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Saucer shaped dish on an elevated foot rim. Outer rim has six lobes. Inside depicts two black and red cocks, one white cock, stylized flowers, grass, rocks, and fungus. Outer side has three flower sprays of peaches and lotus. Stylized lotus around foot rim. Square seal on bottom.
Saucer shaped dish on an elevated foot rim. The outer rim has four lobed points. Inside has three chrysanthemums and two crows--one on a rock or a stump, the other flying. Outside of dish has three flower sprays of peach and lotus. Stylized lotus around foot rim. There is a red seal on the bottom.
Saucer shaped dish which is rough under the glaze. Edge has eight scallops. Inside has a spray of lotus-like flowers, leaves and a butterfly. Outer surface has two stylized red bats. There are two lines and a chain design around foot rim. Inside foot rim is rough with glue and dirt.
Set of four pieces, three square containers (parts a-c) and a cube or dice (part d). The containers have three sides with the same symbols painted on them. The fourth side of each differs. The sign for longevity (kotobuk) is on one side, the second has the sign for good luck (fuku), a third has the name of the sake (Kiku-Shiratsuyu). The fourth side of one piece (part a) is ichi-go, of another piece (part b) is go-go, and of the next piece (part c) is issho. The last piece (part d) has six equal sides, one is dancing, one singing, two ichi-go, one go-go and the last has issho.
Outside of cup has blue on white scene of house, trees, willow, mountain top, birds, boat and fish. There is a blue line around rim edge and 3 concentric blue lines around base. Inside at bottom is a gold leaf scene on brown of pagoda, rock, moon and birds. Around sides are 2 children playing with balls and there are 15 vertical lines of calligraphy. Inside lip rim has a brown band with gold "diaper" pattern. Inscription on underside of base with 2 characters.
The shape of the mask is like a high triangle, two planes intersecting on the median of the face. The heavy eyebrows are painted black, but are not raised. The brow slopes and projects sharply above the nose. Each eye is set in a concave orb in the mask. The eye is made up of a painted white ring surrounding a round hole (2 cm. in diameter, 2 mm deep). The hooked nose is long and narrow and merges with the backswept cheek planes. Up-thrusted narrow nostrils are painted orange. The mouth, encircled by a concave recess, is formed by full, protruding lips, drawn back slightly separated and painted orange. Along the top edge of the mask extend strands of black hair shredded and twisted cedar bark strands, and grey-white feathers. Inside the mask is a leather frame to fit the head.
An octagonal ceramic jar with a flat base, shoulders that slope sharply to short collar and a wide mouth. Heavy porcelaneous body is slipped in white. Painted in dark brown on one facet with five characters, below which is an oval cartouche, and from these, there is a peony spray of dark brown leaves with lighter brown flowers, spreading horizontally over two adjoining panels. Both cartouche outline and flower petals are emphasized with incising through to the under lying slip. All beneath an over all heavy transparent glaze. An even network of crackling shows extensive light purple and brown staining.
Bowl with three red bats on outside. Inside of bowl and handle are three red flowers. There are five black calligraphy characters inside bowl. Bowl's edge is wavy and, along with the handle's edge, is rimmed with gold. Red square signature on bottom.
Bowl with flared top and rolled mouth rim. Rim at base is raised 1 cm. Inside bottom is convex with blue-grey mark in centre. Double line around inside near bottom. Glaze is smooth, but rough inside under glaze. Free style flowers, leaves and fungus around outside.
Bowl with light blue glaze with dark blue designs on outside of a berry and flower spray, grass and 3 circles. The foot ring is 1 cm. deep with a double blue circle on outside. Single blue line around base of bowl on outside. Blue line around outer side and on inside lip. Blue dot inside at bottom and double blue line inside near bottom.