Wood-fired Tea Bowl, Matcha Chawan, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Shino Glaze over Ame Glaze. Four finger marks remain where the bowl was glaze-dipped. Stamped with artist's mark. H. 3.125"(8cm) x Dia. 5.00"(12.5cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln...

Wood-fired Tea Bowl, Matcha Chawan, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Black Glaze, with areas appearing ochre and gold. Two finger marks remain where the bowl was glaze-dipped. Stamped with artist's mark. H. 3.25"(8.25cm) x Dia. 4.625"(11.75cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln...

Robust thrown teabowl with thick fluted slip under a richer Ao glaze

Porcelain, slip and glazes

5.2" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Matcha Chawan (Tea Bowl), Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Isamu of Hinata Kiln, Mashiko. The straight sides and deep well make this a Fuyu-chawan (Winter Tea Bowl,) but it is appropriate for use in any season. Faceted sides, Kaki (persimmon) glaze with red & green overglaze enamel decoration of sugar cane reed and stripes. H. 3.125"(8cm) x Dia. 4.25"(11cm.) Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenticed under Sudo Takeo...

Matcha Chawan (Tea Bowl), Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Isamu of Hinata Kiln, Mashiko. This size of chawan is known as a "Nodate Chawan" (Picnic Tea Bowl) or "Ippuku Chawan" (Small Sip Tea Bowl.) It is just slightly smaller than a standard-size tea bowl, but is functional for regular use. Faceted sides, Kaki (persimmon) glaze with red & green overglaze enamel decoration of sugar cane reed and stripes. H. 2.375"(6cm) x Dia...

Generous stoneware yunomi with combed fence pattern, kushime decoration under a rich Oribe glaze.

Stoneware and glazes

4" x 3.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large iron yellow glazed teabowl with heavily textured sudare-zu surface. The chawan is ovoid in form and the foot was hand cut to compliment the form.

Stoneware and glazes

6.25" x 5.5" x 3.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Lyrical Toruko-ao Persian style chawan with underglaze decoration of birds and flora around the outside of the bowl with a gold decorated lip and clear glazed interior. This chawan was made by Koizumi Zoho at his family kiln which he claims to go back over 650 years. It is a nice Persian bowl with a Kyoto-yaki style feel to it.

This chawan measures5.5" x 2.75" and comes complete with its original signed box...

Zenga style conical summer teabowl with a attractive Jun glaze over stoneware with calligraphy on the exterior of the bowl; SEI DAI JI and then in a column, DAI Chawan (great chawan). This chawan was made at the Seidaiji temple and is reminiscent of earlier Chinese temmoku and yuteki chawan in form with a Jun glaze that has a visually soft and appealing appearance.

This chawan is stamped as well as signed and is in fine condition with out a box and measures 5.5" x 2.5".

Large kaku-gata squared teabowl form with a tetsu-yu over a temmoku glaze. The form and foot are both cut square to compliment each other.

Stoneware and glazes

This teabowl measures 4.75 across the face, 6" diagonally and 3.8" tall

Functional, decorative and food safe

Kaku-gata, squared teabowl form with combed kushime slip decoration and haiyu and temmoku glazes over. The small, pedestal foot is cut square to compliment the form.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

This teabowl measures 4.75 across the face, 5.75" diagonally and 4" tall

Functional, decorative and food safe

Wangata style stoneware neiage teabowl with looping "slinga" pattern with a alkaline clear and my saffron glaze over. The bowl sits on a pedestal style notched foot.

Stoneware and glazes

5.25" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Broad, high walled teabowl glazed in temmoku with panels of my saffron and tetsu-yu glazes all over hakeme slip

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.6" X 4.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Wood-fired Tea Bowl by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. H.3"(7.5cm) x Dia.4.75"(12cm.) Shino & Ash glaze. There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares...

Wood-fired Tea Bowl by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. H.3.125"(8cm) x Dia.4.25"(11cm.) Shino glaze. There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates...

