AUCTIONS (6)
 | Small Pair Japanese Imari Porcelain Bowls - Namban Figures Decoration |
 | Small Japanese Arita Blue & White Porcelain Sauce Dish - Namban Motif |
 | Takeuchi Kouzo 2009, unique piece ‘Modern Remains’ series. |
 | Rare Zen Chawan Zenmi by Tenryū-ji’s Seki Bokuō 関牧翁 and Hara Kiyokazu |
SALE PRICED
 | A Bizen Tea Bowl by Isezaki Koichiro |
 | A White Tamba Tea Bowl by Masahiko Imanishi |
$9,900.00
Kuwata Takuro makes the most characteristic pottery we have ever seen, and when you look at this spectacular piece it is easy to understand why.
This is his Ki-Ji Kinsai Chawan which comes with his originally with his seal, calligraphy and fingerprint signed wooden box.
Takuro surely needs no introduction. He was born in 1981 in Hiroshima and graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Kyoto Saga University in 2001...
$7,500.00
We like to present you this Shino Masterpiece of legendary Tokuro Kato, named 'amongst the clouds', coming with corner protections, a silk shifuku, a stamped pouch and its original double wood box, signed and sealed (Signature of 'Gen' - please compare http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/christies-south-kensington/catalogue-id-srchristi10016/lot-333068c2-4555-4b6a-abba-a3f700026090). It is in absolutely mint condition, a museum quality piece of art...
$4,500.00
A true Mashiko Chawan by greatest Shoji Hamada with a real beautiful Ameyu glaze, double boxed and originally signed and sealed by the artist.
This treasure was part of the exhibition "The artists who searched for Mingei".
Hamada Shoji (1894-1978) was one of the leading potters of the Japanese Mingei (Folk Craft) movement...
$4,490.00
$3,995.00
A true Mashiko bowl by greatest Shoji Hamada with a real beautiful glaze, enclosed in its originally signed wood box.
Hamada Shoji (1894-1978) was one of the leading potters of the Japanese Mingei (Folk Craft) movement...
$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"...
$3,800.00
This magnificent Oni Azami chawan is a perfect embodiment of the tradition of Japanese pottery by legendary master and modern avangarde artist Suzuki Goro, mint condition and enclosed in its original signed wood box and a hand painted cloth by the artist himself.
Oni means demon, in Japanese, and azami is the name of a famous flower in Japan (thistle in English) with an explosive charakter. Oni Azami.
Suzuki Goro surely needs no introduction...
$3,500.00
Nothing I can say can convey the rugged beauty locked up of this Oribe chawan, made in 2015, signed and enclosed in the original signed wooden box and the 64 page exhibition catalogue 'Voice of the rain'. Matsuzaki Ken is one of the most important potters of our time.
Ken Matsuzaki was born in Tokyo in 1950 and received a degree in Ceramic Art from Tamagawa University School of Fine Arts, Tokyo...
$3,500.00
A sophisticated Mashiko chawan with beautiful glaze by greatest Shoji Hamada, enclosed in its originally signed wood box. The bowl has smoothly graduated colours, rarely seen on Hamada's tea bowls.
Hamada Shoji (1894 - 1978) was one of the founding fathers of the Studio Pottery movement, who came over to England with his friend, Bernard Leach, to start the Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall back in 1920...
$3,120.00
$3,120.00
$2,960.00
$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...
$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...
$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...
$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...
$2,025.00
$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...
