Japanese Ceramics Photos

Examples of Porcelain & other ceramics from Japan.

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Stoneware ring-shaped bottle from Hiroshima, Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Earthenware Haniwa in form of man from Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Japanese clay tomb sculpture of bearded man at Honolulu Academy of Arts. Honolulu, HI.Edo period Japanese Hizen ware porcelain dish in form of double gourd at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX.
Stoneware ring-shaped bottle (300-552) from Hiroshima, Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Earthenware Haniwa in form of man (300-552) from Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Japanese clay tomb sculpture of bearded man (5-6thC) at Honolulu Academy of Arts. Honolulu, HI.Edo period Japanese Hizen ware porcelain dish in form of double gourd (c1650) at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX.
Edo period Japanese Hizen ware porcelain dish in form of abalone shell at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX.Arita ware plate in Kokutani style at Pavilion for Japanese Art at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA.Japanese porcelain Nabeshima-style plate from Arita at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Porcelain plate with heron design by Yamagoya kiln from Arita, Japan at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Edo period Japanese Hizen ware porcelain dish in form of abalone shell (c1690) at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX.Arita ware plate (17thC) (Edo period) in Kokutani style at Pavilion for Japanese Art at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA.Japanese porcelain Nabeshima-style plate (17thC) from Arita at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Porcelain plate with heron design (c1630-50) by Yamagoya kiln from Arita, Japan at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Porcelain plate with standing egret design by from Arita, Japan at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Porcelain plate with quail design by from Arita, Japan at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Japanese porcelain bowl at St. Louis Art Museum. St Louis, MO.Japan: Nabeshima dish with camellias from Arita in Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.
Porcelain plate with standing egret design (c1640-60) by from Arita, Japan at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Porcelain plate with quail design (c1680-1700) by from Arita, Japan at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Japanese porcelain bowl (late 17th-early 18thC) at St. Louis Art Museum. St Louis, MO.Japan: Nabeshima dish with camellias from Arita (1700-50) in Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.
Japan: Kiyomizu bottle from Kyoto in Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Pewter beaker by Robert Bonynge, Japanese Imari porcelain plate & English wineglasses at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.Japanese ceramic plate from Iriya & basket vessel from Kyoto at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Japanese ceramic plate from Iriya at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.
Japan: Kiyomizu bottle from Kyoto (1700-1800) in Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Pewter beaker (c1731-63) by Robert Bonynge, Japanese Imari porcelain plate (1700-25) & English wineglasses (1700) at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.Japanese ceramic plate (1760) from Iriya & basket vessel (1699-1744) from Kyoto at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Japanese ceramic plate (1760) from Iriya at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.
Collection of Japanese ceramic bottles & sake bottles at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Japanese stoneware rabbit hibachi at Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, MA.Hirado Mikawachi ware porcelain rabbit at Pavilion for Japanese Art at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA.Hirado ware porcelain dragon with globe on waves at Pavilion for Japanese Art at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA.
Collection of Japanese ceramic bottles & sake bottles (18th-19thC) at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Japanese stoneware rabbit hibachi (18th/19thC) at Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, MA.Hirado Mikawachi ware porcelain rabbit (2nd half 19thC) at Pavilion for Japanese Art at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA.Hirado ware porcelain dragon with globe on waves (19thC) at Pavilion for Japanese Art at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA.
Japanese stoneware dish with design of pines in snow by Kiyomizu Rokubei II at Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Japanese stoneware bowl with design of bamboo grass in snow by Nin'ami Dohachi at Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Japanese porcelain plate with chestnut design at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Japanese porcelain gourde from Arita at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.
Japanese stoneware dish with design of pines in snow (early 19thC) by Kiyomizu Rokubei II at Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Japanese stoneware bowl with design of bamboo grass in snow (early 19thC) by Nin'ami Dohachi at Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Japanese porcelain plate with chestnut design (early 19thC - Edo period) at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Japanese porcelain gourde (1853-78) from Arita at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.
Japanese ceramic bottle painted with maple leaves from Kyoto at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Japanese earthenware Satsuma tea pot at New Brunswick Museum. Saint John, NB.Japanese earthenware Satsuma tea service at New Brunswick Museum. Saint John, NB.Enamelware vases from Japan at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.
Japanese ceramic bottle painted with maple leaves (19thC) from Kyoto at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Japanese earthenware Satsuma tea pot (19thC) at New Brunswick Museum. Saint John, NB.Japanese earthenware Satsuma tea service (19thC) at New Brunswick Museum. Saint John, NB.Enamelware vases (19thC) from Japan at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.
Kyoto ware vase & Kutani ware porcelain plate from Japan at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.Japanese Imari plate from MacArthur's collection at Douglas MacArthur Memorial. Norfolk, VA.Japanese Imari vase with cranes from MacArthur's collection at Douglas MacArthur Memorial. Norfolk, VA.Japanese vase of St Louis World's Fair with Palace of Liberal Arts at Missouri History Museum. St Louis, MO.
