Japanese Contemporary Blue Pink Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3

Extraordinary Japanese contemporary museum-quality decorative vase, a masterpiece intricately hand-painted on a rectangular body of the finest Arita porcelain, which provides the per...

Exquisite contemporary Japanese porcelain decorative vase hand painted in red, pink and blue on an elegantly shaped body, a signed work by highly acclaimed Japanese master porcelain ...

Contemporary dimpled platinum-gilded decorative porcelain vase, an exquisite piece crafted, hand painted and signed by a highly acclaimed porcelain artist of Japan’s Imari-Arita regi...

Extraordinary Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, extremely intricately hand-painted in stunning pink, blue and green on a beautifully shaped porcelain body, a signed ma...

Lovely and very detailed piece. Rare. Condition Overall condition B; There is 1 crack on the body. Size; 245mm wide Period Meiji Periode (1867-1912).

With lovely magnolia tree in bloom and finch on blue background. Signed: Fukugawa.   

Small cloisonné vase in bronze. Signed to the bottom. Blue enamel base color decorated with numerous flowers, reeds, a rabbit etc. in polychrome e...

A striking blue and white vase 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 around 1870s and later became one of the appointed artist 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. With a relative large size, this vase is decorated with underglaze cobalt blue using the novel technique developed by Kozan called Fuki-e (the blow painting), in order to achieve the striking dimensional misty winter landscape. The pine trees with upright trunks and down-sweeping branches appear receding into the depth of the mist, forming an visually unending forest. Known as one of the most creative ceramists, around 1880s, 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. He even invented his own receipt of cobalt blue to achieve a much brighter yet softer shade, as evident on this vase. To create landscape 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...