Heisei period, dated 1999
H. 6.8 x Diam. 14.6 cm (2 11/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Collection of the artist, Kimura Moriyasu, 1999-2000

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
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Bizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
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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 centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centuryJapanesePorcelain with celadon glaze
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19th-20th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark on base reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
19th-20th centuryJapanesePorcelain with dark brown glaze, the decoration in overglaze golden slip
19th-20th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and russet markings
19th-20th centuryJapanese
Bizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
20th centuryJapanese