Shōwa period, mid 20th century
H. 4.1 cm x W. 19.7 cm x D. 19.7 cm (1 5/8 x 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
Porcelain with dark brown glaze, the decoration in overglaze golden slip
19th-20th centuryJapaneseMolded white stoneware with decoration in pink and iron-saturated blue glaze over a semi-opaque, blue-tinted white glaze
20th centuryJapaneseShigaraki ware: stoneware silica-filled body with uneven rust to grey colored glaze
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 centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centuryJapaneseJun-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 centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip under translucent light bluish green glaze
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 wax-resist decoration, the glazed areas with black glaze covered with iron-brown slip glaze
20th centuryJapanese