Wood-fired Tea Bowl by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. H.2.75"(7cm) x Dia.5"(12.5cm.) Shino, iron glaze. There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their introduction to the world of Tea Ceremony has helped to...

Large, robust E-Shino chawan with painted underglaze iron landscape by (Shino) Yaichiro. Prominently signed; YA. Wonderful, velvety Shino glaze surface.

13.7 x 9cm

Perfect condition, NO BOX. Appears to by unused.

High sided teabowl with excised chatter design inlaid in a dark contrasting slip under an iron yellow saffron glaze

Stoneware, slips and glazes

5.25" x 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Broad, formal style teabowl with TOL, tree of life design under a saffron iron yellow glaze

Stoneware, slips and glazes

5.5" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large temmoku and medieval green wall bowl with a spirali e tagli pattern design across the face of the bowl. There are areas of oilspoting and other affects across the surface. This piece is made so that you have the option to hand it on the wall.

Stoneware and glazes

14.75" x 2.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe

I apologize for the poor pictures, I am a potter, not a photographer and the size and contrast made it difficult to photograph.

Large temmoku and medieval green wall bowl with a weave pattern design across the face of the bowl. There are areas of oilspoting and other affects across the surface. This piece is made so that you have the option to hang it on the wall.

Stoneware and glazes

14.5" x 2.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

I apologize for the poor pictures, I am a potter, not a photographer and the size and contrast made it difficult to photograph.

High walled porcelain teabowl with "cogito" underglaze black and red decoration and sgraffito under a clear glaze

Porcelain, underglazes and clear glaze

4.7" x 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Pedestal style lobed and stamped teabowl with temmoku glaze (the glaze appears more like an amber glaze as it is on porcelain)

Porcelain and glaze

5.5" x 3.85"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large, rounded teabowl with a bunrin-gata form with kushime combed decoration under my temmoku and haiyu glazes. The form is pushed ever so slightly ovoid to make for better drinking areas.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.75" x 5.5" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large take-gata, bamboo form teabowl with impressed decoration under a temmoku and tetsu-yu glaze.

A video of throwing a similar teabowl can be seen on my pottery blog, please check my links page.

Stoneware and glazes

6" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Katagami influenced black and white teabowl with incised VO design around the form

Porcelain, slip and glaze

5" x 4.15"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust waisted form teabowl with kushime slip decoration under my Ao glaze

Porcelain, slip and glazes

5.5" X 4.4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large open teabowl form with my Ao glaze over a bloesem design in rozome style slip

Porcelain, slip and glazes

6" X 3.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust, rounded wan-gata style teabowl with temmoku and haiyu glazes over a kushime combed slip decoration

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.5" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Full wan-gata teabowl with slips and brushed and incised "grasses" pattern with my Ao glaze over

Stoneware, slips and glazes

5.5" X 4.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Stacked stone style Toruko-ao Persian blue vellum teabowl over a suminagashi style neriage pattern on a shallow foot

Porcelain and glaze

5.5" X 4.2"

Due to the vellum nature of this glaze, it is not recommended for daily use

Great ovoid serving bowl, hachi with underglaze iron decoration of flying chidori plovers over reeds in the Nakazato style

In excellent condition in original signed box. This is a great ovoid bowl with thick rolled lip and as of yet, I have not deciphered the signature and the piece is priced accordingly.

9" X 8 x 3.25"

Fine boxed serving bowl, hachi in Kohiki white slip style over stoneware with combed slip decoration under an ash glaze

In excellent condition in original signed box. This is a very nice kohiki bowl and as of yet, I have not deciphered the signature and the piece is priced accordingly.

