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Small porcelaineous bowl. Body of bowl is deep, squared at lip and round at base. Sides narrow toward the short, round, deeply inset pedestal at bottom. Bowl is glazed off-white inside and out, with a dark blue rim. "CJ" is stamped into the pedestal.
Shallow cup with rounded sides. Foot is a molded face with protruding chin and horns that the dish sits on. On side below the chin are twelve incised Japanese characters. Interior of cup is decorated around centre with a painted face; otherwise, the cup in unglazed and is very polished. Cloth (b) and box (c-d).
Seventeen piece ceramic installation in earth colours. When arranged for display (left to right) the pieces are as follows: small grey mixing dish with a pouring lip; cream coloured flask with a wide base, narrow neck, and red stopper; tall brown flask with a long thin neck and round body; two-toned cream and grey crucible with a celadon lid; tall, round, brown bottle and stopper; in front is a long spouted red-brown vessel; dark red goblet with a flat base and sharp pouring lip; behind both is a taller thin necked flask in yellow; flat, rounded, rectangular grey medicine bottle; thin necked, grey flask; and lastly, a heavy bottomed grey mortar and pestle. Maker's mark stamped on base of bowls and large bottle.
Black stoneware watering can. Round with flaring sides and flat base, with wide slightly arched handle. Triangular opening above handle, below pointed tip. The long spout is slightly bent at the middle. Maker's mark stamped under handle.
Round stoneware vase with small mouth and wide lip. Background is brown with patches of darker brown and white. Coarse and bumpy texture on surface. Stylized signature on base.
Small ceramic sherd with tin glaze decoration. Top is covered in a shiny light yellow-brown base colour with remnants of light green lines and incised decoration. Underside is shaped like the foot of a vessel, and has areas of clear glaze. All edges of the object are broken.
Large stoneware dish. Dish is round, with an everted rim and thick base with foot. The well is painted with an image in blue of a woman holding a chicken. The two look each other in the eye. Surrounding the image are overlapping feather shapes in three encircling rows on the rim. Lip is painted a dark grey. Exterior is undecorated. Signature on bottom of plate.
Large stoneware dish. Dish is round, with a high everted rim and thick base with foot. The well is painted with a blue line drawing of a man and woman standing naked in a wooden bathtub filled with water. Colours are subdued, the water a light blue-green and the wood and hair shaded with yellow. Image is surrounded by encircling lines in dark grey and blue along edge of well and rim, as well as on the exterior. Signature on bottom of plate.
Ceramic multi-story tower in 4 pieces, raw terracotta inside with faded green glaze on the exterior. Each part of the tower balances on top of the one below. The roof and top level of the tower are part 'a.' A small structure sits inside a square balcony, with three figures attached to the ledge in front. The roof is slanted and ridged, flower motifs at each corner, and a bird with wings spread at the peak. Part ‘b’ is larger and contains levels 2 and 3 of the tower, as well as a similar roof, flower motifs and figures on the ledge as part a. Part ‘c’ holds the ground floor level, which has a single partially open doorway. Grilled windows sit high on the structure on three sides. Atop this is a large square balcony with 5 figures attached to the ledge, facing forward. Part ‘d’ is the courtyard of the building, the base surrounded by high walls decorated on top with two rows of regularly spaced indents. The door stands open, with two roofed towers above it to each side.
Dark blue porcelain vase. A tall vase with a gold rimmed lip, short neck, and flaring round shoulder that narrows through the body to a small base. The exterior is a shiny dark blue; the interior and bottom are white. A gold seal is shown on the exterior just below the shoulder.