Articles on Antique Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
Antique Japanese Porcelain
Early Japanese Porcelain
30 Mar 2021
Antique Japanese Porcelain The earliest Japanese ceramics made in Japan date back to the Neolithic period but porcelain production began in Japan several centuries after it was first made in Chi...
Antique Japanese Cloisonné
Cultural Environment in which Antique Japanese Cloisonné was Created
30 Mar 2021
A pa...
Konnyaku – How was it done, and when, and what are the implications?
30 Mar 2021
Konnyaku dish 1 This unusual Arita export dish can be dated in three different ways: by the stencilled deer, by the konnyaku stamped groups of leaves, and by the piecrust-moulded wave-border....
Irene Finch: Some of my Favourite Pieces
30 Mar 2021
I was asked to describe a favourite piece of mine and offered four. These come from an unusual part of my collection relating to the entity “Lost Century”. They come from a time when I collected “l...
Thoughts on a Japanese Teapot
Japanese Arita Blue and White Teapot, Edo Period (1603-1868), c. 1720
27 Jul 2021
Ho no ōki oranda-bune ya kumo no mine A Dutch ship With many sails: The billowing clouds. Shiki, trans. Blyth Olfert Dapper, View of Mount Carmel, Etching, Amsterdam: 1677. British M...
