Sandals (Zori)

Japan

Showa period (1926-1989), About 1930

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A small covered jar decorated with small boys playing
A Cun-shaped vase decorated with four dragons set in panels, flowers surround.
Celedon Glazed Plum Vase (Maebyong) with Gold Lacquer Lip, Korea, glazed porcelaneous stoneware, gold lacquer repair on lip. Some glaze on the underside. Darker celedon glaze over shoulder lighter glaze on lower half.
Seated elephant-headed figure with six arms, on lotus base, in front of ornate nebula topped by canopy; figure is mounted on small wooded base, and shows traces of vermilion - evidence of devotion. A detailed cast in the round, with openwork in nebula