An extremely well fired Iga chawan by Shigaraki and Iga potter; Furutani Kazuya. This medieval styled chawan has a pleasant cylindrical form with areas of running ash, dusted ash and hi-iro along with clamshell impressions from where the bowl rested while being fired. The interior is coated in a rich olive toned ash and a thick pool of ash which built up due to the angle at which the chawan was placed in the kiln...

This sake cup is a very rare piece among Sugimoto's works. Ordinary, shigaraki pieces are fired in the anagama fire woods kiln, however this pieces is carved and colored with pigment, And fired in the kiln with charcoal. The pattern is called "shikishi kasane" a pair of square piece of fancy papers. It's a happy theme. The white grains are feldspar included in shigaraki clay. Size:6.2cm(D) 5.6cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by the artist

Tokkuri (Sake Decanter) or Kabin (Vase) bu John Miller; Portland, OR. Temmoku & Nuka glazes, Iron Slip. H.5.25"(13.25cm) x Dia.3.375"(8.5cm.)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...

An exquisite faceted Bizen vessel by Ningen Kokuho Isezaki Jun enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Kuro Ana-kuri Hanaike (Formnig Holes Black Bizen Vase). The form has been gouged and cut, slabs torn off and odd holes sliced into the sides and top. The clay is dark covered in rivulets of flowing ash, which wrap around like many fingers. It is breathtaking, and I am already jealous of the lucky soul who will get to keep it...

Large Oribe style kutsu-gata chawan with mentori, facets around the form

Stoneware and glazes

5.65" x 3.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A signature chawan engraved with figures and animals by Gomi Kenji enclosed in the original signed wooden box and dating to 2018.
Size, D 13.2 cm H 9.9 cm
Condition, Excellent
Gomi kenji was born in 1978 in Nagano.He has been displayed at the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition,the Kikuchi Biennale, Mashiko Ceramic Art Exhibition, and in 2014, he won the Grand Prix at the 10th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Ceramic Arts Category...

Small Dish, Kaki (persimmon) glaze with Aka-e (red overglaze enamel) by Tagami Munetoshi, of Hinata Kiln, Mashiko. H.1"(2.5cm) x Dia.4.25"(10.5cm.) 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...

Oribe glaze was born at Mino area in 16th century. This pieces was made by great master Sugimoto with traditional way. YouTube movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-2O3lShJxA Size: 7.0cm(D) 5.0cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

Rich, almost luxuriant chawan by rising star, Tsukamoto Haruhiko (b. 1959). This lush and evocative Oribe chawan features an every changing landscape and kaleidoscope of textures and color over the well carved, faceted surface. From light and pale tones of green and blue-green, to thick pools of a rich brown-green pool of glaze in the mikomi, this chawan has something at every angle and turn of the chawan...

Large ovoid teabowl with random paddling around the form with an iron yellow glaze over a clear glaze. Hand tooled oval foot compliments the form.

Stoneware and glazes

6" x 5" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A voluminous Tsubo decorated with autumn grasses scored into the clay with a gold moon rising up behind on the tarnished silver glaze, a spectacular combination by veteran Karatsu potter Nakazato Yoshitaka enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ginsai Tataki Tsubo. It is 33.5 cm (13 inches) diameter and in excellent condition. Nakazato Yoshitaka was born in 1958, a descendant of the famous Nakazato Tarouemon family of Karatsu...

Mizusashi, Fresh Water Jar used in Chanoyu, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Wood and Gas fired with Ash Glaze interior. H. 6.375"(16cm) x Dia. 7.25"(18.5cm.) Mouth opening 4.375"(11cm.) Volume = 58oz (1,850cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates...

A stellar tea bowl covered in rich Oribe green by Tsukamoto Haruhiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Chawan.
Size, D 13.1 cm H 9.1 cm
Condition, Excellent
Tsukamoto Haruhiko was born in Toki city, Gifu, in the heart of ceramic country in 1959, and raised among the kilns of the Mino region...

A spectacular work of charred dark clay by legendary potter Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Chaki. The angular form rises from a triad of block feet, the front awash in a molten ash, tendrils of which wrap around like many fingers. It is breathtaking, and I am already jealous of the lucky soul who will get to keep it...

An animated work from the kiln of modern pottery master kishimoto Kennin enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes. The bottle form vase is of torn and scarred Iga clay, covered with a dusting of natural molten ash pooling as glass in the crevices. This piece was shown at his exhibition from 2012 at Marui Department Store (Nagoya) and is featured in the catalog image number 51 (catalog included)...

A beautiful Caribbean blue bottle by Karatsu Legend Inoue Toya enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The color is quite unusual in his oeuvre, as is the paddled sloping shape...

Brilliant colors gleam on the meteoric surface of this crystalline form in rich natural oxidation by Hashimoto Tomonari enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 22 x 28 x 26 cm (9 x 11 x 10-1/4 inches) and in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Hashimoto Tomonari was born the son of a sculptor and has felt comfortable with the processes of creation since childhood. He graduated with a masters from the Kanazawa University of Art in March 2017, then relocated to Shigar...

Three finger strokes create enigmatic shapes like bent autumn grass or the rushing of a water fall on the dark side of this vase by Living National Treasure Hamada Shoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kakeai-yu Kabin.  Above a pale millet dusts the rim, meetingthe dark glossy glaze at the shoulder. 
Size, D 11.5 cm ( 4.5 inches)  H 22.1  cm ( 8.7 inches) 
Condition, Excellent , The box with some age
Hamada Shoji was born in Tokyo, and enrolled in th...