Shōwa period, circa early 1970s
H. 30.0 cm x Diam. 14.1 cm (11 13/16 x 5 9/16 in.)

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 bizen ware vase
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 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 celadon glaze
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 centuryJapanesePorcelain with dark brown glaze, the decoration in overglaze golden slip
19th-20th centuryJapanese
Light gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip under translucent light bluish green glaze
20th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood
19th-20th centuryJapanese
Shigaraki ware: stoneware silica-filled body with uneven rust to grey colored glaze
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 centuryJapaneseEnamelled porcelain in the style of Swatow porcelain of the Wan-li period: porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels
20th centuryJapanese