Antique Japanese Miniature Tsubo Wood-Fired Stoneware Jar 2.5" Nesting Bowls Using etched line and soft

Using etched line and soft aquatint washes

It is bell shaped with a lanyard ring at the top to adjust up and down a pole scale

A Japanese comb is about much more than just styling your hair

The Japanese Maneki Neko 招き猫

Signed on the base of the blade by the Japanese master blade maker over 100 years ago

Antique Japanese Miniature Tsubo Wood-Fired Stoneware Jar 2.5" Nesting Bowls Using etched line and softAntique Japanese Miniature Tsubo Wood Fired Stoneware Jar A tiny but striking Japanese miniature tsubo, just 2. 5" tall with a 15mm mouth. Coarse sandy ochre stoneware with dramatic crawling glaze in lavender, blue grey, and celadon characteristic of Shigaraki or related wood fired kiln tradition. Acquired with a collection of Japanese antiques, likely Meiji Taisho period. Condition: Glaze crawling is intentional. Some glaze lift at the neck please