EditorialBizen, section of sheet no. 14 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 16.7 x 6.9 cm (8 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; section of har...
EditorialWine Bottle, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Clay covered with salt glaze and spots of overglaze (Bizen ware, Imbe style), H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialVase in form of a Funamushi, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date 1650, Japan, Stoneware covered with flecked glaze (Bizen ware), H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); Diam. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialRenp, Cricket pot, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Renp (Japanese,), 18th19th century, Japan, Pottery with brown wood cover (Bizen ware), H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diam. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialTea Caddy, Japan, Momoyama period (15731615), Date 16th century, Japan, Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Bizen ware), H. 3 in. (7.6 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialMiniature Vase, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date 17001750, Japan, Pottery covered glaze (Bizen ware, Imbe style), H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialStorage jar, Japan, Muromachi period (13921573), Date ca. 1500, Japan, Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Bizen ware), H. 13 in. (33 cm); Diam. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialWidemouthed jar (kame) with wave pattern, Japan, Momoyama period (15731615), Date late 16thearly 17th century, Japan, Stoneware with incisions and fire marks (Bizen ware), H. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialSake Bottle (Tokkuri), Japan, Momoyama period (15731615), Date late 16thearly 17th century, Japan, Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Bizen ware), H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialYu Fujiwara, Sake bottle, Japan, Yu Fujiwara, mid-20th century, Japan, Earthenware; round body with short, narrow neck and everted lip; flat base with maker's initial; partially covered with clear glaze and area of purple glaze with orange hue (Bizen w...
EditorialVase with sangi motif, Narrow, irregularly shaped square vase made of stoneware. The four walls embossed with a sangi (calculating sticks) motif. Bizen., anonymous, Japan, c. 1700 - c. 1799, Edo-period (1600-1868), stoneware, glaze, h 33.5 cm d 4.2 cm ...
EditorialIncense box in the shape of a kingfisher, Incense box of stoneware, partially covered with a gray glaze. The box is in the shape of a kingfisher on a cylindrical stump. Bizen, other birds: kingfisher, anonymous, Japan, c. 1700 - c. 1799, Edo-period (16...
EditorialFigure of Saigyo, Sculpture of stoneware, covered with a red-brown glaze, representing the sitting priest Saigyo. Old label on the bottom with 'W841'. Bizen., anonymous, Bizen, c. 1800 - c. 1899, Edo-period (1600-1868), stoneware, glaze, vitrification,...
EditorialUnknown (Japanese), Tea Storage Jar, Bizen ware, between late 16th and early 17th century, Stoneware with ash glaze, Overall: 16 7/8 ? 17 inches (42.9 ? 43.2 cm).
EditorialDouble Gourd Jar with Wooden Stopple, 18th-19th century. Japan, Province of Bizen, 18th-19th century. Stoneware; with stopple: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); without stopple: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.).
EditorialBizen, section of sheet no. 14 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 16.7 x 6.9 cm (8 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; section of har...
EditorialVase, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1700, Japan, Clay; gray-white glaze with darker patches (Bizen ware, Imbe style), H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); Diam. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialCenser with cover, Edo period (1615?1868), 1750, Japan, Stoneware covered with thin glaze (Bizen ware), H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialCenser in Form of a Rooster Perched on a Rooftop, Edo period (1615?1868), 1700, Japan, Stoneware covered with a thin glaze showing lustre (Bizen ware), H. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm); W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); L. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialWine Bottle, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Clay covered with salt glaze and spots of overglaze (Bizen ware, Imbe style), H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialJar, Edo period (1615?1868), 17th century, Japan, Clay covered with underglaze and overglaze running in large drops, (Bizen ware, Imbe style), H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Diam. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialWine bottle, Edo period (1615?1868), 1800, Japan, Stoneware covered with thin glaze (Bizen ware), H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialCenser in form of a God (Hotei), Edo period (1615?1868), 1650, Japan, Stoneware covered with glaze (Bizen ware), H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); D. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm), Ceramics.