Japanese Sake Cup by Seigan Yamane

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Cups Contemporary: item #472961
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Japanese Sake cup - Hagi ware with box - Beautiful blue glaze work of Seigan Yamane. The cup has the maker's signature mark stamped on the bottom. Height: 2.0" (5 cm). Diameter: aprox 2.5" (6.5 cm). Condition: The cup has a chip in the edge cover by the glaze, apparently made during the manufacturing process (please, see photos).

Two guinomis blue Bizen by Toko Konishi

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Cups Contemporary: item #465357
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Beautiful Bizen pair of guinomis by Toko Konishi. Blue Bizen is rare.It has very fine texture. To make hidasuki ware, pieces are wrapped in straw soaked in brine (salt water) and placed into saggars prior to firing. During the firing process, the straw burns away, leaving a 'flash' of sodium vapor on the surface of the pot, which causes a slight glaze formation. These glaze flashes turn the light colored stoneware, and show the areas where the straw was in contact with the body. Toko Konishi's k... Click for details

Karatsu Guinomi by Hosakawa Morihiro

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Cups Contemporary: item #440955

This guinomi (sake cup) is the work of Hosokawa Morihiro (born in 1938), former Prime Minister of Japan. Hosokawa retired from the political life in 1994 and entered the world of pottery. He became the apprentice of Tsujimura Shiro, a potter specialized in Ido chawan (Ido tea bowl), and studied with him for a year and a half in Nara, close to Kyoto. Hosokawa specializes in the making of wares for the tea ceremony and especially raku-yaki chawan with a preference for the classic mat-textured r... Click for details

Sake cup, stoneware with grey glaze, Japan, 20th c.

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Cups Pre 1990: item #359278
C/P 023

Bowl of wide shape, coarse clay (inclusions) with thin grey glaze. Artist’s square seal imprinted near the foot: CHIKUSÔ. Height 1 5/8 inches (4.2 cm), diameter 2 ¼ inches (6 cm). Purchased in Japan around 1985, Gifu. Perfect condition.
In fitted wooden box (tomobako), 3 x 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ inches (7.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm). The box inscribed at the front with the name of kiln Shi-hô nobori hatsu-gama, and the word gui-nomi (wine ... Click for details

Sake cup, stoneware with grey glaze, Japan, 20th c.

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Cups Pre 1990: item #359272
C/P 022

Bowl of wide shape, coarse clay (inclusions) with thin grey glaze. Artist’s square seal imprinted near the foot: CHIKUSÔ. Height 1 7/8 inches (4.9 cm), diameter 2 ¼ inches (6 cm). Purchased in Japan, Gifu around 1985. Perfect condition.
In fitted wooden box (tomobako), 3 x 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ inches (7.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm). The box inscribed at the front with the name of kiln Shi-hô nobori hatsu-gama, and the word gui-nomi (wine ... Click for details

Sake cup, stoneware with celadon glaze, Japan, 20th c.

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Cups Pre 1990: item #355650
C/P 016

Tall, straight shape, with grayish rim and thick celadon glaze on brown clay with enclosures. Imprinted at the bottom near the foot with the artist’s seal: HIROSHI. Purchased in Japan around 1985. Perfect condition. Height 2” (5 cm), diameter 2 ½” (6.2 cm).
In fitted wooden box (tomobako), 3 ¼ x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches (8.5 x 8 x 8 cm). Inscribed on the lid ‘wine cup’ (gui-nomi), and signed inside the lid: HIROSHI tsuku... Click for details

Sake cup, stoneware with oxblood glaze, Japan, 20th c.

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Cups Pre 1990: item #355640
C/P 014

Wide shape, with grayish rim and beautiful thick, deep red glaze on brown, fine clay. Imprinted near the foot rim with the artist’s seal: RI, partly covered by glaze. Purchased in Japan around 1985. Perfect condition. Diameter 2 ¾” (8.6 cm), height 1 ¼” (3 cm).
In fitted wooden box (tomobako), 2 ½ x 4 x 4 inches (6.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm). Inscribed on the lid: dragon blood color, wine cup (gui-nomi), and signed RINAN ab... Click for details