20th century
15.7 x 11 cm (6 3/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Ceramic bizen ware vase
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 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 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 shino bowl
20th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and russet markings
19th-20th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip under translucent light bluish green 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 centuryJapaneseBizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
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 centuryJapaneseJun-type ware: gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze, the unglazed areas dressed with brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseSilver
19th-20th centuryJapanese