Taisho Period Shigaraki Okame Hand Warmer, Japan

The large stoneware pot glazed with vertical green stripes on an off-white background in a watermelon-style crackled glaze pattern. The interior glazed brown. the form of wide body ,...

Taisho-Early Showa period Japanese Stencil-Dyed Summer Kimono with bamboo Motif A light-weight summer kimono woven of both cotton and silk, and patter...

Antique Japanese Yumino Wax Bean Storage Jar, northern Kyushu, Yumino kiln. A well shaped and thickly potted stoneware jar, large well-rounded body with everted lip, lightly applied ...

Early 20th century porcelain Maneki Neko, Japan This porcelain Maneki Neko, the good fortune beckoning cat, is a molded seated form with the right raised ...

Pair of Large Japanese Ceramic Shi-Shi Dogs roof tiles, Bizen kiln, 20th c. Bizen kiln is one of the oldest and well known kilns in Japan. This is a very unusual pose of Shi-Shi Do...

Handwarmer/Censer Japan circa 19th century Bronze Measures: H: 5.5 in x D: 8 in :: 14 cm x 20.3 cm Happy Tibetan New Year of the Water Rabbit! ...

This is a good quality, hand decorated Japanese porcelain charger, large plate or bowl with an Imari pattern, dating to the late 19th centur...

Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma large square bowl Antique early Meiji Period 15" square with scalloped rim Satsuma bowl. Highly unusual and finely painted. ...

A beautiful ceramic vessel in the form of Bo, the so-called monk's alms bowl from the studio of Japanese Potter Makuzu Kozan, also known as Miyagawa Kozan (1842–1916), one of the most established and collected ceramist from Meiji Period. Born as Miyagawa Toranosuke, Kozan established his pottery studio in Yokohama circa 1870s and later became one of the appointed artists to the Japanese Imperial household. His work was exhibited in many international fairs that the Meiji government participated at the turn of the century and won many grand prizes. Of a relatively large size, this piece was made as a decorative center piece for display. It was brilliantly decorated with underglaze paint of a green-on-green bamboo motif, using the novel technique developed by Kozan called Fuki-e (the blow painting). As a result, the bamboos appear took on a three-dimensional quality as if appearing in a mist. Known as one of the most creative ceramists, circa 1887, Kozan started experimenting with new chemical colors from the West in the format of his porcelain glaze. New colors allowed him to create underglaze design that appeared bright, smooth and glossy. To create design that is realistic and dimensional, more common in the western paintings, he was inspired by the native Japanese ink painting technique developed around 1900 by Yokoyama Taikan...

A Japanese Taisho period brown Tamba Tachikui ware sake jar jug from the early 20th century. Boasting a lovely brown color accented with black drip glaze, thi...

A Showa period tall cream ground cloisonne vase, with two orchids and four spikey leaves, Japanese, mid 20th century.

A pair of Meiji period Satsuma earthenware vases, each with applied elephant-mask handles, painted in overglaze pastel enamels and gilt with a continuous central frieze of sages and ...