape Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description A Japanese Satsuma vase, Meiji period Of ovoid shape and decorated with flowers and foliage between cell borders, later white metal collar and cover. Condition ...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Red Black Hand-Glazed Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Mesmerizing highly collectible Japanese decorative porcelain vase of exceptional charm, an exhibition piece, stunningly hand-glazed in vivid blue, red and black on a beautifully shap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Orange Green Gold Blue Porcelainn Vase by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary museum-quality decorative porcelain vase, extremely intricately hand-painted in dark brick orange, purple, green and yellow on a beautifully shaped ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Gold

Late 19th Early 20th Century Japanese, Meiji Satsuma Vase Double Gourd Shape
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th / early 20th century Japanese, Meiji Satsuma vase with a double gourd form. The design incorporates underwater plants with golden Koi Car...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Contemporary Porcelain Blue Red Gold Cup, 5
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese Ko-Imari (old Imari) porcelain long stem cup, in bright red, blue and green colors and generous gold application that are charac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Gold

A Japanese Meiji Period Blue and White Porcelain 5-Tier Presentation Box
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Quite Large Japanese Meiji Period Blue and White Porcelain Five-Tier Presentation Box and Cover. This magnificent piece was most probably made for a nobleman to pr...
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1890s Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Vases with Reticulated Pierce Work Ca 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain vases with Reticulated Pierce Work, Circa 1880-1890.
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19th Century Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

A Fine Pair of Japanese Satsuma Vases, Meiji Period , Signed Reizan.
Located in London, GB
A Fine Pair of Japanese Satsuma Vases, Meiji Period , Signed Reizan. Of baluster form with gently flared neck and footrim, each vase exquisitely hand-painted in with continuous pa...
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19th Century Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Red Blue Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, dramatically hand painted in vivid red and blue, set against a stunning auspicious fish scale background in gold and red, a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Gold

Set Of Three Japanese Porcelain Vases
Located in Kent, Dover
A set of three Japanese vases, comprising a celadon vase with Greek key design around the collar c.1900, an emerald green cloisonne, silver-mounted vase c.1930 and a cream crackle gl...
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Early 1900s Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Silver

Japanese antique pottery small incense burner/bonsai pot/1868-1920
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is believed to be a small incense burner made in Japan during the Meiji and early Taisho periods (1868-1920). The design is very simple but b...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Antique ca 1900 Japanese Satsuma Obiyama Candle Holders Richly Decorated Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Sharing with you is this nice pair of Japanese Satsuma candle holders, Obiyama, Meiji/Taisho period. Absolute top quality pieces. ...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Massive Ceramic Jar Tsubo by Japanese Potter Tsujimura Yui
By Tsujimura Yui
Located in Atlanta, GA
A massive and magnificent ceramic Tsubo jar by Japanese potter Tsujimura Yui (1975-). Inspired by the techniques and aesthetics of the early medieval Sue ware, the artist hand builds an impressive voluminous oviform, irregular by intention, from a combination clay from both Shigaraki and Iga, coarse by nature and rich in feldspar. Fired on their sides horizontally, the surface of the thick wall tsubo is covered with streaks and drips of natural ash glazes in shades of green and blue, forming an abstract and mesmerizing pattern that resembles geothermal earth activity. Additional ashes are blown during the firing to accentuate the textures. Most recognizably, there are many circular marks scattered on the surface of his archaic looking vessels. That is resulted from using stacked tea bowls to prevent the conjoining of the vessels. After the firing, the stacked vessels are chipped away, leaving behind those circular impression, as well as deep pools of glaze which gather where they were placed. Born in 1975, Tsujimura Yui is the first son of the contemporary ceramic artist Tsujimura Shiro...
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Early 2000s Modern Japanese Ceramics

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Ceramic

Japanese Asian Signed Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Ceramic Glazed Chawan Tea Cup
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous Japanese studio pottery Chawan tea cup that features a mix of shifting colors, glazes and textures as well as elements of Shino Ware and Hagi Ware. The piece radiates in ...
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20th Century Showa Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Large Japanese Imari Charger 16", Edo / Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A large and charming Japanese imari charger with Chinese boys, Edo to Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan. The large porcelain charger measuring 16" in diameter features high, slo...
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1860s Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Green Red Blue Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary highly collectible decorative porcelain vase, hand painted in extremely intricate patterns and extensive gold details on vibrant red, yellow, blue/g...
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21st Century and Contemporary Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Gold

Izuru Yamamoto Japanese Bizen Ware Pottery Yohen Tsubo Jar Vase With Ash Glaze
Located in Studio City, CA
A stunning and sumptuously, naturally glazed large work by Japanese pottery master Izuru Yamamoto (Born 1944- He is the son of the late Toshu Yamamoto- a Japanese Living National Tr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Japanese Antique Pottery Bottle 1860s-1900s/Flower Vase Wabisabi Jar Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese sake bottle. It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). It is made of ceramic and covered with paper. It is slightly cracked and reinforced with paper. The pa...
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Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Ceramics

