Korean Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

A beautiful handmade ceramic dish or vide-poche by unknown studio potter / maker with an organic oval form and hand painted glaze of cream and dark grey / blue color (color). Would be perfect for serving nuts or other little bar snacks...

Decorative ceramic dish or vide-poche by ceramicist Georges Pelletier, France. Handmade ceramic bowl, with an attractive design in shades of blue with black lines and gold-lustre de...

French brown glass ashtray or empty pocket, circa 1970. Massive glass, smooth on the sides and more textured in the center. Excellent condition.

Exquisite Japanese late-19th century Imari Meiji period (circa 1880) signed porcelain charger in iron-red, cobalt blue and green. It showcases three panels with floral pattern on a dramatic gold background with shishi lions strolling. The panels are set against a stunning cobalt blue background adorned with generous gold details. The three small circles around the rim showcase plum blossom, pine and bamboo patterns, together they create a stunning auspicious “sho-Chiku-bai”. This stunning contrast creates a beautiful scene that invite the viewer to get closer to explore the details. The reverse side is decorated with underglaze cobalt blue hand-painting with the artist signature at the center.  The late father of the collector of this exquisite pair, who operated one of the leading kilns in the historic Imari-Arita region of Japan, travelled extensively to Europe in the early 1960s with a mission that he led, to purchase and bring back to Japan antique ceramics...

A wonderfully, hand-painted, one-of-a-kind studio pottery bowl by Korean-American master potter/artist Sunkoo (Sun Koo) Yuh. Yuh's work is often inspired by Buddhist and Confucian be...

A beautiful natural emerald green malachite jewelry dish vide-poche, in the organic modern style. A great piece for a desk, vanity, nightstand table, or o...

Japanese Meiji period satsuma scalloped shaped bowl. The bowl of beautiful form with gilt pin-striping and dotting to the accented areas. The exterior decorated with multiple fish swimming around the outside with small flower sprays between. To the inside a painted netting covers the bowl with butterflies and further floral sprays. The centre decorated with representations of each of the woodcut prints from Hiroshige's Tokaido gojusan tsugi (53 Stations of the Tokaido Road). To the base a stylised cartouche signature within an oval for Suizan.  This Japanese satsuma bowl...

Meiji period large Japanese Imari bowl centerpiece This large, distinctive, octagonal porcelain Imari bowl is painted in rich, inky blue, co...

An exquisitely decorated and wonderfully executed ceramic Mingei glazed plate/ low bowl by Japanese National Treasure and Mashiko pottery master Tatsuzo Shimaoka. This work displays his famous Jomon Zogan rope inlay design, hand-painted decoration, and has his impressed "Ta" signature on the base. Shimaoka, who started as an apprentice to famed Japanese potter Shoji Hamada in 1946 before opening his pottery studio, has exhibited worldwide including in North America, Asia, and Europe. In 1996 he was bestowed the title of Japanese Living Treasure...

A delightful small Korean Goryeo ware celadon glazed stoneware bottle vase with sangam slip inlay, Goryeo Dynasty, 12th - 13th century, Korea. The sma...

This is a good quality Japanese porcelain plate or dish, which we date to the Edo period, circa 1840. The plate is beautifully hand decorated with varying shades of under-glaze c...

A rather spectacular piece in person with a wonderful glaze and color. Wonderfully designed with a good feel and heft to it. We believe this is from the Qing Dynasty but are simpl...