SUMIDA GAWA ANTIQUE JAPANESE POTTERY MUGS VASE STAMPED ORIGINAL PICK ONE

1- Sumida Gawa large antique vase 12" x 4" decorated with figures. marked with seal. This mark is one a several marks associated with Inoue Ryosai, Sumida Pottery,1800s. Condition: it has chips in the figures, the white dressed is missing a hand and seems to have been prepaired at some point, it has also fleabits and chips noticed in pictures, nothing that may shadow this wonderful piece, scratches in the surface commensurate with age. Sumida gawa was produced in Japan, from about 1895 to 1941. Pieces are usually everyday objects-vases, jardinieres, bowls, teapots, and decorative tiles. Most pieces have a very heavy orange-red, blue, brown, black, green, purple, or off-white glaze, with raised three-dimensional figures as decorations. The unglazed part is painted red, green, black, or orange. Sumida is sometimes called Sumida gawa, but true Sumida gawa is a softer pottery made in the early 1800s. ?it has chips in the figures, the white dressed is missing a hand and seems to have been prepaired at some point, it has also fleabits and chips noticed in pictures, nothing that may shadow this wonderful piece, scratches in the surface commensurate with age.?

2- ANTIQUE Japanese Sumida Gawa earthenware mug, MAN PILING UP STONES 5" ORIGINAL SEAL [rennaisancebskt]