Two Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Vases

Contemporary, the first is a bottle vase with an almost iridescent green, gold and blue glaze, signed to the underside with three Japanese characters, the second is a shoulder vase having an alkaline glaze, heavy glaze runs from the upper rim, incised to the underside tsutsumiyaki, together with a second seal chitou.

Largest 9.75 x 12 in.

From the Collection of the late Keith Stanley, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Duke University, North Carolina

Shoulder vase has tight branching hairline to the underside.