AUCTIONS (6)
 | Collection of 10 Buddhist and Bonpo ritual cards tsakli) |
 | Small Japanese Arita Blue & White Porcelain Sauce Dish - Namban Motif |
 | Takeuchi Kouzo 2009, unique piece ‘Modern Remains’ series. |
 | Signed Mimi Dee Studio Hammered Metalwork Pendant Necklace Tree |
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 | A Red Tenmoku Tea Bowl by Master Potter Kimura Moriyasu |
 | An Ido Hagi Chawan by Hatano Zenzo |
$750.00
Height 6cm
Diameter 15cm
There is a tiny chip on base.
Comes with signed wooden box
Takuo Kato, born in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture in 1917, gained recognition early in his career when his Green Glaze Vase was featured in the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition of 1956...
$1,200.00
$1,600.00
In excellent condition Comes with signed wooden box
Yagi Akira, from Kyoto, inherits a rich legacy of ceramic innovation from his father, Yagi Kazuo, a co-founder of the Sodeisha. Akira's ceramic pieces blend sculpture with function, often featuring his signature blueish-white seihakuji glaze.
He won the Japan Ceramic Society award in 1998 and has showcased his work in solo exhibitions in Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka, and New York...
$395.00
Mint and large Japanese pottery tea bowl of Hagi Ware, made by one of the most famous and creative potters of Japan, Seigan Yamane. Light brown clay is coated with colorful glazes.
Note: This is a special work by him. He made only one piece with this design.
Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987. And then, he started his own pottery in 1992 and has ever been awarded a lot of prizes for his great work...
$2,025.00
Crafted with meticulous attention to detail and showcasing a soft and gracefully executed red glaze, this Raku tea bowl exudes a sense of ease, tenderness, and tranquility. Adorned with subtle crackling patterns and variations in texture, the tea bowl's surface adds to its unique and organic feel. Made by one of the true veterans of Japanese pottery, these are some of the finest Raku tea bowls you will find in all of Japan.
Sugimoto (b...
$1,575.00
A mesmerizing piece of ceramic art, this exquisite tenmoku tea bowl embodies the rich traditions of Japanese craftsmanship that are inspired by over a millennia of Chinese artistry. With its distinctive deep red glaze, reminiscent of brilliant sunsets, red chili peppers, and festival colors; its presence creates an enchanting visual allure. The bowl's form is elegantly simple, with a gently flared rim that invites contemplation...
$222.00
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$366.00
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$444.00
$450.00
Wonderful Japanese Kyo-yaki Tenmoku Chawan by great artist Yoshihide, the 3rd head of Touan. It was made 40 years ago and comes with its originally signed and sealed wooden box.
The Buddhism word "Myoshin" (Mysterious Mind) is written in gold on the bowl.
The Kyoyaki Kiyomizuyaki pottery kiln of Touan was founded in 1922 in Higashiyama Senyuji, Kyoto.
The third family head Yoshihide (born 1949) has learned sculpture and glaze for a long time in Germany...
$765.00
With a masterfully applied black Raku glaze and a noticeable aesthetic of austerity and stillness, this piece is what is refereed to in Japanese as an “utsushi” or what we might call in English a “tribute piece.” Such pieces are typically made by all Raku potters, regardless of the kiln and tradition, and seek to emulate famous works from the early masters over 400 years ago—in this case, a tea bowl created by the brother of the second Kichizaemon, Tanaka Somi, born sometim...
$3,950.00
So rare and beautiful: Arita Tenmoku Tea Bowl by greatest Living National Treasure Inoue Manji. Most of his work is made of white porcelain, and only very few have the wonderful Tenmoku glaze. We are very proud to present one of his rare masterpieces. It comes with the originally signed and sealed wooden box, a sealed cloth and a profile of him. He named the tea bowl "Tenmoku Macchawan"...
$1,350.00
Simple yet classic styling—this tea bowl is perfect for anyone looking for the quintessential Ido-shaped chawan crafted by one of Japan’s premier Hagi potters.
Born in the famed pottery town of Karatsu in 1942, Zenzo Hatano spent a number of years learning the various styles particular to his region before taking up an apprenticeship under well-known Hagi potter Yoshiga Taibi...
$1,125.00
Splashed across a beautifully textured backdrop of shimmering black, the willow leaves painted in silver bring with them a sense of calm and contemplation...
$600.00
$650.00
Artistic and modern Raku Chawan by one of the best potters of Japan, Yasuo Terada 寺田康雄. It comes with the originally signed and sealed wooden box and with a profile of the artist.
