Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4.5"H Netsuke and sandy earth entirely appropriate

and sandy earth entirely appropriate to the military aviation subject

Publisher: Hakubunkan

Minor wear to foot ring

A beautiful example of Japanese workmanship and aesthetic

It is decorated with the the Turtle & Crane with Shochikubai motif (Pine

Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4.5"H Netsuke and sandy earth entirely appropriateJapanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Applied Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4. 5 Inches A characteristic and well executed example of Japanese Sumida Gawa () export pottery, the ovoid vase worked in the tradition's signature combination of vivid orange red lava textured ground and deep black tenmoku style flambe glaze flowing dramatically over the upper shoulder and neck. Applied in full three dimensional relief to the lower body is a