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
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".
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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. H. 3.25"(8.25cm) x Dia. 5.875"(15cm.)
John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U...
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. 5.75"(14.5cm.)
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. Now, he and hi...
Compact ovoid tabi-chawan style teabowl glazed in my tetsu0yu and temmoku glazes creating partridge feather style effects and finished with a hand cut foot to compliment the form.
Stoneware and glazes
5" X 4.6" x 3.6"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Slightly oval teabowl with a a cut and combed texture in slip under a rich Oribe glaze with iron-ash accents.
Stoneware, slips and glazes
5" x 3.6"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Tall Bowl with Notched Rim, White Shino Glaze, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. H. 6.0"(15.25cm) x Dia. 6.75"(17.25cm.) The torn opening on the rim gives the bowl a very organic appearance. Suitable as a vase for flowers, or as a serving bowl. 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidob...
Reishuuki, Cold Sake Decanter, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. Spouted Bowl with Braided Handle also suitable for flowers, food presentation. Gray glaze, decorated with applique clay loops. H. 4.75"(12cm) x Dia. 5.625"(14.5cm.) Width (including spout) = 7.0"(17.75cm.) 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon ...
Faceted Tea Bowl, Matcha Chawan; Mashiko-yako, by Isamu Tagami. Kaki glaze with red, green, & yellow overglaze enamels. Hakeme brush-marked interior. H.2.625"(6.75cm) x Dia.4.75"(12cm.) Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenticed under Sudo Takeo. He was originally trained as a Japanese chef and had his own restaurant before embarking on a career in pottery, giving him a unique perspective on functional wares. He is c...
Shino glaze dish with sgraffito decoration, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. White Shino glaze. H. 2.0"(5cm) x Dia. 6.25"(16cm.) 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara Fine Arts Academy (Tokyo,) and has a Studio Art degree from Clark College in Dubuque, Iowa. She has exhibited her...
Round Dish, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. Gray glaze. Carved ridges around shoulder of bowl. H. 2.25"(5.5cm) x Dia. 6.75"(17cm.) 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara Fine Arts Academy (Tokyo,) and has a Studio Art degree from Clark College in Dubuque, Iowa. She has exhibited ...
Serving Bowl with sculpted leaves, grapes, and vines, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. White, Bamboo Ash, Iron glazes. H. 3.125"(8cm) x Dia. 9.75"(25cm.) 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara Fine Arts Academy (Tokyo,) and has a Studio Art degree from Clark College in Dubuque, I...
Serving Dish, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. White, Bamboo Ash, Iron glazes. H. 2.375"(6cm) x Dia. 11.125"(28.5cm.) 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara Fine Arts Academy (Tokyo,) and has a Studio Art degree from Clark College in Dubuque, Iowa. She has exhibited her work in ga...
Braid-handled Bowl with Pouring Spout, suitable for Sake, Flowers, Food; by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. White Shino and Bamboo Ash glaze. H. (Bowl only) 3.5"(9cm) [H. w/ Handle 5.5" (14cm)] x Dia. 7.5"(19cm) [Width with Spout 9" (23cm.)] 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara F...
A wonderful Chawan Tea Bowl by famous Kyoto Artist Yanagihara Mutsuo, enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is designed with pure silver and has an artistic glaze changing from black to dark green with spots of rainbow colours.
Yanigahara Mutsuo (b.1934) was raised in Seto and studied in Kyoto along with contemporary Morino Taimei with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. His work is largely sculptural, and his choice of colors is his reflection on the decadence of J...
Ao glazed porcelain teabowl with thick kushime slip decoration around the surface.
Porcelain and glazes
5.5" x 3.6"
Decorative, functional and food safe
Wide, conical temmoku and medieval green teabowl with lined blossom design and notched, geta style foot
Stoneware and glazes
6.4" x 2.75"
Decorative, functional and food safe
Oribe and iron glazed teabowl with impressed "ripple" design around the body of the bowl.
Stoneware and glazes
5" x 4"
Decorative, functional and food safe
Large, robust teabowl with thick combed slip under a saffron glaze and on a mix of local clay.
Stoneware, slip and glazes
6" x 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Influenced by a favorite Momoyama chawan, this broad combed slip oribe chawan balances on a stable hand cut foot
Stoneware, slip and glazes
6.25" x 3.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Dark and rich Ao glazed teabowl over a thickly slipped and combed, kushime surface. The teabowl is made out of a dark iron bearing clay that I made myself and is altered and the foot is hand cut using a sharpened piece of bamboo.
Stoneware, slip and glaze
6" x 4"
Decorative, functional and food safe
Large altered and slip combed Oribe style teabowl with rich color variations inside and out but particularly noticeable around the bottom of the bowl which is finished with a bamboo cut foot.
Stoneware, slip and glazes
5.75" max. x 4.30"
Decorative, functional and foodsafe
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. We also will add the fine ...
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. He was closely associated both with Yanagi Soetsu (1889-1961), the philosopher-critic on whose theories the movement was founded, and the pioneer English studio potter Bernard Leach (1887-1979), whom he helped establish the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwall, during...
Generous teabowl with incised decoration through black and white swirled slip under my saffron glaze
Stoneware, slips and glazes
5" x 4.2"
Functional, decorative and food safe
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. Like Leach, Hamada did not come from a pottery background but had studied cer...
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. After graduating he moved to Mashiko in 1972 to apprentice with Tatsuzo Shimaoka (who h...
Robust, manipulated teabowl with bamboo tool carved foot covered in my Oribe style glaze with iron accents over an impressed line design.
Stoneware and glaze
14 x 10cm.
Functional, decorative and food safe
