Sumida, A River

Sumida is a Japanese pottery made from about 1870 to 1941 in the area of Tokyo near the Sumida River. Pieces are usually everyday objects including vases, jardinières, 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 […]