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Buying and Enjoying Japanese Porcelain & Historic Items; A Collector’s Take (2/18/11)

Are you a collector or are you in an accumulating phase? I interviewed Andreas “Andy” Aigner, a program manager for … More >>

Developing a Passion for Collecting Chinese Porcelain (1/25/11)

Most emotional piece, Jiaqing M&P plate, gift from a dear friend

Are you a collector or are you in an accumulating phase? I interviewed Arnoldus Wilhelmus Johannes Jacobs—who likes to be … More >>

One Man’s 25-Year Journey Collecting Japanese Ceramics (3/23/10)

A large Shoza plate that John Wocher considers to be the best piece in this 500-plus-piece collection of Japanese ceramics.

Are you a collector or are you in an accumulating phase? I interviewed John Wocher, a hospital executive in … More >>

Kutani Ceramics: Warmth with Technical Complexity (2/25/10)

A pair of sake cups with rare Tomobako by Shimizu Bizan.

Kutani ceramics didn’t appeal to me at first. They seemed a little gaudy, ornate, the opposite of the type of … More >>

The Main Types of Under-Glaze Decorations in Japanese Porcelain (3/23/09)

There are five main types of under-glaze decoration that were used in the Arita kilns: Blue and white, sometsuke in … More >>

Identifying Japanese Porcelain Types: Arita, Imari and Hizen (2/27/09)

White porcelain, 1680-1740, included items for ceremonies—such as funerary war—and for household use.

It can be confusing to try to figure out the different types of ware and the different terms used with … More >>

Early Japanese Porcelain—the Beauty of ‘That which is Enough’ (2/13/09)

When looking at early- to mid-17th century porcelain from Europe and Asia, it is easy to think the level of … More >>

Shoki Imari (11/17/08)

Shoki Imari, this foot ring was set directly on the shelf or on fire sand that was sprinkled on the shelf.

The 15th. of every month the Nara Antique Dealers auction takes place in Nara. It is a 4-6 hour event that sees the auctioning of hundreds of lots. This last Saturday these Shoki Imari soba chokos passed through. As a side note, even though they are now called soba chokos, in their time they were called chokus. More >>

Japan auction watch (11/10/08)

Here are a couple of inro that are going up for auction at the Kogirekai auction house in Kyoto on the 15th. and 16th. of this month. The first one is a two compartment inro that comes with a box. The size is 3.5cm by 1.2cm by 5cm. The minimum price is 45,000 yen. More >>

Japanese auctions. (11/9/08)
Here are a couple of netsuke that are going up for auction at the Kogirekai auction house in Kyoto on the 15th. and 16th. of this month. The first one is 4.5 cm. tall. It is described as a Chinese or Korean boy that has a toy horse. It is made from ivory. The only defect is a chip on the hat. The minimum price is 430$ More >>

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