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.)
Enameled 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
Temmoku-inspired ware; light gray stoneware with impressed decoration inlaid with white slip under clear glaze, the floor of the bowl covered with black glaze partially washed with overglaze brown slip
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 centuryJapanesePorcelain with celadon glaze
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic
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 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 centuryJapaneseCeramic shino bowl
20th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and russet markings
19th-20th centuryJapaneseJun-type ware: gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze, the unglazed areas dressed with brown slip
20th centuryJapanese
Molded white stoneware with decoration in pink and iron-saturated blue glaze over a semi-opaque, blue-tinted white glaze
20th centuryJapanese
Ceramic
20th centuryJapanese