Can you show a photo of the inside to see if it has handmade hatch marks? And look at the handle to see if there is a seam?
There are quiet a few potters past and present specializing or tinkering in crystalline glazes. Currently, Jon Price, Laguna Beach, Calif is one...
The style looks more African imho. African beads are related to Italian beads in that they were copied and/or imported.
Vanderveen usually signed his ceramic work with a thick, hand incised "LOET" . Besides his ceramic animals and 1970s people figures, he did a some...
Perhaps Ikebana vase. The Japanese art of flower arrangement. Toyo made very similar modern Ikebana vases.
The case looks to be made of Gutta-percha. Sap from a tree that produces a latex like plastic when heated and processed.
I believe the number 54 represents the date of production, by reign year of the current king, who took the throne in June, 1946. So "54" means the...
The gold part looks like the wax import tags found on Chinese goods. Not all the same Chinese symbols used, but kinda the same idea.
Where are you located? Usually very large pots are made fairly close to where they are found. Gladding Mcbean Pottery, Calif had that kind of pie...
Priceminer is subscription based and no longer accepts new members. Worthpoint bought Priceminer a few years ago. I think members of Priceminer at...
I like it. I would not strip it.
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I prefer grams and purity percentage for a scrap calculation as a starting point in valuing an item.
Ink stones have a well for the ink. To make the ink you need an ink stick, a small bar usually with an elaborate embossed design, that is ground...
PS I am by no means an expert in Tea Ceremony or Japanese culture. I learned a few things by selling several Japanese & Chinese household estates.
Not calling it a set as a matched set more accurate your set-up. Just a simple way to refer to your lot. BTW a matched set in Japanese culture is...
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What is the impressed mark under the blue mark? Is it appears too be a little Diamond or Large S with a slash through it?
Most don't. Just saying the water has to be heated to make the tea which is another bunch of interesting items.
Try this site.http://terimakasih.cc/gallery/tea.html. Scroll down to "tea tools". Your lot does not have the water heating equipment.
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