Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4.5"H Netsuke was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist

was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist born in 1790 and active during the Edo period

China - Early to Mid 20th Century

Minor wear to foot ring

Hand-painted blue and white porcelain plate depicting a classical Japanese mountain landscape with tiled-roof farmhouse

A beautiful example of Japanese workmanship and aesthetic

Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4.5"H Netsuke was a Japanese ukiyo-e artistJapanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Applied Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4. 5 Inches A characteristic and well executed example of Japanese Sumida Gawa () export pottery, the ovoid vase worked in the tradition's signature combination of vivid orange red lava textured ground and deep black tenmoku style flambe glaze flowing dramatically over the upper shoulder and neck. Applied in full three dimensional relief to the lower body is a