Heisei period, dated 1998
H. 12.5 x Diam. 41.9 cm (4 15/16 x 16 1/2 in.)
Collection of the artist, Kimura Moriyasu, 1998-2000

Jun-type ware: light gray stoneware with light blue glaze enlivened with bluish-purple splashes; with circular seal reading "Minoru" impressed into the wall of the foot-ring before firing
20th centuryJapanese
Light gray stoneware with decoration in greenish-brown glaze over opaque, bluish white rice ash glaze
20th centuryJapanese
Shigaraki ware: stoneware silica-filled body with uneven rust to grey colored glaze
20th centuryJapanese
Temmoku-inspired ware; light gray stoneware with impressed decoration inlaid with white slip under clear glaze, the floor of the bowl covered with black glaze partially washed with overglaze brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseImitation Wanli, "wucai" type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
19th-20th centuryJapanese
Light gray stoneware with localized areas of natural ash glaze over impressed decoration and marks from shells used as firing supports; with stamped potter's mark on the base
20th centuryJapanese
Ceramic
20th centuryJapanese
Molded white stoneware with decoration in pink and iron-saturated blue glaze over a semi-opaque, blue-tinted white glaze
20th centuryJapanese
Jun-type ware: light gray stoneware with light blue glaze enlivened with bluish-purple splashes from copper filings; with incised signature reading "Minoru" on the unglazed base
20th centuryJapaneseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze streaked with yellow overglaze, the foot and base with medium brown skin; with incised signature reading "Moriyasu saku" on the base
20th centuryJapanese
Ceramic
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic shino bowl
20th centuryJapanese