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Stoneware and glazes

Stoneware with glaze

Gray stoneware with variegated clear, white, and pale lavender blue glazes over impressed decoration (so-called "mishima" technique); with incised signature of the artist reading "Makoto YABE" on the unglazed base, the surname written idiosyncratically

Onda ware, 'zogan' technique: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip on the interior and over white slip brushed over chatter marks on the exterior; with three- (or four-?) character stamp of the Onda kilns impressed on the base

Stoneware with cobalt-oxide wash, glaze

Onda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the exterior

Kohiki type: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over brush-applied white slip, the slip carefully applied to form hard-edged geometric patterns, with artist’s mark impressed on the base

Off white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze

Lacquered wood

Light gray stoneware with mottled iron-brown glaze over wax-resist brushwork decoration, with artist’s mark impressed on the base

Off white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze; with signature of the artist reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing

Onda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the exterior