If you are looking for a good wall vase,this will be the one! A virtual textbook on Yohen firing effects. Tamadare, Shinshoku, koge, and others decorate this spectacular Iga Kake-hanaire vase by Fukioka Shuhei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. One side shows bare earth, the other bright red flame-licked clay. Overall a very powerful presentation, fulfilling all our expectations from this important artist...

Silver waves ripple like the summer seas around the Mt. Fuji like cone of this iconic form by Morino Taimei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ginsai Namijo Mon Henko (Silver Wave Pattern Vessel). The unsual base of white lends this piece a singular quality among his repertoire, and would be a wonderful compliment to other works by this esteemed artist...

The sides are scorched from flame on this large, flattened ball form tsubo by Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The raw Shigaraki earth is scored with strikes from a paddle and deep gouges from the artist fingers. The Tsubo is roughly 8 inches (20.5 cm) tall, the same diameter. Born in Tokoname, 1938, Ryoji graduated the Tokoname industrial school and moved on to work at the City Ceramic Research Facility. In 1966 he established his own studio...

A tall lidded vase by world famous artist Higashida Shigemasa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Hana-ire . It is entirely sculptural, with a gorgeous translucent green waterfall only this artist can create. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a very special piece by this artist.
Size, D 14.8 cm H 44.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Higashida Shigemasa was born in Hiroshima in 1955, and garnered a BA from the Shimonoseki Municipal University in 1978...

A very unusual vase by Hamada Shoji enclosed in a wooden box annotated by his son Hamada Shinsaku and titled Kaki-yu Ao-ryu kake Henko ( Persimmon-glaze with applied flowing blue).  Although the shape is certainly among this famous artist’s repertoire, the combination of rust colored reds and browns on black with Mediterranean blue-green is quite striking.  Like the sulfuric staining on the walls of an onsen, it seems to pour forth from the opening, however swirls into a cloud on the side, r...

Keikan-ko (Chicken Head) Vase, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. Inspired by a historical Chinese shape. Shino and Bamboo Ash Glazes, with braid handle. H. 9.5"(24cm) x W. 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...

Vase for flowers by Sachiko Furuya; Shoreline, WA. Contemporary, H.5"(12.75cm) x Dia.3.75"(9.5cm.) 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...

Seo Byung Ho was the recipient of the top prize in the 2009 World Ceramic Biennale, the highest paid ceramic art prize in the world. With this lovely pair of sculptural vases, Seo has combined the shape of a traditional vessel with the form of a fish, a symbol of eternal vigilance because the fish never closes its eyes. For the same reason, the fish is also a symbol of diligence that has long been a source of inspiration for Korean scholars, and is a common motif employed in scholar's implements...

No words to describe this incredible large vase by Koyama Kiyoko,signed on the base and enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box.

Kiyoko b.1936 started as a painter who drew designs on pottery. Today, she is considered one of the leading Shigaraki potters both nationally and internationally...

Banding of colored clay in graduated tones from pink and lavender to dark blue by important Kyoto artist Miyashita Zenji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sai-dei Kaki “Haruka” (Colored Clay Vase, "Far away") exhibited at the Kyoto Keihan Department Store Exhibition in 2003. It is an excellent example of this artist, at a size which makes it easily collectable...

Balancing the scales and industrial shape by Sodeisha star Takano Moto-o enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Utsuwa (Receptacle) and dating from the height of Sodeisha influence in the 1960s. It is 12 x 15 x 12 cm (5 x 6 x 5 inches) and in excellent condition...

A spectacular work of charred dark clay by Baba Takashi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Yohen Kuro Hanaire. An amazing plethora of Yohen kiln effects covered in rivulets of flowing ash, shell shapes,blue and green ash in the front. Even the base is beautifully covered in its own unique way, and every angle creates a new view. It is a masterpiece by this young artist.
Size, D 11.2 cm H 25.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Takashi was born in 1983 as the...

Waves of color belt this unusual form by Usui Kazunari enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 20 inches (50 cm) tall, roughly 8 inches (20 cm) diameter and in fine condition.
Usui Kazunari was born in Seto city, Aichi in 1954, and graduated the Nagoya University of Art, sculpture division in 1977. He immediately apprenticed under Kato Shuntei, where he remained until establishing his own kiln in 1983. He has been often displayed at the Nihon Dento Kogeiten and Nihon Togeiten...

A magnificent and voluminous Tsubo by Koie Ryoji (1938-2020) enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe O-Tsubo and date to 1992. Only now seen in books and old catalogs. A museum quality work by this important artist whose influence will be felt for coming generations.
Size, D 38.2 cm (inches) H 35.6 cm
Condition, Excellent and weight more than 12kg
Born in Tokoname, Koie Ryoji graduated the Tokoname industrial school and moved on to work at the City Ceramic Rese...

Rich and Charred, the Ochre glaze has a texture which delights the bearer on this Sake Set by Hori Ichiro enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled Kiseto Tokkuri and Guinomi respectively and date to 2021. Unlike the more monotonous works typical of Ki-seto, It has been darkened by ash and fire, testament to the storms in the kiln, and reminiscent of that rugged strip from which Mino-ware is born sandwiched between the violent coast and volcanic interior of central Japan. It was v...

Evocative blue decorated henko bottle vase with fluid brush decoration and sgrafitto decoration prominently signed; SEIRAN. The cobalt decoration sits on an almost ash style glaze with spots of blushed areas, similar to Hagi pottery. I have not been able to find out anything about the potter, but the brushwork and use of space suggests a full time potter, used to working in this particular style.

This henko is in perfect condition with its original signed box and measures 8" X 8.5" x 6".

Everything you could want in firing effects decorate the various sides of this Iga Tsubo by Tanimoto Yo enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 23.5 cm (9 inches) diameter, 26.5 cm (10-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Born in 1958 the son of Iga potter Tanimoto Kosei, Yo was raised among the kilns and has always had his hands in clay. He first began exhibiting in 1982, and in 1984 moved to Europe where he studied oil painting and sculpture (in Spain), and set up a p...

A spectacular Oni Karatsu Vase by Inoue Toya of the Kyozan Kiln enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 10 inches (25 cm) tall 6 inches (16 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Inoue Toya (1942-2013), graduated the prestigious Nihon Daigaku in 1966, having spent his student years excavating ancient Karatsu shards and researching their techniques. He apprenticed under the multifaceted potter Nushi Ensai. In 1969 he opened his own kiln. He served as head of the Karatsu Cera...