A Japanese Studio Vase – Showa – Chikuso

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1960: item #685284

A vividly decorated Japanese stoneware pot with thick overglaze enamel decoration of falling autumn leaves. Possibly of Kyoto origin. The leaves are in bright orange, green, yellow and brown with a background of brown vines or limbs. The pot is vertically globular and with the top almost totally covering the inside – just a short, tiny shallow lip at the top. The piece measures 4” high and is 3” diameter. There is a potters signature on the base which has been translated to read “Chikuso”. It i... Click for details

Robust Japanese Kuro Chawan by Kato Sho

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1980: item #685251
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An unusual bit of Seto ware by important artist Kato Sho enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Enigmatic windows in the smooth black coating reveal icy-pale glaze and one streak of raw sandy earth baked red. The bowl is quite large, and very pleasing to hold, slightly tapered so as to concentrate the aroma rising from the freshly whipped tea. The piece is signed alongside the kodai Sho-saku. It is 4 inches (10 cm) tall, roughly 5 inches (13 cm) diameter and in perfect condition, dating... Click for details

Large Bizen Tsubo Vase by Hibata Koken

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1980: item #684975
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A mysterious mottle of color drifts like smoke around the surface of this Bizen Tsubo shaded with clouds of natural pale green ash by Hibata Koken enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is roughly 14 inches (35.5 cm) diameter, 13 inches (33 cm) tall and in fine condition. It is a hefty piece weighing in at about 12 kilograms including the box. Koken (b. 1921) has been displayed on a National level at the Nihon Dento Kogei Ten (Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition), Nihon Togei Ten (Jap... Click for details

Large Platter by Female Potter Tsuboi Akihiko

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1980: item #682921
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A large color splashed charger by one of Kyotos more original artists Tsuboi Akihiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The vessel has a narrow foot with steadily rising sides creating a light airy feel; sheet white clay covered in green glass interspersed with runs of opaque shadow. Perfect for a service of summer fruits, or as a shallow basin for an arrangement of summer flowers. It is just less than 16 inches (40 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Akihiko, originally of Osa... Click for details

Ceramic Koro incense pot by Yamazaki Koyo w/ Box

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1980: item #682667
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Soft lavender and blue meld on the surface of this fine koro by Yamazaki Koyo (1890-1979) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The piece features a rosewood lid inlayed with a polished agate pull. The shade of glaze is so unusual, thick as one might expect of Mingei, yet incredibly delicate like the robins egg colors produced by China. It is 4-1/2 inches (11 cm) wide, 4 inches (10 cm) tall and in perfect condition. Koyo studied under Kiyomizu Rokubei VI, and was displayed consistently... Click for details

Occupied Japan stoneware pitcher

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1950: item #682656
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Great Occupied Japan stoneware pitcher with cover. This pitcher has glass inside, just like a thermos. The pitcher is in very good condition. Glass has a small crack (hairline), it is priced accordingly. 10.5" high and over 5.5" wide plus the handle.

Vase with Inlayed Dragonflies by Imai Masayuki

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1980: item #681849
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A red earthen cylinder inlayed about the rim with dragonflies by JCS award winner Imai Masayuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The dragonflies (also called Katsumushi, or insect of victory) are inlayed into the red clay with white and buff clay, covered with resist, and a thin iron slip applied over the remainder of the vase. The slip color is so closely matched to the underlying brick-red clay one cannot see the difference. The vase is 9 inches (23 cm) tall, 4 inches (10 cm) dia... Click for details

A Shigaraki Handled Flower Vase by Rakusai Takahashi

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1960: item #680477

This lovely Shigaraki flower vase (hanaiki) is the very essence of Japanese wabi-sabi – it bears the impressed seal of Rakusai Takahashi The words wabi and sabi do not translate easily. Wabi originally referred to the loneliness of living in nature, remote from society; sabi meant "chill", "lean" or "withered". Around the 14th century these meanings began to change, taking on more positive connotations. Wabi now connotes rustic simplicity, freshness or quietness, and can be applied to both natur... Click for details

Ceramic Platter by Iwabuchi Shigeya

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1980: item #678093
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A sizable rectangular platter covered in pale mottled earth-toned glaze by Shigeya Iwabuchi (1925-1993) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. A simple slab of clay, 1 inch (2.2 cm) thick, curled up in the corners. The simplicity is refreshing, the disparate surface natural and cool to the eye. It measures 16 by 11-1/2 inches (40 x 30 cm) and is in perfect condition. Shigeya was born in 1925 in Kyoto. He graduated the Kyoto Ceramics division of the Kyoto Industrial Research School, and ... Click for details

Ceramic Platter by Iwabuchi Shigeya

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware Pre 1980: item #678065
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A large rectangular platter covered in deeply fissured rust red with diagonal runs of paler thick color by Shigeya Iwabuchi (1925-1993) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. A simple slab of clay, 1 inch (2.2 cm) thick, curled up in the corners and stamped on the base. A swatch of vibrant iron divides the center. The dish is 16 by 11-1/2 inches (40 x 30 cm) and is in perfect condition. Shigeya was born in 1925 in Kyoto. He graduated the Kyoto Ceramics division of the Kyoto Industrial R... Click for details