Japanese Kyo-yaki Stoneware Suzuri (Inkstone) Mid. 19th. century, Edo Period
Diam. 13 ins. (33 cms) This remarkable piece is quite the largest suzuri we have ever seen! It is typical of the Kyoto wares heavily influenced by the 17th. century pottery of Ninsei. The two diametrically opposed panels show two cranes with bamboos on one side an ...click for details
A Large Japanese Stoneware Tokoname-yaki Tokkuri. Edo Period
Ht. 11 ins. (28 cms) This fine, almost monumental, tokkuri (sake bottle) is an excellent example of Tokoname-yaki. Even today Tokoname city is a major traditional pottery making centre in Aichi Province, was one of the classic 6 Medieval kilns of Japan with Seto, Echizen, Shigara ...click for details
A Rare Japanese Oribe-yaki Stoneware Dish. Edo Period
Max. diam. 9 3/4 ins. (24.8 cms) This intruiging dish is typical of the way so many Oribe designs look astonishingly modern, it could almost be a piece of Art Deco design. Even some Oribe pieces of the 17th.century remind one of the work of Paul Klee. Its purpose was probably a cake dish for the meal associated with the Cha no Yu tea ceremony. It is decorated in the characteristic Oribe style of areas of green glaze and underglaze iron brush ...click for details
A Large & Rare Japanese Shigaraki-yaki Stoneware Flower Vase. Edo Period 18/19th. century
Ht. 11 3/4 ins. (29.8 cms) This fine and unusually large vase represents a section of bamboo. It has that characteristic rough Shigaraki surface and iron brown glaze blending into a celadon green. The vase has a crack running down from the lip for about 6 ins. (see photos), not something which is important with "real" Japanese pottery of this nature! Would make a fine piece for display in you ...click for details
A Good Japanese Seto Stoneware Tokkuri (Sake Bottle) Meiji Period
Ht. 8 ins. (20.2 cms) Tokkuri are one of the most interesting categories of Japanese ceramics and still under- appreciated. This beautifully shaped bottle has a very interesting flocculent glaze. The previous owner maintained it had at one time been de-accessioned from the Bro ...click for details
A Rare Japanese Seto-yaki Fan-shaped Mingei Pottery Dish. Edo Period
Max. Diam. 7 ins. (17.8 cms) Seto stoneware pottery with its briskly drawn expressive designs is one of the glories of Mingei (folkcraft) pottery. This design, on a fan shaped cake dish, shows a boatman amongst reeds, punting down the river or lake. Unusually for Seto-yaki ...click for details
A Rare Japanese Kyoyaki Enamelled Stoneware Box. 19th. Century
6 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 2 ins. (17.4 x 14 x 5 cms) As Kyoto was the literary capital of Japan it is not unexpected that the Kyoto potters should produce a box in the form of a set of three books. The details are beautifully rendered, the book stitching in red, the vestiges of the black ...click for details
A Rare & Unusual Japanese Bizen Stoneware Jar. Edo Period.
Ht. 5 1/2 ins. (14 cms). Bizen is one of the oldest and most important kilns in Japan. It has produced very hard, unglazed wares for centuries. This rare example features two shishi head masks linked by thread-like curlicules. Random and unpredictable decorative effects were achieved by flying ash in the kiln as can be seen on this example. It is the unpredictability of this sought after effect that makes Japanese pottery aesthe ...click for details
