Suzuki Toshiyuki, Pure steel glaze, a lipped bowl.

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Bowls New: item #783650
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This work is a work of the famous ceramist Suzuki Toshiyuki of Daisen ware.
Suzuki is the famous ceramist who studied under *3rdSuwa Sozan and established the wood-fired-in-reduction phenomenon basic theory of iron glaze in 1989.
He is the tradition skill holder specified from Tottori Prefecture.... Click for details

Modern Japanese Karatsu Mizusashi by Nakagawa Jinembo

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Jars Contemporary: item #783604
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A powerful Mimitsuki Karatsu Mizusashi by Nakagawa Jinembo (Jinenbo b. 1953) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Vicious white glaze, deeply fissured, supplants the fawn brown of the back, all over a very rough red clay filled with shiseki stones. The piece breathes energy, vivacious and playful it is a pleasure to view and use. The lid is similarly glazed, with hakeme brush marks inside. The piece is roughly 7 inches (18 cm) tall, the same diameter and in perfect condition. Jinembo... Click for details

Red Ash-Glazed Mizusashi by Kako Katsumi

Artisan and Design: Ceramics Contemporary: item #783591

Our other Kako Katsumi superb mizusashi; the form and design again show his keen sense and how he's bringing new life to the Tea World; in perfect condition with a signed box, 21cm.tallx15x17, signed on base; more about Kako in our archives, interview at e-yakimono.net

Kato Tsubusa- Square Porcelain Plate

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Porcelain Contemporary: item #783496
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Kato Tsubusa 2006 9x8.5x2" 22.9x21.6x5.1 cm

Takashi Nakazato- Green Henko Vase

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery Contemporary: item #783486
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Takashi Nakazato Green Henko Vase, Karatsu, Japan, 2005 Karatsu ware 10 x 11 x 11 in (25.4 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm) TaN 1 There is a piece of another ceramic attached to this piece in a fortuitous kiln accident by this master of Karatsu. There is also a firing crack on the very bottom that goes all the way through about a half-inch long.

Gail Nichols- Wave Plate

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery Contemporary: item #783483
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Gail Nichols Wave Plate, 2005 Soda glaze/stoneware 5.1 x 18.9 x 18.5 in (13.0 x 48.0 x 47.0 cm) GaN 13

Gail Nichols- Shouldered Jar

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery Contemporary: item #783482
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Gail Nichols Shouldered Jar, 2006 Soda glaze/stoneware 12 x 16 x 15 in (30.5 x 40.6 x 38.1 cm) GaN 15

Two Bizen Yohen Guinomi by Nakamura Makoto

Artisan and Design: Ceramics Contemporary: item #783274

If you happen to appreciate good sake and you want to drink with style and in the right way--who drinks champagne from a paper cup--then a Bizen sake cup-guinomi is imperative 'equipment.' For a traditional form and classic firing there's no need to look much farther then the Nakamura family. Their specialty is sake vessels. Some potters in Bizen specialize in jars or vases, etc....for the Nakamura family, starting with the late great Rokuro, it's how to enjoy sake using a fine Bizen vessel. Rok... Click for details

Tokoname Ash-Glazed Tsubo-Jar by Ezaki Issei

Artisan and Design: Ceramics Pre 1990: item #782957

Ezaki Issei(1918-1992) is a ceramic artist that reshaped the ancient potting center of Tokoname during the mid 20th century; more about this very important potter can be read in our archives. Here is a classic Ezaki tsubo that shows his prized green ash-glaze and a fine, sandy clay; the way Ezaki controlled the glaze in the kiln and the way it created a two-tone facade reminds me of a dry Zen landscape garden. Very sublime indeed. In excellent condition--two teeny and impossible to see restorat... Click for details

Summer Cool: Ono Kotaro's Porcelain World

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Porcelain Contemporary: item #782953

Our June featured exhibition is of new works by porcelain ceramic artist Ono Kotaro. First, a bit about Ono(b.1953); winner of the 4th Mashiko Ceramics Competition Hamada Shoji Prize, he creates sleek, sharp porcelain wares. Yet, what is unique about Ono is that his porcelain has two sides to its character: at first glance, his wares look crisp and cool, like fallen snowdrops. Yet at the same time, he has instilled in his works a delicate, warm glow that is not often found in porcelain wa... Click for details