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

Large Karatsu influenced kutsu-gata style chawan with hakeme slip decoration under haiyu and temmoku glazes

Stoneware, slip and glazes

6" X 4.75" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large Karatsu influenced high walled chawan with paddled, tataki design around the body under a rich haiyu glaze

Stoneware and glazes

5.2" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large Aka-Shino mizusashi with it's original ceramic lid. This Momoyama influenced mizusashi is by Kato Yoshiaki (Jumei) who has won a number of awards and is recognized for his tea wares.

7.75" X 6.75"

Mizusashi is in excellent condition and comes with it's original wood signed box included

Exceedingly well fired Shigaraki mizusashi resembling two ash covered stacked stones. This ash and charcoal covered mizusashi is an enigma. The signature is illegible but the piece is obviously a work of one of the most talented Shigaraki potters of the post-war period. Possibly Furutani Michio, Ueda Naokata or Juho, Sugimoto Sadamitsu or at least someone of that caliber. I will leave the sleuth work to the next owner.This piece is positively medieval in appearance...

A superb example of the work of Kimura Morinobu enclosed in the original sgned wooden box. The cream colored crackle glaze is speckeld with flecks of iron an ishihaze with five Zen circles around the circumference, subtly calling to mind the Book of Five Rings (Miyamoto Musashi). The deep crevaces in the glaze and heafty load of the bowl are a pleasure to behold. It is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter, 3-1/2 inches (9 cm) tall and in fine condition. Morinobu (b...

A very fine ash glazed Haiyu-Shino chawan by Heian Seijiro. This ash glazed, Haiyu, boxed chawan measures 5.4” X 3.2” and is in excellent condition. The surface of the piece is very luminescent and is wonderful crazed resembling kanyu (double refractory) style celadons

Oburi, robust Karatsu style kutsu-gata influenced chawan with "shono-kushime" combed slip under temmoku and haiyu glazes

Stoneware, slip and glazes

6" X 4.75" X 4"

Striking black flashes of oil-spot glaze surface on this Tetsu-yu Tessai Tsubo by Shimizu Yasutaka enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The speckeled Rust red-orange body is like looking on fire or smoldering coals from a distance. The pot is 14 inches (35 cm) tall, 12 inches (30 cm) diameter and in fine condition, purchased at the Mitsukoshi Department Store Gallery Exhibition in 2006...

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 slight deviation from the norm, here is a scroll depicting the character Tsubo by Shigaraki artist Koie Ryoji in liquid strokes, the outer lines dissipating into the paper canvas. Ink on paper in a dark cloth border and unusual metal glazed ceramic rollers. It measures 19 1/2 by 42 inches (49, 5 x 107 cm) and is in fine condition.

This is a GUINOMI of HAGI WARE by DEISHI SHIBUYA. He is famous for HAGI WARE. HAGI is the pottery of YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURE in JAPAN. Very good white glaze like thick cream. The box is original, made for this item and has the artist's signature. Please enjoy delicious SAKE with this wonderful work of Mr. SHIBUYA.Condition: Very good. Width: 2.4". Height: 2.1". Weight: 170 gr.

Robust Oribe style teabowl with kushime combed decoration over faceted planes around the bowl. The interior shows a wonderful texture created by the pooling glaze and intermingling of copper and iron in the glazes. The base of the bowl is my own temmoku glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.6" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ramona Solberg [1921 - 2005]

Brooch

Silver and trade beads

2 3/4" x 4 1/4"

c.1980s

Excellent vintage condition

A large Hidasuki Bizen Table by Shibaoka Nobuyoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Two large circles beyond the burnt-straw remains gives the effect of the moon reflecting off water viewed through a rush of bamboo. The table is 17-1/2 by 9-1/2 by 4 inches (44 x 24.5 x 10 cm) and is in excellent condition. Nobuyoshi was born in 1950, the son of Ikkai...

Ao glazed teabowl with kushime combed slip decoration on faceted panels around the bowl

Stoneware, slip and glazes

4.7" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Rich temmoku glazed yunomi, teacup with impressed designs around the body. The impressed designs are high lighted with an ash glaze

Stoneware and glazes

4.2" X 3.85"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Faceted, mentori serving bowl with medieval green and temmoku glazes

Stoneware and glazes

8.5" X 3.8"

Functional, decorative and food safe