Three studio ceramics


Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-) era, late 20th centuryYoshida Jiro (attributed): a stoneware slab vase of irregular, tapering leaf-shape, the textured cream-colored exterior with rough dark vertical streaks, the interior flat blackTanino Akio (attributed): an elliptical stoneware vase, the exterior decorated with stalks of bamboo outlined in green slip and reserved on a dark-brown ground, the base with the artist's markNakai Kazuhito (attributed): an ash-glazed Bizen flower container with a central angular opening and rounded base, each side of the clam-like silhouette accented with incised lines and two small raised bosses, the base with impressed artist's seal 10 1/2, 10 3/8 and 6 1/4in (26.5, 26.5 and 16cm) high