Exceptional Sculpted Bizen Vase by Watanabe Takuma

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Contemporary: item #668598
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A sophisticated sculptural Bizen vase by rising Bizen star Watanabe Takuma enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Overlapping straps of clay rise to an unsuspecting end at the opening. The burnt red surface is mottled with soft charring and a smattering of green Shizen-Yu ash glaze. The piece is over 9 inches (23.5 cm) tall, 7 inches (19 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Takuma (b. 1968) learned the art of Bizen under the careful tutelage of Yamauchi Atsuyoshi followed by a stint... Click for details

Faceted Bizen Pottery Tsubo by Okada Teru

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Contemporary: item #667643
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A large Ruiza O-tsubo by Okada Teru (b. 1947) enclosed in the original signed wooden box purchased at a 2001 exhibition at the Osaka Takashimaya department Store. The entire surface has been cut with swirling facets, rising from red flame to charred dark earth. The tsubo is 16-1/2 inches (42 cm) tall, 13 inches (33 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. It retains the original exhibition guide and price card (500,000 yen, roughly 4,100 dollars). Born in Maidzuru, Kyoto prefecture, Teru app... Click for details

Bizen Sculpture Vase by Ajiki Hiro

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Pre 2000: item #666160
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A fantastic sculptural Bizen vase by Ajiki Hiro (b. 1948) enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating circa 1995. The vase is roughly 14 inches (35 cm) tall and very heavy, the entire piece carved and cored from a solid block of clay. Hiro is an artist versed in many of Japans ceramic traditions. He fires Shino, Oribe, Seto, Raku, Bizen and Hagi styles as well as styles all his own. His daring Bizen forms have been compared to those of Kakurezaki Ryuichi, and in fact the two often coll... Click for details

Radical Square Bizen Vase by Donna Gilliss

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Pre 2000: item #665388
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A mentori square vase with odd openings by American artist Donna Gilliss dating circa 1988 enclosed in the original signed wooden box. A huge red moon circles over the dark charred clay. The vase is 9 inches (23 cm) tall, 4 x 5 inches (10 x 13 cm) square and in excellent condition. Like Kakurezaki Ryuichi and other Bizen greats before her, Donna studied under Living National Treasure Isezaki Jun in 1972, and later under Isezaki Mitsuru from 1973-1978. She opened her own kiln in 1979, and has... Click for details

Scheurich German Pottery Vase Blue

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Pre 2000: item #664720

Large robin's blue pottery vase made by Scheurich, West Germany circa 1990's. 9.5" (23.5 cm) tall, 4" (10 cm) opening diameter. Very good condition, very tiny nic on blue enamel inside rim. Great item!

Japanese Shigaraki Vase by Kowari Tetsuya

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Contemporary: item #662899
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An igneous Shigaraki hana-ire by the innovative young Mushin-Gama potter Kowari Tetsuya enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The vase is 6-1/2 inches (16.5 cm) tall, 4-3/4 inches (12 cm) diameter at the bottom. It is in perfect condition. Tetsuya was born in Fuji-city Shizuoka in 1970, and graduated the prestigious Meiji University. He has apprenticed under a number of teachers, taking a bit from each without allowing their direction to overpower his own personal style. He works in S... Click for details

Unusual Bizen Vase by Kakurezaki Ryuichi

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Pre 2000: item #662266
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A spectacular run of liquid ash decorates this tapering Bizen vase by pottery master Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The shape is very natural, almost glacial in the sliding sculpted form. It is 5-1/2 by 9 by 7 inches (14 x 23 x 18 cm) and in perfect condition. It is likely that Ryuichi needs no introduction, one of the most well known of Bizen potters, he is interestingly originally not from Bizen but far off Nagasaki, which seems to have gifted him with the ab... Click for details

Massive Yakishime Vase by Mihara Ken

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Contemporary: item #660374
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A huge Yakishime vessel by modern ceramicist Mihara Ken (b. 1958) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. This piece has an almost haunting presence, the hada sandy and rough, you would think it could crumble in your hands, yet is fired so hot it rings like a bell when tapped. The dark grays and raw earth tones add to that sense of mystery, like something ancient discovered in a dark cave. The vase is 14-3/4 inches (37.5 cm) tall and 11-1/4 (28.5 cm) diameter and in perfect condition. Ke... Click for details

Large Sculptural Bizen Vase by Kakurezaki Ryuichi

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Pre 2000: item #658924
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A prominent mimitsuki mentori vase by Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The tapering rectangular form has been gouged and cut, slabs torn off and odd holes sliced into the sides and top. The clay is dark and shiny, spattered with green ash. The vase is 15 inches (38 cm) tall, the base 5 x 8-1/2 inches (12.5 x 21.5 cm) and in excellent condition. It is likely that Ryuichi needs no introduction, one of the most well known of Bizen potters, he is interestingly origi... Click for details

Yohenkin Shino Vase by Suzuki Tomio

Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases Contemporary: item #644363

This remarkable vase has a spectacular appearance and seems to emulate unscalable cliffs of epic design. Each one of its faces offers a different view. One can get lost in its contemplation, as the path to its full appreciation remains hidden, but it keeps on inviting spectators. This majestic piece is an allegory to life. It is an ideal accessory for a tea ceremony room, as the variety of its faces will harmoniously fit every season of the year. The vase was made by Suzuki Tomio, who is,... Click for details