All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Sculptural : Contemporary item #1433725 (stock #TRC240404)
From a well-known series entitled “Chōtō” (Listening to the Waves) this large contoured vase features a sandy glaze that the sculptor claims is an expression of the features of the landscape where he grew up.

Born in the port city of Shimoda, Sakiyama studied art in Osaka and then later went on to open his own kiln that he named “Hidaka” (High Sun)...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #993437 (stock ##4194)
Sleek yunomi with medieval green and temmoku glaze over a hakeme slip decoration

Stoneware, slip and glazes

3.25" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #1287537 (stock #JM49)
Guinomi, Sake Cup, Shino Glaze. John Miller; Portland, OR. H. 1.875" (4.75cm) x Dia. 2.625" (6.75cm.) Vol. 3.75oz (110cc.) 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...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Sculptural : Contemporary item #1470242 (stock #MC096)
A small unusual Seed-Like basin in earth tones by Gomi Kenji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled O-pa, both the vessel and the title seem open to interpretation. It is 29 x 21 x 16 cm (11-1/2 x 8-1/4 x 6 inches) and in excellent condition.
Gomi kenji was born in Nagano in 1978...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #1287548 (stock #JM-9)
Tea Cup, Yunomi. Kaki Glaze Interior with Blue Dot Stripes over Gray Glaze Exterior. John Miller; Portland, OR. H. 2.875"(7.5cm) x Dia. 2.875"(7.5cm.) Vol. 6oz (180cc.) John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illustration 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...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Sculptural : Contemporary item #1400690 (stock #399)
A Spectacular Isezaki Koichiro Bizen Chaire with two wooden lids covered in rivulets of flowing ash and dramatic Yohen firing on the Fumio work. A superb example of this much sought Bizen artists , and a rare opportunity for one of the best...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1449598 (stock #1772)
An Amazing Shigaraki flattened form with offset neck covered in pools of liquid green crystal and dark encrustations of ash by Furutani Hirofumi, head of the Churoku-en. This piece truly shows the best of what Shigaraki has to offer, in the exposed raw terracotta clay, the molten ash glaze, the Hi-iro color of flame, and the build up of dark ash deposits. Every viewing angle is unique...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Pre 2000 item #1263286 (stock #583)
Few foreign potters are able to embrace the Japanese aesthetic as well as Jeff Shapiro. Here is a piece from his second solo exhibition in Tokyo dated 1991. This piece is 9-1/2 inches (24 cm) tall, 9 inches (23 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Shapiro was born in New York in 1949. He studied ceramics in Japan from 1973 to 1980, returning to America to build an Anagama kiln in New York in 1981...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Sculptural : Contemporary item #1473344
Here is an exceptional Tokkuri by rising star Ichikawa Toru enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Memento Mori (Don`t Forget About Death). This artist really takes things to the extreme, challenging and yet incorporating something of the idea of Wabi into his outlandish works.
Size, D 16.7 cm H 18.7 cm
Condition, New (2022)
Ichikawa Toru was born in Tokyo in 1973...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Sculptural : Contemporary item #845647 (stock #0303)
Buncheong Ceramic Wall Panel by Yoon Ja Eui. Artist signed wood box is included. 10.5 x 10.5 inches, 27 x 27 cm.
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1459283 (stock #0540)

Mint and Oni-Hagi masterpiece chawan with notched foot by star potter Seigan Yamane. This extraordinary tea bowl is covered by wonderful different shades of creamy beige on brown pottery. In my opinion it is the one of the most aesthetic chawans that he made. The seal of the artist is stamped on the bottom.

Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1064230 (stock #426)
A most extraordinary glaze like green velvet covers this tall bottle form vase by modern Japanese pottery master Imai Masayuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating circa 1970. The long tapering from is expertly rolled at the mouth, the soft absorbent textured glaze lying perfectly smooth over all. The hada, or feeling of the surface is unlike any I have ever seen, and a drop of water is instantly absorbed by the porous surface...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1193471 (stock ##4243)
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

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Contemporary item #1477422 (stock #MC010)
Vivid yellow streaked with glassy Oribe green glaze highlights the sculpted middle of this exquisite covered jar by important artist Hayashi Shotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Mizusashi. It is entirely sculptural, with a refinement of glaze only this artist can create. Spectacular is all that comes to mind when viewing this groundbreaking artists work. The piece is 7 inches (18 cm) diameter, 6 inches (16 cm) tall and in perfect condition.
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 19...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1062722 (stock ##4149)
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Tall and slightly tapering cilindro vase form with my temmoku and partridge feather tetsu-yu glaze

Stoneware and glazes

12.25" x 5.75"

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1090891 (stock ##4204)
Large heavily textured Taiko (drum) style vase with rich temmoku and tetsu-yu glazes and tamadare type glaze runs.

Stoneware and glazes

12.75" x 11.5" x 3.75"

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #926617 (stock ##4139)
Large size, generous, guinomi with stamped decoration at four point making excellent finger indents glazed in a rich Oribe glaze

Stoneware and glaze

3" X 3.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1273805 (stock #0186)

Here is a fascinating Oribe Chawan (tea bowl) made by Koie Ryoji, one of the best internationally known contemporary Japanese potters. It is another embodiment of the artist’s spirit, with a shape that remains free and moving, rough, unique and dynamic. Its colors and its rawness is reminiscent of a wild landscape. As with many works by the famous artist, this piece’s dynamism conveys pure energy and raw strength. Through its shiny glaze, rough texture and primitive markings, one gets t...