Shōwa period, mid-20th century
H. 1.6 cm x Diam. 17.8 cm (5/8 x 7 in.)
Temmoku-type ware; light gray stoneware with wax-resist decoration, the glazed areas with black glaze covered with iron-brown slip glaze
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
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 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 centuryJapanese
Ceramic
20th centuryJapanese
Bizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
20th centuryJapaneseJun-type ware: gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze, the unglazed areas dressed with brown slip
20th centuryJapanese
Light gray stoneware with decoration in greenish-brown glaze over opaque, bluish white rice ash glaze
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic shino bowl
20th centuryJapaneseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with slate gray glaze mottled with blue overglaze; with impressed seal mark reading "Moriyasu" on the exterior wall above the footring
20th centuryJapanese
Ceramic
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