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
This piece was fired in the kilns of one of Kyoto’s most prolific Raku-yaki workshops by an artist known as Heian Shoraku. In 1905, the first generation Shoraku established a kiln near the famous Kiyomizu temple, nestled at the foot of the eastern mountains in Kyoto. In 1945, the kiln was moved to Kameoka near Yada shrine where it remains today...
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...
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"...
This magnificent chawan is a perfect embodiment of the Oribe tradition of Japanese pottery by legendary master and modern avangarde artist Suzuki Goro, enclosed in its original signed wood box.
He surely needs no introduction. Suzuki is one of those once in 500 years' type of artists. Suzuki Goro is a potter who goes beyond that usual appellation...
An austere form calling to mind the strictness of form and years of practice required to master the way of tea by Ningen Kokuho Isezaki Jun enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Kuro Chawan. A flash of light strikes out on the front. Like staring at the burning wick of a candle it makes all around it seem dark. Beyond, that dark charring fades out to bitter greens and lively textures, one can imagine the beauty of staring into the bowl at the vibrant, frothy drink.
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Dawn breaks over snow laden boulders, the shadows waxing lavender on this spectacular incense burner by Kaneta Masanao enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Haku-yu Kamahen Kurinuki Koro. This style of digging the work out of the clay rather than forming the clay on a wheel has been a signature of this artists work for more than two decades...
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...
Size, Katakuchi D 17.2 cm H 11.4 cm
Size, Guinomi D 6.1 cm H 9.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kakurezaki Ryuichi is 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 ability to see the clays potential beyond conventional form...
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"
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 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
A breathtaking icy-blue ceramic powdered tea container by Ajiki Hiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ruri Shioyu Chaki (Ruri Salt Glaze Tea Impement). Facets are torn from the natural form, more like some rare stone than a typical Tea Caddy. The slat glaze crawls on the surface as if it is alive, and it is alive with brilliant colors...
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
Wonderful and perfectly balanced Aka Raku Chawan by one of the best contemporary Raku artists, the 7th. Kawasaki Waraku (1936 - ). It was made 50 years ago.
The tea bowl is in mint condition and it bears the seal of the artist on the bottom.
This stunning Chawan comes with its originally signed and sealed wooden box.
Size: 8,8 cm height x 11,5 cm in diameter.
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Broad temmoku glazed teabowl with overall impressed design inspired by ancient Chinese bronzes.
Porcelain and glaze
5.25" X 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Matcha Chawan, Tea Bowl, by Sachiko Furya; Honolulu, HI.
Hira (wide) or Natsu (summer) Chawan shape. Bamboo Ash and Copper Glazes. H. 2.5"(6.25cm) x Dia. 5.75"(14.5cm.)
Sachiko Furuya hails from Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. There, she studied pottery with Yukio Matsuura, making primarily tea wares for practitioners of the Omotesenke School of Tea...
Kohiki is simple elegance, one of the styles most befitting the humble confines of the tea room, and its ghostly white glows softly like the moon in the shadows. This sublime example by Tsujimura Shiro once again shows his mastery of the craft and expresses an inner confidence and yet unassuming nature of the artist himself, one who has mastered the tenets of the Way of Tea. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kohiki Chawan...