Kyoto ware vase (late 19thC) & Kutani ware porcelain plate (mid 19thC) from Japan at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.Japanese Imari plate (19thC) from MacArthur's collection at Douglas MacArthur Memorial. Norfolk, VA.Japanese Imari vase (19thC) with cranes from MacArthur's collection at Douglas MacArthur Memorial. Norfolk, VA.Japanese vase of St Louis World's Fair (1904) with Palace of Liberal Arts at Missouri History Museum. St Louis, MO.
Japanese teapot of St Louis World's Fair at Missouri History Museum. St Louis, MO.Jamestown Exposition souvenir Japanese teapot at Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Norfolk, VA.Japanese ceramic Ohi Chozaemon X bowl at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY.Stoneware Mingei jar by Kawai Kanjiro of Japan at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA.
Japanese teapot of St Louis World's Fair (1904) at Missouri History Museum. St Louis, MO.Jamestown Exposition (1907) souvenir Japanese teapot at Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Norfolk, VA.Japanese ceramic Ohi Chozaemon X bowl (1927) at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY.Stoneware Mingei jar (c1935) by Kawai Kanjiro of Japan at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA.
Japanese glazed stoneware tamba ware plate with rabbit at Honolulu Academy of Arts. Honolulu, HI.Japan: rectangular bottle by Kawai Kanjiro from Kyoto in Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Japanese gold tea pot gift to MacArthur at Douglas MacArthur Memorial. Norfolk, VA.Stoneware ewer by Takiguchi Kiheiji of Japan at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY.
Japanese glazed stoneware tamba ware plate with rabbit (1953-4) at Honolulu Academy of Arts. Honolulu, HI.Japan: rectangular bottle by Kawai Kanjiro from Kyoto (1960) in Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Japanese gold tea pot (1963) gift to MacArthur at Douglas MacArthur Memorial. Norfolk, VA.Stoneware ewer (c1980) by Takiguchi Kiheiji of Japan at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY.
Japanese ceramic covered cold water vessel by Kato Toyohisa from Tokihi at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Cloisonné crane vase to mark Lindbergh's 1927 New York to Paris flight given by American-Japan Society in 1931 at Missouri History Museum. St. Louis, MO.Blue porcelain vase given by Japan at Clinton Presidential Library. Little Rock, AR.Japanese-import ceramic vases at Bidwell Mansion house museum. Chico, CA.
Japanese ceramic covered cold water vessel (2004) by Kato Toyohisa from Tokihi at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Cloisonné crane vase to mark Lindbergh's 1927 New York to Paris flight given by American-Japan Society in 1931 at Missouri History Museum. St. Louis, MO.Blue porcelain vase given by Japan at Clinton Presidential Library. Little Rock, AR.Japanese-import ceramic vases at Bidwell Mansion house museum. Chico, CA.
Porcelain with rabbits from Japan.Porcelain tea pots at New Brunswick Museum. Saint John, NB.Japanese porcelain jar at Alice Austen House Museum. Staten Island, NY.Urn from Hiroshima at Douglas MacArthur Memorial. Norfolk, VA.
Porcelain with rabbits from Japan.Porcelain tea pots (2 Chinese Qing dynasty & Japanese c1890) at New Brunswick Museum. Saint John, NB.Japanese porcelain jar at Alice Austen House Museum. Staten Island, NY.Urn from Hiroshima at Douglas MacArthur Memorial. Norfolk, VA.
Esoteric Buddhist king of passion Ragaraja from Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Seated bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara from Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Japanese style rabbit in Girard wing at Museum of International Folk Art. Santa Fe, NM.Japanese painted cup & Red Cross medal captured on Okinawa at National Museum of the Pacific War. Fredericksburg, TX.
Esoteric Buddhist king of passion Ragaraja (1600-1700) from Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Seated bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (1615-1868) from Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Japanese style rabbit in Girard wing at Museum of International Folk Art. Santa Fe, NM.Japanese painted cup & Red Cross medal captured on Okinawa at National Museum of the Pacific War. Fredericksburg, TX.
Japanese Imari vase with French Rococo mounts at Hill of Tarvit Mansion. Cupar, Scotland.China Closet, instituted by Christian Dalrymple to display Chinese & Japanese porcelain collection at Newhailes. Musselburgh, Scotland.Inlaid cabinet on stand c1665 by Pierre Gole of Paris, France supporting five Japanese vases at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.
Japanese Imari vase with French Rococo mounts at Hill of Tarvit Mansion. Cupar, Scotland.China Closet, instituted by Christian Dalrymple to display Chinese & Japanese porcelain collection at Newhailes. Musselburgh, Scotland.Inlaid cabinet on stand c1665 by Pierre Gole of Paris, France supporting five Japanese vases (late 17thC) at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.
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