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Japanese Jardiniere Size Ceramic Hibachi

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1910   item# 946568 (stock# 04-01)

Japanese Jardiniere Size Ceramic Hibachi
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771


$350 

This Japanese ceramic hibachi from the late Meiji Period (1868-1912) has a country scene—a rustic dwelling snuggled amid old trees, hills and distant mountains. Ceramic hibachi were introduced in Meiji times as portable alternatives to the larger copper-lined wood hibachi and the heavier bronze receptacles. Whether ceramic or metal, hibachi held glowing charcoal embers used as a source of heat during cold Japanese winters. The ceramic ones generally were placed under low tables (kotatsu) that h ...click for details


Blue and White Ceramic Tokkuri Sake Bottle

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1910   item# 919688 (stock# 07-51)

Blue and White Ceramic Tokkuri Sake Bottle
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771


$395 

A Japanese tokkuri, or sake bottle, dating to the late Meiji Era (1868-1911) has underglaze cobalt blue Kanji script identifying the sake shop and its locale. The Kanji is free spirited and bold, appropriate for the use of the container, proclaiming “Miyaka Sake, 214 Genrou Cho.” This utilitarian piece is from Saga Prefecture on Japan’s south island of Kyushu, where early very simple blue and white Imari was produced solely for the Japanese market. (See similar underglaze blue and white cerami ...click for details


Japanese Meiji Blue and White Ceramic Benki

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1900   item# 805132 (stock# 18-46)

Japanese Meiji Blue and White Ceramic Benki
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771


$890 

Salvaged from a Japanese ryokan (inn), this late Meiji blue and white ceramic benki moves easily to a second life as a handsome plant holder or fountain. Western expatriates in the Far East, particularly in Japan, have a long history of adapting utilitarian items with appealing Asian design to inventive new uses, and this is one of the most unusual items to be adapted. This benki, with its cobalt blue patterns, is recognizable as Japanese at first glance but its original use as a urinal is not a ...click for details

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