Jug for holding fresh water for the tea ceremony, called mizusashi. Wheel thrown, thin stoneware of slightly irregular beaker shape (slightly bulging belly towards the bottom and straight sides going up). The mouth is slightly oval. Black-brown iridescent glaze. Custom made black lacquered fitted wooden cover. Seto ware, or black Oribe...
Large, relatively tall chawan, as used in the tea ceremony. Light brown coarse stoneware covered with a celadon colored translucent glaze with brown speckles and with a purple and blue-green splash on the front. Unsigned...
A true Mashiko Chawan by greatest Shoji Hamada with a real beautiful Ameyu glaze, double boxed and originally signed and sealed by the artist.
This treasure was part of the exhibition "The artists who searched for Mingei".
Hamada Shoji (1894-1978) was one of the leading potters of the Japanese Mingei (Folk Craft) movement...
Although reports vary, it is generally thought that Zeze-yaki had its heyday in the late Momoyama to early Edo period under the influence and patronage of legendary artists/ men of tea, Honami Koetsu and Kobori Enshu. It was also counted among the seven best kilns selected by Enshu Kobori (1579-1647), a tea master and military commander of that era. In the mid-1600s the tradition died out for a time after the destruction of the kiln by fire...
A beautiful city view of Brussels in watercolor and gouache by artist SARNOFF measures. 8x8.5” , frame size 20x21”
Finest Kyo-yaki tea bowl with a hand painted golden lobster design by famous Japanese artist Sugita Shohei the 4th...
This is wonderful, Matching, Four-Piece set made with Carved White Jade and solid 14K Yellow Gold...
I'll start off by saying that I am selling this sculpture for a friend who is moving to smaller lodgings and I personally know almost nothing other than the obvious facts regarding this offering and this is being offered as is. What I can tell you is this large sculpture measures 47 x 15 x 24cm overall and is in very good condition comprised of the tiger pair on a raised plinth of lacquered (?) wood that is being referred to as; "two tigers walking"...
A true masterpiece vase covered in the trademark sansai glazes of Ningenkokuho Tokuda Yasokichi III (Masahiko) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. A superb example of the work of this Living National Treasure.
Designated Living National Treasure in 1997 for his supremacy in the use of Kutani glazes, Yasokichi (1933-2009), born Masahiko, has gone a step further than many National Treasures by broadening his spectrum with a new style of Kutani ware...
Donald Friedlich
American Modernist Sterling & 18k Gold Earrings
Excellent condition
5/8" dia.
Pierced
Dated 1985
Friedlich graduated from RISD in 1982
His work has been well exhibited, appeared in several print publications, and been placed in many important public and private collections, including the Victoria & Albert, the Museums of Fine Arts in Boston & Houston, the Smithsonian, among others...
Celadon tea cup with corded patterns glazed in the Jômon zogan style made by Tatsuzô Shimaoka (1919-2007, Mingei school). Developed by himself, this style is inspired by ancient processes such as the Jômon string-printing technique (ca. 13,000 – 800/300 B.C.) and the Korean process of the Joseon period (1392-1897) of adding white slip with decorative indentations...
Beautiful vintage long sterling earrings with traditional designs, stamping and fine line chisel work by Navajo silversmith Gibson Nez. Deceased on December 1,2007, he was a self taught silversmith who won the prestigious Smithsonian Medal of Honor, more than 700 blue ribbons, was featured in magazines and books and was a featured guest artist in many museums and galleries across the United States. These earrings have clip backs, hang 3 1/8" long, are 3/4" wide and weigh 28 grams...
A rare miniature red glazed North Carolina pottery chicken signed Owens. Measures 1.5/8" high by 2" long.
The size of Box: 4 1/4" Square x 2 3/8", Medallion size: 2 5/8" Dia x 1/4" High dome shape.
The size of Presentation Box: 9 7/8" Long x 7" Wide x 3 1/4" High. The title of work: Now and Then. The design depicted from Saru Suberi (Japanese name flower), English as Crape Myrtle flowers with such a delicately made by very thin/fine silver wires. This fine Japanese Cloisonne, Shippo Medallion was created by Fine Japanese Cloisonne Master Artist, Shinya Okamoto from Chiba Prefecture, Japan...
Sue Krzyston is an Arizona artist, born in 1048, known for her Indian motif still life paintings of Southwest Indian artifacts. This one is titled "Taos" and was painted in 1988. It measures 20" x 24"
A playful early work depicting frogs by the famous Kutani potter Matsumoto Saichi 松本佐一 (b. 1930)...
Description: 陆儼少（1909-1993）衡山祝融圖 /水墨設色紙本立軸 1981年作 款識：南嶽衡山祝融 一九八一年八月陆儼少。鈐印二方。Hanging Scroll of Mt. Hengshan / Lu Yanshao (1909-1993) Dated 1981 Inscribed with two artist seals...
Fine quality Ohi Ware chawan, tea bowl, Macha bowl by Yoshio Iwamura (1925-1987).
Raku ware with mottled bright green and bluish glazes which remind of seaweed.
It comes with the original, signed and inscribed wooden box; bowl with impressed seal Ohi.
H 8 x 12 cm.
Perfect condition.
-------Yoshio Iwamura studied under Izukura Juro in Kaga. Later founded the Oyabu kiln in Ohi village, Ishikawa prefecture. Member of the Asia Art Society and the Kaga Art Association. Director of the Ohi Ware...
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