Details
The group comprising:

A circular vessel with circular opening for the neck
A tall vase with nine faceted sides and circular neck
A hexagonal vase on six feet with alternating sides in tenmoku and floral motifs in overglaze red and green
A hexagon vessel with flat base
The first tea bowl decorated in a tenmoku glaze
A soya bottle decorated in a tenmoku glaze, with stopper and saucer
The second tea bowl decorated in a greenish-grey glaze, with iron around the rim
7.3 cm. (2⅞ in.) high
18.7 cm. (7⅜ in.) high
7.3 cm. (2⅞ in.) high
7 cm. (2¾ in) high
8.3 cm. (3¼ in.) high
9.5 cm. (3¾ in.) high
7.9 cm. (3⅛ in.) high

Please note this lot is the property of a private consignor.
Literature
The second tea bowl is published in: Mingei International Museum, Martha W. Longenecker, ed., Mingei of Japan: The Legacy of The Founders - Soetsu Yanagi, Shoji Hamada, Kanjiro Kawai, (California, 2006), p. 66, 68
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