20th century
H. 8.7 x Diam. 12.1 cm (3 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Imitation 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 centuryJapaneseBizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
20th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and russet markings
19th-20th centuryJapaneseLight 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 centuryJapaneseJun-type ware: gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze, the unglazed areas dressed with brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseBizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
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 centuryJapaneseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze streaked with yellow overglaze, the foot and base dressed with dark brown slip glaze; with incised signature reading "Moriyasu saku" on the base
20th centuryJapaneseReddish buff stoneware with variegated light blue and purple glaze
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip under translucent light bluish green glaze
20th centuryJapaneseJun-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 centuryJapanese