Tea bowl, earthenware with lead-fluxed yellowish green glaze; Japan, Izumo, Edo period, ca. 1700-1800

This unusually large, bean-shaped pillow, or headrest, has a flat bottom, slightly convex sides, and a wide, concave top. Three white lotus blossoms surrounded by green lily pads a...

This small tea bowl has rounded sides that rise from its small, circular footring to its circular lip, which is subtly indented just below the top. The bowl's walls are relatively ...

The small, circular foot and lightly indented, vertical lip of this large yankou wan, or funnel-shaped bowl, are connected by steeply sloping walls that show a well defined, angula...

This two-piece set includes a U-shaped bowl and a flat cover with a tiny, pierced, strap handle at the indented heart of the cover's lightly swollen center. The bowl's thin walls e...

The walls of this large yankou wan, or funnel-shaped, tea bowl expand from the small, circular foot, beginning their steep ascent to the lightly indented, vertical lip at an angle ...

Small globular jar with everted rim, constricted neck, short footring, three concentric grooves on the shoulder, and decoration of green splashes against a white ground; off-white ...

Flask in the form of a leather pouch with cylindrical spout and “cockscomb” crest with small circular perforation; earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze.Flask in the for...

The concave walls of this small dish rise from the broad, flat floor to the bracketed lip, which terminates in a raised edge with eight points. A stylized chrysanthemum blossom emb...