Shōwa period, second quarter of 20th century
H. 23.0 cm x W. 10.0 cm x D. 10.0 cm (9 1/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Jun-type ware: gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze, the unglazed areas dressed with brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseShigaraki ware: stoneware silica-filled body with uneven rust to grey colored 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 centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic
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 centuryJapaneseBizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
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 centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with decoration in greenish-brown glaze over opaque, bluish white rice ash glaze
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 centuryJapanese