Japanese Contemporary Large Red White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist

Elegant contemporary Japanese porcelain decorative vase, beautifully hand painted in red, white and blue on a strikingly shaped body, ...

Exquisite Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, intricately hand-painted on a beautifully shaped fine Arita porcelain body, featuring three attractive flower panels, a sig...

Exquisite contemporary Japanese porcelain decorative vase hand painted in red, white and green on a beautifully shaped body, a signed work by highly acclaimed Japanese master porcela...

Exquisite Japanese contemporary gilded porcelain decorative vase, intricately hand painted in red, white and blue on a beautifully shaped body, a signed work by highly acclaimed Japa...

Very large ovoid shaped porcelain vase with a beautiful blue and white mountainscape design accentuated by a low relief details. The top of the vase ends in an elegant small neck. Y...

Made by the studio of the legendary Japanese imperial potter Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916), this is a large porcelain vase glazed in a soft yellow color with a subtle gradient, on top of ...

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 an impressively large size, this vase was likely made and reserved as a presentation piece for one of the many expositions the studio participated in the early 20th century. It was 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 literary landscape known as "Mountain and Water". Being one of the most creative ceramists, Kozan started experimenting with new chemical colors from the West in the format of his porcelain glaze around 1880s. New colors allowed him to create underglaze designs 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 Taikan...

A large glazed white porcelain vase in the jar-form by Japanese ceramic artist Inoue Manji (Japanese, b. 1929). Minimalistic in form, the vase is pure white with a very subtle blue h...