Large Modern Vase by Ohi Toshiro (Chozaemon X)

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Pre 1990: item #749158
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Enigmatic figures rise from concave discs on the front of this massive Tenmoku Vase by modern sculptural artist Ohi Toshiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The gourd shaped form is covered in a mottled red Kaki-yu spotted with flashes of black. The smooth evenly graduated sides contrast with the sharp rough edge of the opening, both surprising and pleasing. Signed clearly on the base, the vase is 14 inches (36 cm) tall, 9-1/2 inches (24 cm) diameter and in perfect condition. Tosh... Click for details

Basara Chawan by Ajiki Hiro

Artisan and Design: Ceramics Contemporary: item #749151

Ajiki Hiro's chawan are a world onto themselves; or as Raku himself sometimes say a cosmos. Ajiki is well-known for his Basara salt-glazed checkered chawan and even the MET in NYC acquired one a few years ago. Each one is unique and we have two recently fired ones to offer. The first one is rounder and fuller with some ash glaze in the pool that most likely dripped from the kiln ceiling, a very fortuitous signal from the kiln gods! In perfect condition with a signed box, 10cm.tallx11.5; more abo... Click for details

Hagi Mugs by Kaneta Masanao

Artisan and Design: Ceramics Contemporary: item #749150

Kaneta Masanao recently added handled mugs to his output and we are pleased to offer three from his recent firing. Each is bold with Kaneta's white-bluish Hagi glaze; each in perfect condition with a signed box, 10-10.5cm.tallx12-14cm.wide to handle, signed on base. Please look forward to a Tsukamoto Haruhiko exhibition online sometime next week.

Various Sake Vessels from a Private Collection

Artisan and Design: Ceramics Pre 2000: item #749147

Robert is moving to a smaller home and as such is letting go of the final round of shuki vessels from his collection. These are sake vessels he's treasured for many years and hopes they find good new homes, as all treasures flow through time. The first set of photos shows a rough kohiki guinomi by Mashimizu ZorokuIV(35,000 yen), celadon by Kawase Shinobu(120,000 yen-Under Consideration) and Agano by Kumagae Koshu(On Reserve). The last is a Bizen tokkuri by Mori Seishi(40,000 yen-Under Considerat... Click for details

Various Guinomi-Sake Cups from a Private Collection

Artisan and Design: Ceramics Pre 2000: item #749146

Robert is moving to a smaller home and as such is letting go of the final round of shuki vessels from his collection. In the first set of photos is a Bizen yohen kutsu by Isezaki Mitsuru(45,000 yen), then a bamboo overglaze enamel porcelain guinomi by Sueoka Nobuhiko(On Reserve), Bizen masu by Shimamura Hikaru(30,000 yen) and a Mashiko hakeme by Matsuzaki Ken(25,000 yen, in Yellin's book-Under Consideration). In the next set of photos is a porcelain cup by Suzuki Hideaki(18,000, in an essay, no b... Click for details

Various Sake Vessels from a Private Collection

Artisan and Design: Ceramics Contemporary: item #749145

Robert is moving to a smaller home and as such is letting go of the final round of shuki vessels from his collection. The first set of photos has a Shino tokkuri by Hori Ichiro(50,000 yen-Under Consideration), Seihakuji by Kato Tsubasa(On Reserve), Shino by Sakai Kobu(35,000 yen-Under Consideration) and Karatsu-Hakeme by Tsuruta Yasuhisa(On Reserve). The hakuji guinomi is by Ueda Tsuneji and is 45,000 yen(Under Consideration) and lastly a Bizen tokkuri by Nakamura Makoto, 40,000 yen; all are in ... Click for details

Various Guinomi-Sake Cups from a Private Collection

Artisan and Design: Ceramics Pre 2000: item #749142

Robert is moving to a smaller home and as such is letting go of the final round of shuki vessels from his collection. Here we find an e-Karatsu guinomi by Yoshitake Kazumi(On Reserve), a Chosen-Karatsu by Tanaka Sajiro(On Reserve) and a Bizen guinomi by Isezaki Koichiro(On Reserve). In the second set of photos is a Kawakujira-Karatsu by Tsuruta Yasuhisa(On Reserve), next is a Red Shino by Higushi Masayuki(18,000 yen) and a Setoguro by Hori Ichiro(On Reserve) and in the last set of photos an ash-... Click for details

Impressive & large Bizen vase by MATSUSHIMA HIROSHI

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Contemporary: item #748439
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A spectacular, globular vase of Bizen stoneware in strong, earthern colours. Signed: MATSUSHIMA HIROSHI (b. 1960), a famous artist from Okayama prefecture, whose works have been exhibited numerous times in the past two decades. The vase itself dates from Heisei 7 (1995). Comes with an original, signed kiri-box. H 21 cm, D 23,5 cm. Condition: Perfect.

Kure Cup by Kawai Toshitaka

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Cups Contemporary: item #748421

Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1966), a master of glaze and fantasy, was part of the Mingei movement of potters, along with his close friend Hamada Shoji, Bernard Leach and Tomimoto Kenkichi. The movement was created as a reaction to the industrialization of ceramic production, to give back spirit to pottery and nobility to daily ware. The poetic character of Kawai Kanjiro's works has influenced potters who studied with him and continues to do so. This particular cup is made in the Kure style, Kure bein... Click for details

Karatsu Guinomi by Nakano Tochitobo IV

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Cups Contemporary: item #748420

Karatsu-yaki is one of the humblest pottery traditions and its apparent simplicity has made it revered among tea ceremony masters. Its rustic, unpretentious character and basic forms and tones give it strength and has kept it popular for more than four hundred years. This attractive guinomi (sake cup) was made by a Karatsu master potter named Nakano Tochitobo, born in 1916, at the Nakano kiln, a well known and old Karatsu kiln, which was established by Matsushima Yagoro. The Nakano lineage of... Click for details