An example of vintage Japanese export ceramic production using European-inspired picturesque imagery. The imagery reflects the international market for romantic European pastoral scenes, which Japanese ceramic manufacturers reproduced extensively for export, and is part of a set of six.Round Japanese ceramic bowl with a plain white rim and a central picturesque landscape. The scene depicts a rural countryside with a broad-leaved tree in the foreground, a stream or lake, a small house or farm building, fields, a winding road and flowering vegetation. Two figures are seated beneath the tree beside the water, while a swan is visible in the foreground. The principal landscape is printed in black/grey, with selected areas highlighted in green, yellow, blue and red. The overall design is a romanticised European-style pastoral landscape, rather than a specifically Japanese scene. "AUTUMN DREAMS" "MADE IN JAPAN' "UNDERGLAZE'made in japan, ceramics, crockery-sweet bowl, decorative bowl, design autumn dreams, underglazed ceramics

An example of vintage Japanese export ceramic production using European-inspired picturesque imagery. The imagery reflects the international market for romantic European pastoral scenes, which Japanese ceramic manufacturers reproduced extensively for export, and is part of a set of six.Round Japanese decorative bowl with a plain white rim. The central design depicts a picturesque rural landscape featuring a watermill and waterwheel, stream, large spreading tree, cottage, fields, fencing and flowering plants. The scene is predominantly printed in black and grey, with selected areas highlighted in green, yellow, red and blue. The decoration has the appearance of a transfer-printed image with additional colour applied over the printed design. "WATER MILL" "MADE IN JAPAN" "UNDERGLAZE'made in japan, crockery-sweet bowl, decorative bowl, underglazed ceramics, ceramics