Yasuo Terada was born in 1948 in Seto City, Japan. He graduated from Tama Art University with a major in sculpture. He has toured countries around the world, working and exploring for inspiration...
$360.00
Specifications:
Height: 8.4cm
Width: 12.7cm
Condition:
This exceptional piece is in unused condition, attesting to the care and craftsmanship of the artist. It is accompanied by the artist's signed box, further adding to its provenance.
Mitsuemon Kato, hailed as a master of Mino ware, proudly carries the legacy as the second son of Kato ...
$500.00
Dimensions:
Height 6.9cm, Width 11.7cm
Condition:
In excellent condition, displaying a unique character with kiln cracks on the surface, adding to its distinctive charm.
Comes complete with a signed wooden box, further attesting to its authenticity and value.
Hiro Ajiki, born in 1948 in Hirata, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, i...
$1,000.00
Height 9cm
Width 12cm
In excellent condition
Comes with signed wooden box
In 2010, Kato Kozo was bestowed with the esteemed title of Living National Treasure, a testament to his mastery in the realm of ceramics. His renown stems from the exquisite range of Shino and Ki-seto glazes, as well as his distinctive Tetsu-yu (iron glaze), cherished for its inviting tactile quality and subtly intricate surface textures. The ample, graceful contours of his works,...
$1,500.00
We proudly present an iridescent tea bowl with wonderful rainbow glaze by one of the greatest ceramic artists of our time, Hideaki Miyamura. It comes in mint condition with its signed and sealed wooden box.
Hideaki Miyamura was born in 1955 in Niigata, Japan, and traveled to the United States to study art history at Western Michigan University. After college, he returned to Japan in 1987 to pursue his interest in ceramics as an apprentice with master potter Shurei Miura in Yamanash...
$350.00
Mint and large Japanese pottery tea bowl of Hagi Ware, made by one of the most famous and creative potters of Japan, Seigan Yamane. Light brown clay is coated with a stunning colorful glaze.
The seal of the potter is written on the bottom.
Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987. He started his own pottery in 1992 and since then he won a lot of prizes for his great work.
Size: 9,1 cm height x 12,3 cm in diameter.
Free shippin...
$675.00
The term “tenmoku” (heavens eye) refers both to a shape of tea bowl popularized in the Song Dynasty dating back almost 1,000 years, and also to a style of glaze that these pieces are renowned for. In the case of tea bowls themselves, the troughs often have darker coloration with radiating colored rays and, depending on the style, often resemble the iris of a human eye. In the case of the glaze, the individual oil spots that appear on the walls of the vessel can sometime also rese...
$500.00
The mark of the artist is carved on the bottom.
Size
Height 7cm
Width 16.5cm
In excellent condition.
Supplied with signed wooden box.
Sugimoto Sadamitsu, born in 1935, is a highly esteemed Shigaraki potter who holds a prominent position in the field even in his old age. Originally from Tokyo, he relocated to Shigaraki at the age of 33, where he began craft...
$500.00
Size
Height 8cm
Width 13cm
Condition
Excellent
Supplied with signed box
Yamamoto Yuichi, born in Inbe, the renowned Bizen center of Japan, is the eldest son of Living National Treasure Yamamoto Toshu. He embarked on his pottery journey in 1959 under the expert guidance of his father. Since then, he has garnered numerous accolades, including the Director's Prize at the Higashi-Chugoku Bran...
$340.00
The mark of the artist is stamped at the base together with year of production.
Size
Height 9cm
Width 12cm
Condition
Excellent
Supplied with signed box and leaflet
Sato Kazuhiko, born in Fujisawa City in 1947, is a notable artist with a remarkable artistic journey. He completed his education at the Department of Crafts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, ...
$400.00
Size
Height 10cm
Width 15cm
In excellent condition
Supplied with signed wooden box and leaflet.
Born in Osaka, Ikuzo Fujiwara completed his education in the Japanese Painting department at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1970. He had the privilege of studying under Kawai Tadashi in Kyoto. Following his training in the United States, Fujiwara became t...
$4,490.00
$750.00
A perfectly thrown and golden glazed contemporary Kutani Chawan made by one of the best Kutani-yaki artists, Hasegawa Suiko - please see! The beauty of the painted poetic motifs is simply breathtaking. Waves, a crescent moon and a toki, the Japanese crested ibis bird, so significant for Japan. The exceptional purity of the golden glaze is not found in any other work by Suiko as high class as in this tea bowl.
Hasegawa Suiko, born in 1958, lives in Ishigawa Prefecture. His work is ...
