Antique Japanese Edo Period c1800 Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Calligraphy 10"H Giclee the female's subtler spotted body

the female's subtler spotted body — a composition that draws on the classical kachō-ga (花鳥画

standing atop the hulls of defeated warships worn as sandals

and taupe-grey on deep burgundy-crimson (ebi-iro) ground

He did not turn to printmaking until nearly sixty

this is a special antique Japanese two drawer scholars desk made of Keyaki (zelkova) wood top and drawer faces with Sugi (Japanese cedar) wood casing

Antique Japanese Edo Period c1800 Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Calligraphy 10"H Giclee the female's subtler spotted bodyAntique Japanese Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Calligraphy Kannyu Crackle Meiji 10"H Japan Late Edo, 19th century A grey glazed stoneware tokkuri () of classic bottle form, the body decorated with bold iron black underglaze merchant calligraphy in a formal, structured hand multiple lines of text identifying a brewing or merchant establishment. The grey glaze shows a pronounced kannyu () crackle pattern across the surface, developed