Shōwa period, second quarter of 20th century
H. 19.7cm x W. 17.1 cm x D. 11.4 cm (7 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Light gray stoneware with decoration in greenish-brown glaze over opaque, bluish white rice ash glaze
20th centuryJapaneseJun-type ware: gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze, the unglazed areas dressed with brown slip
20th centuryJapanesePorcelain with dark brown glaze, the decoration in overglaze golden slip
19th-20th centuryJapaneseReddish buff stoneware with variegated light blue and purple glaze
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic shino bowl
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 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 centuryJapaneseJun-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 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 centuryJapaneseBizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
20th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware (possibly porcelain) with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron black slip
20th centuryJapanese