Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4.5"H Netsuke It remains in very fine

It remains in very fine condition

was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist born in 1790 and active during the Edo period

and sandy earth entirely appropriate to the military aviation subject

Width = 2"

Publisher: Hakubunkan

Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4.5"H Netsuke It remains in very fineJapanese 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