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Pottery, Paper

Lovely Antique Satsuma Lamp Vase Set with Cranes and Turtles, Japan 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice quality with superb decoration of cranes and turtles. With elephant handles. Both lamps are working! The additions are bronze Condition:...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Contemporary Japanese Cream Black White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Outstanding museum-quality contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, dynamically hand painted in cream and orange set against a stunningly shaped porcelain porcelain backgroun...
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21st Century and Contemporary Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Ceramic Bowl with Crescent Mark by Kodai-ji Kiln Meiji Period Ex-Musuem
Located in Atlanta, GA
An unusually shaped ceramic chawan made by Kodai-ji Kiln in Kyoto circa 19th century of Meiji Period. The bowl has a rounded shape of a monk's alms bowl supported by a short foot rin...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

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Ceramic

Japanese Contemporary Blue White Porcelain Charger by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary large Japanese contemporary museum-quality decorative porcelain charger in blue underglaze, extremely intricately hand painted, a stunning masterpiece by widely acclaim...
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21st Century and Contemporary Meiji Japanese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Large 17th Century Colonial Japanese Porcelain VOC Charger
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain VOC dish. Arita, late 17th century Measure: Diameter 32.1 cm These dishes, ordered by the VOC during the second half of the 17th century, were copied after the popular Chinese Wanli ‘Kraak’ porcelain...
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Late 17th Century Antique Japanese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Old Wooden Netsuke 19/20th C Japanese Japan Bird of Tree Bark Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century. Weight: 5 grams Provenance: Collected in the 1980's. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, ...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Antique 20th C Taisho Japanese Kyo Satsuma Statue of Mother and Child Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description A Japanese Satsuma statue, Taisho or early Showa period Marked on base: ?? Omura. Condition Overall Condition Good, but 1 restored break to the robe of the moth...
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20th Century Taisho Japanese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Large Ceremic Shigaraki Tsubo by Nagaoka Masami
Located in Atlanta, GA
An impressive Shigaraki Tsubo (jar normally for storage) in an archaic form with a bulbous and robust body that opens with a small lipped mouth. Heavil...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Contemporary Black Platinum Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 6
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, dramatically hand painted in platinum, set against a stunningly shaped porcelain body in black, a signed masterpiece from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Meiji Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Platinum

Japanese Contemporary Imari Blue Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, hand painted in blue on a beautifully shaped body in pure white, a signed piece by widely acclaimed master porcelain artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Shoji Hamada Tenmoku Glaze & Kaki Trailing Vase with Original Signed Sealed Box
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, beautifully crafted Japanese pottery vase by master potter Shoji Hamada featuring Hamada's famous signature tenmoku glaze with kaki trailing. The original Hamada signed and sealed wood storage box is included as well as the written appraised signature of his son Shinsaku Hamada. The vase also comes with a printed artist profile/sales brochure of Hamada (featuring some of his other presumably available work). It appears this piece was offered at the Keio Department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo. At first glance, this may seem odd but in fact, this is quite an honor in Japan. This store is known for selling and exhibiting such high-profile artists and potters as Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Gyokudo Kawai, Shiko Munakata, Kawai Kanjiro, and Rosanjin Kitaoji. A major goal of many ceramic artists in Japan is to have a one-man exhibition in a department store. For many Westerners, this is a strange concept. Some of the larger department stores have up to three or four dedicated galleries showing concurrent art exhibitions. A well-known artist's exhibition can bring in hundreds, often thousands, of customers to a store and increase revenue for other sales in the millions-of-yen range. These exhibits are usually longer running and highlight a potter's career, like a Living National...
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Mid-20th Century Showa Japanese Ceramics

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Stoneware

A Satsuma vase painted with polychrome enamels and pure gold
Located in Milano, IT
A Satsuma cylindrical vase in the shape of a bottle decorated and painted with polychrome enamels and pure gold. The two reserves present, on one side, a scene of daily life, with g...
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Large Japanese Satsuma Ceramic Vase Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese ceramic vase from the end of Meiji period circa 1890-1910s by Kinkozan (1645-1927). One of the largest studio manufacturers of the export ceramics at the time based in Kyoto. In the typical style of satsuma made at the turn of 20th century, the vase is elaborately decorated with a rather unusual kinran-de (gold paint) and green enamel highlight on a mottled brown background. The painterly decoration depicts a large seasonal floral arrangement in a circular fashion. Besides the obviously superb craftsmanship, what sets this particular vase apart from many lower quality and mass-produced pieces is its tone-on-tone color pallet that is visually somber and the small and sensitive details that heralds the change of the seasons. When the viewer goes beyond the first casual glimpse of the blossom and foliage, one would notice that on the edges of certain leaves as well as along the stalks, there accumulates a very thin layer of the white dust that represents the frost. The flower in bloom are chrysanthemums. Despite of being splendid, they are the messengers of the autumn. The large lotus leaf was subtly rendered in a bended and slightly withered manner, just past its prime. Although the lotus is still in bloom, the prominent seed pod indicates it may be the last for the season. The sentimental capture of the change of the seasons is not unusual in Japanese art. This vase poetically represents such a subtle transition from summer to fall, perhaps depicting the very first frost. The neck of the vase is also slightly unusual with two rolled rings...
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Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Ceramics

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Ceramic

Large Pair Japanese Coral Ground Imari Covered Vases on Stands, Getty Collection
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental and Very Rare Pair of Japanese Coral Ground Imari Covered Vases on Stands, from the Getty Collection. Each painted to the front and ba...
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1890s Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique Kutani Japanese Floral Vase Marked Plate Japan Top Quality
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous vase with a mark on the base. Kutani Condition Overall condition some firing flaws in base and some line selections close to rim. 225 x 160mm H x D Period Meiji Period...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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