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$1,350.00
An excellent offering from Higaki Ryota of Katsura Kiln, this piece displays a classic and iconic shape coupled with a beautiful Kase-guro glaze said to be used over 400 years ago by Chojiro. The color of this tea bowl changes quite dramatically, taking on the characteristics of its environment; light and cheerful in direct and bright lighting, more austere, deep, and reflective in standard tea room lighting. Perfect for those venturing into the world of Raku tea-ware or for those lo...
$380.00
It changes its appearance with time and can be enjoyed for many years ahead.
Seihou Hasegawa is one of the leading names in Japan in reviving the old techniques of Mino-Momoyama pottery.
Seihou Hasegawa
1953 Born in Tokyo
1983 Independently established in Fujino-cho, Kanagawa Prefecture (currently Midori-ku, Sagamihara), building a...
$625.00
$650.00
Rare Japanese Celadon Tea Bowl, which was made by one of the greatest Japanese potters of the 20th century, Ryūzan Aoki (1926-2008).
The seal of the potter is stamped on the bottom. The original wooden box with the signature of the potter & his profile are also included.
Aoki Ryūzan was born in Arita as the eldest son of a porcelain merchant. In 1951, he graduated as a Nihonga-style painter from Tama Art College. Initially, he was a teacher at various schools until his ...
![A Zeze-yaki Tea Bowl from the Kageroen Kiln [Tea Master Item]](https://images.trocadero.com/stores/KyotoArt/items/1470654/pict.jpg)
$1,125.00
Although reports vary, it is generally thought that Zeze-yaki had its heyday in the late Momoyama to early Edo period under the influence and patronage of legendary artists/ men of tea, Honami Koetsu and Kobori Enshu. It was also counted among the seven best kilns selected by Enshu Kobori (1579-1647), a tea master and military commander of that era. In the mid-1600s the tradition died out for a time after the destruction of the kiln by fire. The kiln was later resurrected on two occa...
$990.00
With a base of dazzling red ochre clay, a technique known as “san-giri,” pioneered by the progenitor of this generational potting family and now widely used among Bizen potters, is employed here to bring out stunning mustard yellows, mossy greens, charcoal blacks, along with a range of subtler hues.
The potter, Konishi Tōko II (1927 -2018) was second daughter to Konishi the first. After graduating from women’s college she assisted her father at the family kiln, e...
$765.00
This elegant work of Karatsu pottery has an unglazed foot, showing the rich ferrous clay from which it is constructed, and displays splashes of ferrous pigment on a backdrop of ashen glaze with a milky white overglaze. The triangular shape and large proportions make for a very distinctive work of e-Karatsu or “painted” Karatsu.
Like many pottery traditions in Japan, Karatsu takes its name from the city where it originated. As early as the 15th century, Korean potters...
$2,960.00
$765.00
The pottery style know as “nerikomi” or sometimes “neriage” in Japan is a technique where various colors and consistencies of clay are stacked together and then cut through to reveal a unique pattern. Here we see a beautiful execution of this approach by potter Wakasugi Naomi (b. 1974) who spent many years perfecting the technique. Wakasugi typically uses Shigaraki clay and porcelain clay from Kyoto in her works and says that when she first started out very few people were ma...
$2,002.50
The craftsman who fashioned this piece, the 9th Ohi Chozaimon (1901-1986), is the most widely recognized and most accomplished of the now 11 generations of Ohi potters. Born in Ishikawa Prefecture at the start of the 20th century, he took up the family craft and, at the age of 26, became the head potter. Raku tea bowls made by Ohi 9 are some of the finest you will encounter, comparing favorably to even tea bowls made by the main Raku lineage in Kyoto. The lightness of the clay, the s...
$185.00
$1,800.00
From our family collection of Japanese art from Living National Treasures:
Perfectly shaped Bizen Chawan from legendary Toyo Kaneshige (1896 - 1967). It was made 55 years ago and is in absolutely great condition.
Born into the Kaneshige family, one of the six kilns of Bizen, as the son of wakigama-style potter Kaneshige Baiyo, Toyo was trained by his father from early childhood and became adept at pottery techniques, with handicrafts and engraved ornaments being his partic...
$2,950.00
An incredible mixture of gray and lavender colors on the sculpted natural form of this expressive Chawan by the 8th generation Kaneta Masanao.
It comes with its originally signed and sealed wooden box titled Hagi Hai-yu (ash glazed) Kurinuki Chawan.
The style is Kurinuki, not formed on a wheel but cut and worked from a block of clay, an approach the artist is world wide famous for.
Masanao likely needs no introduction. Born in 1953, son of seventh generation pott...
