A cylindrical, bottle-shaped handthrown vase, straight-sided, shouldered and necked with a lip on the top of the neck. Decoration heavy over a heavily crackled ecru surface. Decorations in green, blue, and white enamel of harbour scene in landscape, shelters, and blossoming trees. Typed label on bo…
A cylindrical, bottle-shaped handthrown vase, straight-sided, shouldered and necked with a lip on the top of the neck. Decoration heavy over a heavily crackled ecru surface. Decorations in green, blue, and white enamel of harbour scene in landscape, shelters, and blossoming trees. Typed label on bottom: “cylindrical, stained Ecru glaze; landscape design, richly ornamented, green and blue enamel; Kioto; 1780.”
Carved wooden peg doll with clothes pin-like very simple head and body. Arms and legs simply carved and hinged at elbows, knees, shoulders and hips, painted facial features, black hair and black shoes. Wearing ornately styled handmade clothes (Queen Anne period ?) of silk brocade, metallic lace and…
Carved wooden peg doll with clothes pin-like very simple head and body. Arms and legs simply carved and hinged at elbows, knees, shoulders and hips, painted facial features, black hair and black shoes. Wearing ornately styled handmade clothes (Queen Anne period ?) of silk brocade, metallic lace and heavily embroidered silk which are tacked directly to body.
Hand thrown, flat based vessel with 2.2 diameter neck and an affixed top handle. Glaze transparent mottled dark green with blue streaking, blue caused by small amount of cobalt. Glaze mottling possibly from heavy ash, wood, firing. 7.5 cm. crack on bottom, probably occured during firing. Glaze …
Hand thrown, flat based vessel with 2.2 diameter neck and an affixed top handle. Glaze transparent mottled dark green with blue streaking, blue caused by small amount of cobalt. Glaze mottling possibly from heavy ash, wood, firing. 7.5 cm. crack on bottom, probably occured during firing. Glaze residue on bottom rough surface.