9.5" X 3"

Porcelain neriage chawan in a Jovian Storms style pattern with an "eye" design

Porcelain and glaze

4.75" X 4.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Chalice form teabowl glazed in temmoku and haiyu glazes and influenced by ash glazed Karatsu ware

Stoneware, slip and glazes

4.8" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Open form teabowl with hand carved lotus blossom design

6" X 3.2"

Porcelain, slip and glaze

Functional, decorative and food safe

Very generous teabowl with incised black decoration influenced by katagami stencils.

Porcelain, slip and glaze

5.2" X 4.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Generous wan-gata rounded teabowl form with tataki decoration around the body

Porcelain and glaze

5.2" X 4.15"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ao glazed teabowl with tataki paddled decoration around the bowl with a "mountain range" style lip

Stoneware and glazes

5.5" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Stacked stones style lobed chawan with hakeme decoration under an Ao glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.25" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Hi walled tataki, paddled teabowl with haiyu and temmoku glazes. This was in a hot spot in the kiln and the glaze ran just a bit. please see the picture of the foot at 9 o'clock

Stoneware and glazes

5" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

High walled, irregular form teabowl with tataki paddled decoration around the form under amber haiyu and temmoku glazes

Stoneware and glazes

5.25" X 3.9"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Shallow kushime, combed teabowl with undulating way pattern in the slip beneath the medieval green Oribe-style glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

6.25" X 2.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large, lobed form teabowl with temmoku and ash glazes

Stoneware and glazes

7" X 5.25" X 3.4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

High walled teabowl with spirali e tagli decoration under my Ao glaze

Stoneware, slips and glazes

4.65" x 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Broad, rounded neriage chawan with Ao glaze over the suminagashi influenced pattern

Porcelain and glazes

5.6" X 4.35"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Broad teabowl with temmoku and haiyu glazes over a kushime, combed surface

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.5" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Wide and generous "rice bowl" with a carved plum blossom design in the bowls interior

Porcelain, slip and glaze

6.5" x 3.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Lg. porcelain teabowl with an etched "spirali costanti" design under layered glazes

Porcelain and glazes

5.5" X 4.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Full, rounded teabowl form with a rich temmoku glaze and a band of clear glaze decorated in gold of my grasses pattern

Porcelain, glazes and 24kt gold

5.25" X 4.24"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Bold large teabowl with carved shinogi grooves around the form glazed in my medieval green and temmoku glazes

Stoneware and glazes

6" X 3.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large, open style chawan with hakeme, underglaze copper and overglaze red (aka-e) enamel decoration

Stoneware,slip, glaze and overglaze enamel

6" X 3.2"

Low and wide chawan with temmoku and haiyu ash glaze over a kushime combed decoration. This bowl is very influenced by the famous Momoyama Shino chawan Mine(no)Momiji

Stoneware, slip and glazes

6.25" X 3.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Gold luster decorated travelers style teabowls, tabi-chawan, each with the "grasses" motif running around the bowl

Temmoku teabowl (#4153/left) measures 4.25" X 4.25" and is stoneware with glaze

Porcelain glazed teabowl (#4154/right) measures 4.4" X 4.1" and is porcelain and glaze

Functional, decorative and food safe

Temmoku glazed travelers style tabi-chawan with sukashi decoration of "grasses" pattern in a stone texture (ishime-ji) making for a very tactile piece

Stoneware, engobe and glaze

4.5" X 4.35"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Temmoku and medieval green glazed bowl with altered lip and impressed devices around the bowl

Stoneware and glazes

10" X 5.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large teabowl with medieval green, Fujina style, glaze over hakeme with kamon diamonds around the piece

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.6" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Maru-wan style teabowl with Ao glaze over a black and white "grasses" pattern

Stoneware, slips and glazes

4.75" X 4.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Rich ao glazed teabowl with an etched "grasses" pattern into the porcelain body and then glazed

Porcelain and glazes

4.65" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Fujina style glazed chawan of an etched bamboo groove design directly into the porcelain and then glazed. This style of glaze almost has the appearance of ancient Tang style ceramics

Porcelain and glazes

4.3" X 4.4"

Functional, decorative and food safe