Japanese Oribe Boat Shaped Dish A superb Japanese green and yellow boat-shaped dish, hand modeled by an expert potter, measuring 10 X 5 X 2 ins., dating to the Meiji Era (1868-1912). The yellow and green glaze accents the fine modeling and wave patterns scribed into the sides. An unusual ceramic piece that has characteristics of Oribe ware in the glaze. This may have seen use in the tea ceremony or in ikibana.
 

Set of 3 Makuzu Kozan Studio Food Dishes A beautiful set of three, Japanese food dishes, made of earthenware and covered with a cream glaze and designs of flowers in overglaze enamels, measuring 6 1/2 X 1 1/2 ins., dating to the early to mid 20th century. Each plate is shaped like a leaf and bears a different floral design in brown, white and green, similar to the palate seen in Oribe ware. The design is consistent with the Kyoto Kenzan school. The floral patterns and overall design are similar in conception and execution to a set of five dishes by KOZAN III shown in the Winter 1996 issue of <u>Daruma</u>. The dishes are signed on the reverse in a white cartouche: KOZAN. I don’t know if this is the work of KOZAN III or KOZAN IV, since I do not have the box or any attribution. They are most definitely from the Makuzu Kozan studio. The plates are in excellent condition with no damage. I had minor rim chips (2-3 mm.) professionally restored on two of the three.
 

Set of 7 Oribe Meiji Covered Bowls A great set of seven (7) Japanese Oribe covered bowls dating to the late 19th - early 20th century. Each bowl measures 4 1/4 in. across and 2 in. high (2 1/2 ins. with the covers on). Each piece has a pottery body, a cream glaze, underglaze brown geometric designs, and a splash of lustrous green/blue glaze -- all characteristics of Oribe wear. Five are in excellent, original condition. Two of the bowls have had small rim chips repaired using a gold lacquer technique. This technique is used only for pieces to be considered valuable enough to warrant the expense. This is a fine, rare and original set of seven Oribe bowls.
 

Old Kyoto Bottle Vase - Meiji Era <p><b>A beautiful and elegant Japanese Kyo-mizu, or old Kyoto, bottle-shaped vase, of white porcelain, covered with a tan, rayskin glaze, and decorated in raised, moriage style flowers of pink, white, green, and blue enamels, dating to the Meiji Era (1868-1912). </b> The vase measures 9 X 3 X 5 ins. It is in excellent and original condition with no cracks, chips or repairs. A great addition for the collector of fine, Japanese Kyotoware.
 

Imari Kinrande Bowl - Edo/Meiji <p><b>A fine Japanese Imari footed bowl, measuring 4 1/2 X 2 3/4 ins., dating to the late Edo to early Meiji Eras.</b> The bowl is decorated in kinrande style with alternating floral medallions. The high foot shows an X and O pattern in underglaze blue. The base is unmarked, consistent with earlier Imari pieces. The gold on the rim is worn and a small (1/4 in.) rim chip has been filled with a gold lacquer technique. A fine bowl that could have been used either as a teabowl or a food dish during the tea ceremony.
 

Japanese Lacquer on Pottery Vase <p><b>A very unusual Japanese pottery vase with a fine, cream-white earthenware body, measuring 5 3/4 X 3 ins., dating to the Meiji or Taisho periods.</b> This vase is covered with a fine crackle, cream glaze and is accentuated by slips of red, blue and tan that run down from the rim. The artist has used these glazes as clouds to hide an elegant coiled dragon done in raised gold lacquer. The base has underglaze cracks produced during one of the several firings needed to make this unique piece. They are not through and through and do not affect the structural integrity. A unique Japanese pottery and lacquer vase in original and fine condition.
 

Kutani Tripod Censor <p><b>A Japanese Kutani censor, measuring 3 x 3 ins., dating to the early 20th century.</b> The earthenware body of the censor stands on three feet. The typical red/brown surface glaze is decorated with landscape design done in muted, old-style colors. The base bears both the kanji for Kutani and the artist’s signature. The latter indicates that this was a more valued piece, being worthy of the artist’s signature. Except for minor wear to the top with some gilt rubbing, the censor is in fine and original condition.
 

Japanese Black Lacquer Pottery Hibachi <p><b>A Japanese black lacquer over pottery hibachi, measuring 10 ins. high and 7 ins. across the opening, dating to the mid 20th century.</b> The hibachi is covered in overall black lacquer and has a landscape design done in gold, red and white lacquer. There are some small dings as well as general wear and scratches in the black lacquer as expected plus one repaired 1/2 ins. defect on the reverse. This would make a very decorative planter.
 

Famille Noire Studio Bowl - Fukugawa? <p><b>A fine and unusual Japanese studio bowl painted on the interior with three geisha in a garden on a famille noire, or black, background, dating to the late 19th - early 20th century.</b> The garden scene contains wonderfully rich colors of trees, flowers and auspicious fungus as well as the superb kimono of the ladies. There is a floral, outer rim diaper and a brown palm leaf base diaper. The bowl measures 10 ins. across and 3 1/2 ins. high. The base has a kakihan mark of the artist. It is in original condition except for the restoration of a 1/8th in. rim chip that is not noticeable except on close inspection with magnification. <p>I believe this bowl to be from the Fukugawa studios because of the design elements and the similarity of the mark to those seen in Fukugawa wares. It may have been produced by one of the artists in the studio as an independent effort.
 

Set of 5 Imari-Kakiemon Edo Period Dishes <p><b>A traditional set of five Imari dishes, decorated in Kakiemon style with floral designs in underglaze blue and overglaze green, red and black enamels, measuring approximately 4 1/2 ins. in diameter, dating to the Edo Period, or late 18th - early 19th centuries.</b> The dishes have scalloped edges and are all in excellent condition with no damage or repairs.
 

Kutani Chawan <p><b>A finely-made, Japanese Kutani chawan, measuring approximately 4 1/2 X 3 ins., dating to the early to mid 20th century.</b> The bowl is decorated on the outside in overglaze enamels in typical Kutani colors with three reserves, one featuring two gentlemen, the others showing landscapes. The upper and inner rims have brick red diapers with gold accents. The bowl bears a Kutani place mark in red on the base. It is exceptionally well done and in excellent condition.
 

Japanese Kenzan Studio Bowl A Japanese Kenzan studio bowl made of a pottery base with cream, crackle glaze and overglaze multicolor designs of monks in abstract forms, bearing the Kenzan signature in overglaze brown, measuring 5” X 2 1/4”, and dating to the 20th century.
 

Oribe Piecrust Edge Dish A Japanese Oribe dish for the tea ceremony, made with a piecrust edge and decorated in brown with a mountian and pine trees, dating to the late 19th -early 20th century. The Oribe blue-green glaze runs over one corner. The dish measures 5 1/2 in. X 4 in. X 2 1/2 in.
 

Japanese Lacquer over Pottery Vase A Japanese red over black rubbed lacquer over pottery vase, decorated with finely-executed Autumn grasses in raised, flat (takamakie and hiramakie) and sprinkled gold and silver lacquer techniques, measuring 12 1/2” tall, 4” across the base, and 8 1/2” across the top. The leaves are exquisitely done to show signs of decay. Not marked but of the Occupied Japan period (1945-52). In excellent condition with no chips, cracks, damage or losses.
 

Kenzan Sake Jar A Japanese sake jar with a tea-dust glaze, decorated in overglaze enamels in moriage style with a samurai and caligraphy, measuring 5 1/4 ins in height and 2 1/2 ins. at its widest, signed and consistent with work by Kenzan. A crack in the rim has been repaired with gold lacquer technique.