Tea Bowl, chawan, by George Gledhill. Gas-fired, kohiki matcha chawan, shino feldspar glaze. H.3.125"(8cm) x Dia.5.625"(14.24cm) x Footring Dia.2"(5cm). 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. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares...

An austere form calling to mind the strictness of form and years of practice required to master the way of tea by Ningen Kokuho Isezaki Jun enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Chawan. A large circles beyond the burnt-straw remains gives the effect of the moon reflecting off water viewed through a rush of bamboo.
Size, D 12.1 cm H 8.9 cm
Condition, Excellent
Jun was born the second son to the prominent Bizen family of Isezaki Yozan...

Large oval teabowl with all over paddled texture and poured slip under a rich Oribe glaze.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

6" x 5.25" x 3.75'

Functional, decorative and food safe

As if dragged from the ocean floor, the calcified form of this star shaped shell glistens with foggy blue inside light purple glazed around the rim and dark and murky on the base, capturing the heart of the sea from which it came.  A marvellous Water Jur by Koike Shoko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kai-no-katachi and date 2012. An excellent example of this artist and her Sell series...

Wood-fired Vase by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Shino & Ash glaze. H.6.25"(16cm) x Dia.4"(10cm.) 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. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares...

Keikan-ko (Chicken Head) Vase by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. Inspired by a historical Chinese shape. Shino and Bamboo Ash glazes. Double neck with braid handle. H. 9"(23cm) x W. 6"(15.25cm.) 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...

Graceful and serene squared form bottle/vase by master Hagi potter, Tahara Tobei (1925-1991). This pot was first thrown round and paddled skillfully into a squared form, iron slipped and then glazed in a Hagi ash glaze to create this other worldly keshiki landscape. The surface ranges from a rich chocolate brown to areas of a muted lavender and grey with pink and creams tones spotted about...

Sleek and modern sterling earrings with 24K applied elements, and center 24K bezel set lapis. These have 14k posts and backings for pierced ears and measure 1 1/4" diameter and weigh 11 grams total. Fine original condition with great lapis, they are artist signed and dated '91 in electric pen and also say 24k and 14k. The signature clearly says Peter but I am not able to make out the last name. Beautiful design and craftmanship and look lovely on the ear.

Yunomi, Tea Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Nuka glaze. H.3.125"(8.cm) x Dia.3.375"(8.5cm.) Volume = 9oz(265cc.) 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...

Dohei Fujinoki is one of the most popular artist in contemporary KARATSU pottery scene. Initially he aimed a western painter and then,when he met an old KARATSU pottery piece he had been fascinated. He has studied at Karatsu and also MIno. And while, he has studied in tea ceremony. His repertoires are goods for tea ceremony, sake cup, and tableware for Japanese cuisine. This piece is a brand new work created with chosen-karatsu (black&white)x marked as sake cup. His sake cup is very p...

From a well-known series entitled “Chōtō” (Listening to the Waves) this 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)...

This is a rare painting on shikishi board by famous Kyoto artist Tokuriki Tomikichiro. He was best known for his prints, but was originally trained as a painter. Brushed using ink and a limited color pallet, Tokuriki depicted a pair of lesser cuckoo (hototogisu 杜鵑) perched on a blossoming plum tree, a harbinger of spring. Painted in late 1980s, and is 27.1 by 24.2 cm. Signed: Tomi (富), red seal: Tomi (富)...

Very unusal colors for this artist works of soft GRAY tones over rough sandy clay and pure Hagi White dripping glaze,enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box titled Hagi Chawan Shumei Kinen . This important tea bowl was chosen to be the one for the announcing on his succeeded the family name 12th Saka Koraizaemon. This is a superlative work by the artist, and one I am very proud to be able to offer...

Generous wan-gata style teabowl with etched arches design under my haiyu and temmoku glazes

Porcelain and glazes

5.6" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Full, rounded teabowl form with a rich temmoku glaze and a band of clear glaze decorated in gold of my grasses pattern

Porcelain, glazes and 24kt gold

5.25" X 4.24"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A unique sake cups set by some of Japans most sought artists representing pottery traditions from throughout the country...

Japanese 20th century art glass vase by master glass artist, HISATOSHI IWATA. The beautiful handblown vase is done in a spotted purple and white with gold is entitled KAYOU, or "Brilliant Light". Hisatoshi Iwata was born in Tokyo in 1925 and he died in 1994. He graduated from the prestigious Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1950. He has participated in all the major exhibitions in Japan. His works of art on part of the collections at the Corning Glass Museum and the Metropolitan. The vase measures 9...

A rock textured Kurinuki tokkuri compliments this guinomi selected to match by Inayoshi Osamu enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The Tokkuri is 5 inches (12 cm) tall, the Guinomi 2-3/4 inches (7 cm) diameter and both are in perfect condition, enclosed in the original wooden box from the artist this summer.
Inayoshi Osamu was born in Aichi prefecture, the heart of Mino country, in 1976. He completed his initial training in the plastic arts at the Seto Pottery School in 2002, gar...