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Bizen Leaf Platter by Harada Shuroku
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Pre 2000 item# 721634
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220,000 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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Fallen from the tree of life, this Bizen leaf platter by Harada Shuroku has a vibrant energy that comes from nature herself. I've heard many a potter--and collector--here say that Harada makes the best and most natural leaf platters of any ceramic artist in Japan today; more about this important Bizen artist in our archives or at e-yakimono.net Harada intentionally placed a smaller leaf plate on top of the larger one and during firing they fused together. A sculpture as is or for the table, ...click for details
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Mudai--No Title--by Takiguchi Kazuo
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280,000 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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Takiguchi Kazuo(b.1953) is one of the most interesting and important Kyoto ceramic artists of the past 20 years. His original forms and deftly painted smaller works have earned him a slew of awards and a large following here in Japan as well as around the world; his works are in major museum and private collections also worldwide. He's always exploring new forms and textures here is a new work in his continuing mudai--no title--series of organic forms with patterned bluish-white glazing. In ...click for details
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Shigaraki O-Tsubo by Furutani Kazuya--Exhibition
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Contemporary item# 719046
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470,000 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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Thank you for visiting the Furutani Kazuya exhibition; as a way to send 2007 off in grand style we leave this tsubo online until the Year of the Rat. Furutani Kazuya (b.1976) is the eldest son of Furutani Michio (1946-2000), a Shigaraki potter greatly respected for his work with the anagama, or wood-burning underground kiln. Before his death, Michio could lay claim to having the best firings in Shigaraki. Actually, it was Furutani who reintroduced the anagama to Shigaraki since medieval times, a ...click for details
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Zogan Shino Vase by Imai Masayuki
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Dating to 1995, this is an elegant zogan shino vase depicting a pine tree covered with Shino glaze in various hues; overall a very engaging vase by one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary ceramic artists Imai Masayuki(b.1930). The front and back offer very different views to the eared vase, truly a graceful work. Included with the vase will be a 1990 retrospective Imai catalog from an exhibition that toured Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto; mostly bilingual. In perfect condition with a signed box, ...click for details
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Black Bizen Guinomi by Mori Togaku
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Contemporary item# 719032
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150,000 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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Mori Togaku (b.1937) is the originator of black Bizen and now--as many have seen--is also down by other Bizen potters. He coats the outside with a dark iron slip that fires to a black lacquer-like facade. Alone this would be quite boring and that is where the sesame-goma ash glaze comes in to balance the works. Here is a rather large Mori black Bizen guinomi with a stone burst on the side and a fine covering of goma; it has a very sublime presence. In perfect condition with a signed box,6cm.tall ...click for details
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Kasama Tsubo-Jar by Uetake Satoshi--Previews
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68,000 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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Uetake Satoshi(b.1956) visited us last week and brought quite a few works for us to select, we took the best and I rejected a few as well; one noted example is some chawan he brought and I told him it had the 'looks' of a chawan, yet not quite yet in terms of lip and kodai-foot. Here we have one of the keepers--and previews of others--that has a fine bulging-jar form that tapers off at the lip; it's in his 'colorful mud' beige tone with bamboo tool incised lines and a dry cra ...click for details
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Eleven Kohiki Kogo by Takahashi Samon
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Between 40,000-65,000 yen each--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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Here are eleven delightful kohiki kogo-incense cases by master potter Takahashi Samon; more about him in other listings or at e-yakimono.net The largest is a turtle carrying a smaller turtle on its back, and then we see various forms all with traditional meanings and linked to classic kogo of the past; additional photos gladly sent of any on request, all in perfect condition with signed boxes.
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Small Shigaraki 'Brush' Plate by Okami Shuji
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20,000 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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I imagine this very intensely fired Shigaraki plate to be placed on a scholar's desk and used to hold his/her ink brushes. Of course that's only one possible use, I also see it hanging on a wall. Whatever use awaits it....the engaging fire 'landscapes' and green pooled glaze will surely capture the senses. Made by Okami Shuji--more about him in previous listings--it is 2.2cm.tallx24x15.5c, signed on base, no box.
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