THE PIECES: A pair of Japanese Satsuma-style urn-form vases, early to mid-20th century. THE OWNER: Cheryl Regenstein of New Orleans says she has been intrigued by this pair of vases, which were passed ...

Good things really do come in small packages. Keith Dessinger recently found that out for himself when he brought in a variety of diminutive bowls and vases belonging to his family to a Trash or ...

This has been an interesting summer. Normally, our mix of customers over these months includes an array of international travelers from Australia, Europe and Japan. Many are undertaking tours of the ...

Dear Helaine and Joe: These Satsuma vases have been in my family for more than 100 years, purchased by my grandfather while in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The “mirrored” pair is ...

Satsuma-Ware. Decorated in bright polychrome enamels and gilt over a colourless glaze with fine craquelure ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Clay: dense, sonorous, grayish. White ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. [1] See Original Pottery List, L.

Approx. 6.2 x 8.6 x 7 cm ...

They were known as “phantom” items: small buttons just a few centimeters wide with magnificent, colorful paintings of flowers, birds and other motifs from nature. Known as Satsuma buttons, they became ...

Franck Muller, which is committed to craftsmanship through the production of mechanical watches, has always had a reverence for traditional Japanese culture. Within food culture, sake brewing is a ...

GIMPO ― On July 9 at Cheongsimjae, a shrine in the remote countryside of Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, near the well-kept tombs of ancestors of the Cheongsong Shim clan, Kazuteru Osako, the 15th Chin ...