Marbled clay in vivid colors blends on this large jar by Matsui Koyo, enclosed in the original signed wooden box, exhibited at a solo exhibition in Mitsukoshi Department Store: and is featured in the catalog image number 21 catalog included. This is not to be missed!
Size, D 31.1 cm H 28.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Matsui was born in 1962 son of LNT Matsui Kosei...

A Spectacular Kakurezaki Ryuichi Black Bizen Chaire with 2 lids covered in rivulets of flowing ash. It is breathtaking, and I am already jealous of the lucky soul who will get to keep it. 
Size, D 7.4 cm   H 11.5  cm  
Condition, Excellent 
Price: (Sold)
The unique Harada Shuroku Chaire,has a dramatic effect the path of flame in the kiln,raw earth studded with inclusions burnt red,showing the extreme temperature with which it was fired...

The sides have been slabbed away in this incredible organic shape by Isezaki Koichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Bizen Mentori Chawan. Beyond, that dark charring fades out to bitter greens and thick palet of ash, like lichen on a stone glistening under the melted frost. Folds in the clay and flaws under the heavy ash deposit create tension and explore themes of nature and age and a powerful order beyond human touch...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Temmoku & Nuka glazes, Iron Slip. H.1.5"(4cm) x Dia.2.5"(6.25cm.) Vol=1.75oz(50ml.)John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school...

A traditionally crafted Bizen sake cup shaped in the tradition of Oribe. The rich mineral glaze gives this guinomi an almost a metallic look. The craftsman who made this piece, Takahiro Ishii, was born in Tokyo in 1977, and, after studying ceramics for a number of years, he moved to Bizen to become a ceramics teacher and later opened his own kiln...

A smokey landscape billows like clouds on this fabulous raw form by Atarashi Kanji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Guinomi. Coals cling to one side, opposite milky green and white while inside a blast of crackled green ice has formed on the wall among a haze of smoke. It is 7 cm (2-3/4 inches) diameter, 5.5 cm tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist. I highly recommend this with the Tokkuri following...

A faceted bowl by Hamada Shinsaku exhibiting the superb sense of design to be expected of this illustrious lineage enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shio-yu Tetsu Sabi Mentori Chawan (Salt Glazed Iron Faceted Tea Bowl).  The form is very much in the Mingei taste, A beautifully turned wan-gata with thick walls which have been sliced away, creating an architectural quality.  To this is added a dusting of salt which textures the surface.  Like many great bowls it must be held to ...

Matcha Chawan (Tea Bowl,) Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. Kaki (persimmon) and Mashikoguro (Mashiko black) glazes. A large, Fuyu-chawan (Winter Tea Bowl) displaying rustic and austere simplicity, and quintessentially Mashiko. H. 3.125" (8cm) x Dia. 5.125"( 13cm.) Tagami Munetoshi (b. 1972) is the son of Tagami Isamu and grandson of Sudo Takeo. He is the 5th generation of potters in Mashiko’s Hinatagama (Hinata Kiln) founded during the Meiji Period (1868-1912) by Sudo Yujiro...

Kuro (Black) Sabi-Nagashi (dripped glaze) Kaku Bachi (Square Plate,) Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Isamu. Mashiko-guro) (Mashiko Black) glaze with Kaki (persimmon) glaze cross pattern. H. 1.25"(3cm) x 6.5" (16.5cm) square. Small "kamakizu" (kiln scar) on side (see enlargement #4).Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenticed under Sudo Takeo...

Large wan-gata form terra cotta teabowl with a black background and yellow, red and green "falling leaves" about the bowl in old Rimpa fashion

Terra cotta, slips and clear glaze

6" x 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

This piece was made of "mogusa" clay which was very precious, and covered deluster yellow glaze. It's old style "Kiseto" Size; 8.0cm(D)/5.1cm(H) Accessary; wooden box signed by artist

Rich ao glazed teabowl with an etched "grasses" pattern into the porcelain body and then glazed

Porcelain and glazes

4.65" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Interesting and decorative porcelain tsubo with underglaze blue, sometsuke and overglaze red yuriko decoration and gold accents.

This tsubo is in fine condition and does not have a box and the potter has not been identified. The piece measures 7.25" x 6.5".

Vase Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. Faceted sides, Kaki (persimmon) glaze with checkerboard pattern of red & green overglaze enamel decorations of sugar cane reed & stripes. H. 7"(18cm) x Dia. 3.125"(8cm). Tagami Munetoshi (b...

Large oviod teabowl in Oribe style with medieval green glaze over hakeme slip decoration

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.8" x 4.75" x 4.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Kushime, combed mizusashi and chawan set in a rich Ao glaze with clear accents

Stoneware, slip and glazes

Mizusashi 6.75" X 6.4"

Chawan 4" X 5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Yunomi, Tea Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Shino glaze with white slip. H.3.125"(8cm) x Dia.3.125"(8cm.) Volume = 8oz(240cc.) John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (who spent time studying pottery in Japan,) he ...

One of the most attractive chawan by Ohi Chozaemon VIII (Choraku) (1902-1991) I have seen. It was made around 30 years ago in the style of Raku.

The Chozaemon family of potters has been associated with the world of the Japanese tea ceremony since the 17th century.

The Chozaemon lineage started with Hodoan (1631-1712), apprentice to the fourth heir of the Raku family of potters. In 1666, he accompanied Senso Shoshitsu (1622-1697), the fourth heir of the Urasenke school of ...