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Jar lidded handpainted underglaze porcelain Nabeshima? D8cm H8.5cm Edo period. Nabeshima ware was reserved for noble families and not exported.

Mark wooden lidded Nabeshima? vase, Edo period.

Jar with cover, handpainted underglaze Seto porcelain, Edo period. H10.5cm

Mark handpainted reads: Dai Nippon Seto....Kawamoto? Rikichi tsukuru...

Plate Arita Imari, Edo period (early 19th C), 3 friends of winter (sho-chiku-bai) underglaze handpainted decoration, D21cm. Every year, as the cold days deepen into the winter season, many plants begin to wither, but the pine, bamboo and plum do not...

Mark 3 friends of winter dish, underglaze marked Fuki Choshun (good fortune, eternal spring). Early 19th C.

Vessel Sake bucket form, handpainted porcelain, ca. 1860, H21cm.

Vase handpainted porcelain overglaze, 20th C. H28cm.

Cup Edo period, Kanzan? H8cm D12.5cm. Handpainted underglaze decoration

Signature handpainted reads: Dai nippon Kan zan tsukuru? (great Japan Kanzan made by)

Jar and lid, Arita porcelain, early Edo period. D13cm H14cm.

Jar and lid, early Edo peroid

Dishes Arita porcelain, early Edo period. D11cm H2.5cm

Dishes Arita porcelain, early Edo period

Dish (1 of 2) Arita porcelain, early Edo period. D11cm H2.5cm

Dish Arita porcelain, late Edo period

Dish (back) Arita porcelain, late Edo period

Arita bleu and white porcelain dish, D21cm, H3.5cm, restuck, ca. 1690-1720

Mark and back decoration of Arita dishes, the mark stands for Good Luck (kichi).

Mark and back decoration of Arita dishes, the mark stands for Good Luck (kichi).

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