Examples of Japanese Enamel of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are extremely rare, and are accordingly highly prized by collectors of Japanese art.
Category: 17th Century
Old Kaga porcelain. Polychromatic bottles. Japan.
Double gourd-shaped Bottles, of fine polychromatic ware of old Kaga porcelain
Bowl of the finest quality of Kaga ware, Japan.
The bowl of red and gold Kaga ware, is one of the finest and most beautiful pieces of the manufacture which has been brought to this country.
A bowl (hachi), Ko-kutani, Kaga Japan
Work of Tamora Gonzayemon. Painted by Kuzumi Moriage. Nine of the sixteen Rakan. 17th century.
The Great Bell at Chio-In temple, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto.
Chion-in (monastery of Gratitude), in Higashiyama-ku, is the principal Buddhist monastery of the Jōdo sect.
Large flower vase. Kutani ceramic. Kaga, Japan.
Kaga, Ko Kutani ceramic. Large flower vase (hanaike), of rather soft white pottery.
Kiku ware of fine old Arita porcelain. Hizen. Japan.
Basins, of old kiku ware. Fine old Arita porcelain. Hizen. Japan, 17th c.
History of Kutani ceramic. Kaga, Japan.
All pottery made in Kaga is known in Japan as Kutani ware.
Japan. Kosode, lady’s robe by Ogata Kōrin.
Kosode worn by ladies at the time of Genroku.
England 1640. Women’s dresses of different stands.
On the history of costumes. Hundred and Fourth Sheet. England. XVIth and XVIIth century. Münchener Bilderbogen No. 1180. Fashion in England in 1640. Citizen woman. Lady in the street. Lord-Manor’s… Read More