A Set of Six Takatori Ware Dishes Now Mounted

Large heavily glazed Chinese shallow bowl with radiating elements to the lip. Early 20th century. On contemporary stand.

Rare pair of Japanese Nagasaki Export lacquered wood knife boxes with mother-of-pearl inlay of flowers and birds, now converted to letter boxes...

Japanese wood root and stone Wabi Sabi - "The Acceptance of Transience & Imperfection" sculpture. From Kyoto, Japan. Possibly earlier than 19th cen...

The Afo Bridal Currency was used in Nigeria until the early 1940s. This is also known as a "Chenkrom." Now mounted on a bronze stand.

A set of five Japanese ceramic dishes in an inscribed tomobako box. These dishes were made in the types of Ko-Oribe (Old-Oribe) and dated in the early to middle 19th century (end of Edo period) serving as Mukozuke dished for multiple-course kaiseki cuisine. Ko-Oribe ware were made during Momoyama period (15-16th century) as a subtype of Mino ware and favored by tea master for their irregular and organic spirit. In slightly irregular oval shape and average 7.5" by 6.5", one edge of these dishes is covered in a pleasant irregular sliver of deep green glaze (therefore these are also known as Ao-Oribe, Green-Oribe). The main surface is covered in a white glaze with fine crackles and decorated in the center with a motif of fern branch in a grey-black glaze. The glaze has a sheen indicating a high concentration of magnesium. The five dishes vary subtly in shape, color and hand-applied glazing and paint pattern, The foot supports were cut short and remain unglazed revealing a whitish buff-ware like clay underneath. The set of Mukozuke dishes retains its original tomobako. On the lid, ink kanji inscription reads: Ko (old)-Seto, Mukozuke for Five, Shotoken (presumably the name of a high-end dining or tea house establishment where the dishes were collected and belonged). For a comparable Mukuzuke Oribe dish...

Japanese Kutani Sei ceramic dishes, set of six, late 19th century. Rectangular quadrilobe shape, richly decorated in the Kutani specific red, enhanced with liquid gold accents. The ...

Large Italian-Spanish style pair of Formation’s earthenware “Castano Plates." These limited-edition plates (exclusive to the trade) are no longer in production making them even more ...

A rare set of 6, mid 1960s stoneware plates by famed Japanese-American potter Teruo Hara. Each plate is signed on the reverse with Hara's TH chop mark. Hara's work is difficult to co...