Japanese Gourd Shape Kutani Ceramic Vase with Cranes Decoration 1940s

Gourd shaped Asian inspired ceramic vase from the 1990s. Designed with one female figure on either side of the vessel. One lady holding a flower and the other playing a flute (?). ...

A number of colored rectangles on perpendicular incised white lines over a black glossy glaze background defines this Mid-Century Modern vase from Üebelacker-Keramik also known as ...

This porcelain double gourd vase is a wonderful decorative object realized by a Japanese artist during the Edo period in the early 19th century. Painted with polychrome enamels, it shows on the body a bottom with alveoli on which Stand circular reserves decorated with real and fantastic animals seems to reproduce the zodiac signs. Furthermore, the original blanket is decorated with small sloping triangles and three bands with geometric and floral decorations. At the center of the base "Kutani Fuku" the relief mark. Provenance: Sotheby's Auction, Olympia London, April 23, 2002, lot 254; Private collection, Milan. Certainly, it is a sophisticated piece, with a singular Silhouette, a vase of good luck to propitiate a good year...

Drawing on the enduring phoenix tail form that dates to China’s Bronze Age, this porcelain vase from the 1920s exhibits the sinuous lines and gilded refinement that helped to define ...