| Age, naturally, plays a factor in the value of any | | | | manufacture. Notably, they used the potters wheel |
| Japanese antiques to collectors. More than that | | | | instead of just making each piece by hand. |
| however, there are multiple questions regarding the | | | | Most of the antique Japanese pottery from this |
| quality, past owners, aesthetic beauty, and so on | | | | period is very simple in decorative motifs. Antique |
| that can also influence the 'prestige' in which a given | | | | Japanese vases that have patterns involving |
| item of antique Japanese pottery is held. Surprising as | | | | geometric designs were particularly popular, as were |
| it might be, just because some antique Japanese | | | | other Japanese antiques that had practical |
| vases or other earthenware hail from a period that | | | | applications. |
| pre-dates ceramic, it does not mean that they lack in | | | | After some time, even the Yayoi faded away, and |
| beauty. Admittedly, the oldest pieces that go all the | | | | from there on out, South Korean potters bringing |
| way back to the Neolithic times may have been | | | | over their own advancements, as well as the steady |
| crude, but as time passed, the art of potters in | | | | Chinese influence, became ever more common. In |
| Japan grew by leaps and bounds. | | | | short, it set the scene for the day when porcelain |
| Periods of Antique Japanese Pottery Before | | | | would eventually be discovered by one of the |
| Ceramics | | | | Korean potters in Japan. |
| Right after the Neolithic, in the Mesolithic, it was the | | | | Due to the relative rarity and age of the old |
| time of the Jomon pottery period. Named after its | | | | (non-porcelain) antique pottery pieces, they normally |
| very recognizable coil-made clay structure, the Jomon | | | | tend to be pretty valuable. Even the not so |
| antique pottery items gradually incorporated more | | | | aesthetically pleasing Yayoi Japanese antiques are |
| artistic elements into their designs. | | | | much sought after. |
| For about 10,000 years, the Jomon period continued | | | | If you're a collector, you should definitely be able to |
| to make steady progress in terms of the antique | | | | identify and differentiate between these pieces, and |
| Japanese vases and other Japanese antiques that | | | | their more modern counterparts. After all, due to |
| were produced. | | | | their value, if you ever stumble across antique |
| Eventually, the Jomon culture itself was displaced by | | | | Japanese vases or other earthenware that hails from |
| the Yayoi, which brought with it entirely new | | | | the Yayoi or Jomon periods, you'll want to grab it up |
| advances in style, patterning, design, and even | | | | immediately. |