Square-shaped Dish of late period Arita porcelain, boldly painted with the Japanese lion and foliage in rich blue.
Dishes of late period Arita porcelain. Hizen. Japan.
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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.
Stone lanterns and their use in Japanese gardens.
Garden Lanterns may be broadly divided into two classes, namely,—the Standard class, and the Legged class
Skull mask covered with blue and red mosaic. Mexico.
Aztec skull mask covered with blue and red mosaic from Mexico.
Bottle of old Arita porcelain, Hizen. Imari ware, Japan.
Triple gourd-shaped bottle of Arita porcelain, Japan. In the Royal Keramic Collection, Dresden.
Ornamentation in Chinese porcelain painting.
Ornamental treasures. Chinese. Painting, by H. Dolmetsch.
Hanaike. Japanese flower vases. Owari, Japan.
The figure is that of Onono Komachi, who lived in the ninth century.
Kiku. The Chrysanthemum. Mythological Japan.
The chrysanthemum is the flower of autumn and is sometimes referred to as the national flower of Japan
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.