$395.00
A rare Buddhist Zeze tea bowl by great Seki Omo with hand painted Shinto Shrine Ema and votive picture tablets, enclosed in the originally signed and sealed wooden box. This rare work of Seko was made 30 years ago.
Zeze ware has been considered to be one of the Enshu Shichiyo, the seven best kilns selected by Enshu Kobori (1579-1647) who was a master of tea ceremony and also a military commander in the early Edo period. His favorite teaware was fired in these seven kilns under his ...
$1,800.00
$295.00
Perfect Shino Natsu tea bowl (Summer tea bowl) made by one of the most popular Japanese actors and artists, Kazuo Hayashi. He was born in 1945 and is affiliated with Theater Echo. He is also skilled in Buyō and pottery. Ceramics of him are rarely available.
It is in mint condition and comes with the originally signed and sealed wooden box of the artist.
Size: 7 cm height x 8,5 cm in diameter.
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$855.00
$2,500.00
A striking tea bowl and true piece of modern art by the popular young star Ichikawa Toru enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Completely new - mint condition.
We see the gamut and whole spectrum of this extraordinary artists work. It is this subtle attention to shape and texure which elevates the work of Ichikawa Toru.
He really takes things to the extreme, challenging and yet incorporating something of the idea of Wabi into his outlandish works.
Ichikaw...
$395.00
Modern and artistic Hasami Tea Bowl by Akitoshi Kurosaki (born 1969). Brown clay is coated with colorful and shiny glazes, which make this bowl to a unique piece of art.
Hasami ware (波佐 見 焼, Hasami-yaki) is a Japanese pottery traditionally from Hasami in Nagasaki Prefecture with a 400-year history. It all started in 1559 with the famous Korean potter brought there by Lordmura Yoshiaki (大村 喜 前 after the Japanese invasion of Korea): Many kilns were built in Hatanohar...
$495.00
Mint and Oni-Hagi masterpiece chawan with notched foot by star potter Seigan Yamane. This extraordinary tea bowl is covered by wonderful different shades of creamy beige on brown pottery. In my opinion it is the one of the most aesthetic chawans that he made. The seal of the artist is stamped on the bottom.
Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987. And then, he started his own pottery in 1992 and has ever been awarded a lot of prizes for his great work.
$2,500.00
What a grand statement in clay: Sculptural masterpiece Kurinuki Hagi Chawan by greatest Kaneta Masanao. It comes with its originally signed and sealed wooden box and a profile of the artist.
This mountainous tea bowl in creamy-white glaze is in mint condition.
Born 1953, Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, The eighth-generation Hagi potter, KANETA MASANAO has expanded beyond the tradition of his ancestry to create a more sculptural oeuvre. Perhaps due to his trainin...
$350.00
Finest Kyo-yaki tea bowl with a hand painted golden lobster design by famous Japanese artist Sugita Shohei the 4th. It is in mint condition and comes with originally signed and sealed wooden box.
Sugita Shohei was born 1942 as the 4th generation of the Sugita family, which inherited the Seikanji kiln established by the 1st generation Kikujiro in the early Meiji era with the approval of the Seikanji family of former counts.
Studied ceramics under the 3rd generation Sugita ...
$195.00
$1,800.00
A beautiful and large Hakuji Seren Haruseki Tsubu-tsubu Chawan (white flashing stones spots tea bowl) decorated with an assortment of colors by shooting star artist Kawabata Kentaro.
It comes with its originally signed and sealed wooden box. For us its by far his best work and represents perfectly the artists wonderful eclectic style.
Kawabata Kentaro was born in Saitama in 1976 and graduated the Ceramic Department of the Tokyo Designer Institute, which he followed up wit...
Higashida Shigemasa was born in Hiroshima in 1955, and garnered a BA from the Shimonoseki Municipal University in 1978. Looking for an alternate path, he entered the Gifu Prefectural Technical School Ceramic Course in Tajimi in 1984, graduating in 1986. He established a studio in Toky...
$650.00
Perfectly shaped Kuro Kyo-Yaki Chawan from the Showa Period by great artist Rikobei Kiyomizu the 6th, made 50 years ago. It comes with his originally signed and sealed wooden box.
Rokubei VI (1901-1980) the eldest son of Rokubei V, graduated from the Kyoto City School of Art and Craft and Kyoto Municipal College of Painting before apprenticing with his father from 1925. That same year, he entered his first competition. His career was to be marked by success in exhibitions includin...
$3,120.00
$3,120.00
$1,665.00
With its well-proportioned ridged design, natural ash glaze, and coarse grade of Bizen clay still containing visible stones; the vessel seen here would be a good choice for someone ...
