early 20th century
10.3 x 30.2 cm (4 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Jun-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 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 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 centuryJapaneseReddish buff stoneware with variegated light blue and purple glaze
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic bizen ware vase
20th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware (possibly porcelain) with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron black slip
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 shino bowl
20th centuryJapaneseMolded white stoneware with decoration in pink and iron-saturated blue glaze over a semi-opaque, blue-tinted white glaze
20th centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centuryJapaneseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze streaked with yellow overglaze, the foot and base with medium brown skin; with incised signature reading "Moriyasu saku" on the base
20th centuryJapanese