Catalog: Artists (553)

Persian blue glazed sake cups, whiskey cups, tea cups with black and white slip decorations underneath

Terra cotta, slip and glaze

Left; 3.25" X 2.85" Right; 3" X 3.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Black and white terra cotta tray form with slip trailed design of tripled squiggly lines and dots

Terra cotta, slips and glaze

Approx. 11" x 11" and 15.5" on the diagonal

Functional, decorative and food safe

Fine Shigaraki katakuchi for pouring sake by master potter; Furutani Michio (1940-2000).

In excellent condition and in original signed box with biography included

5.8" X 4.5" X 3.5"

Open form teabowl with hand carved lotus blossom design

6" X 3.2"

Porcelain, slip and glaze

Functional, decorative and food safe

Very generous teabowl with incised black decoration influenced by katagami stencils.

Porcelain, slip and glaze

5.2" X 4.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

This noble vase with flared mouth is by Ningen Kokuho, Living National Treasure; Shimizu Uichi (1926-2004). The vase is glazed in a complex partridge feather yohen iron glaze over a wonderful and stark white stoneware clay body.

Shimizu Uichi (Un’ichi) was a pioneer in iron glazes and was best known for his various iron glazes and his kannyu crackle celadons...

Potent green Iga-Oribe vase by noted master Japanese potter; Kishimoto Kennin (1934-). This roughly faceted mentori vase has varying hues of green and an overall iridescence across the body. Though Iga-Oribe, the clay body is actually wonderful Shigaraki clay with a healthy amount of feldspar inclusions.

Kishimoto has been making pots since the early 1950’s and is well know for a wide variety of wares that he has made including Shigaraki, Iga, Iga-Oribe, celadons and Ki-Seto...

Elegant and tall Hagi vase with a coating of lavender ash glaze diagonally across the body. A strong delineated collar for a mouth and two lugs on either side punctuate this vase. Though marked, I am unable to decipher the seal but my suspiscion is that the piece is by Yoshiga Taibi or Ono Zuiho...

Generous wan-gata rounded teabowl form with tataki decoration around the body

Porcelain and glaze

5.2" X 4.15"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ao glazed teabowl with tataki paddled decoration around the bowl with a "mountain range" style lip

Stoneware and glazes

5.5" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ao glazed albarello influenced cap jar with vertical kushime combing decoration

Stoneware, slip and glazes

10.25" X 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Medieval green glazed cap jar with impressed stamp designs around the lobed body

Stoneware and glazes

7.75" X 6.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Stacked stones style lobed chawan with hakeme decoration under an Ao glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.25" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Generous medieval green and clear glazed yunomi with an incised "intersection" design around the form

Stoneware and glazes

4" X 4.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Hi walled tataki, paddled teabowl with haiyu and temmoku glazes. This was in a hot spot in the kiln and the glaze ran just a bit. please see the picture of the foot at 9 o'clock

Stoneware and glazes

5" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Porcelain shallow teabowl with medieval green and temmoku glazes with a bloesem design on a graceful conical form

Porcelain and glazes

6.5" X 3"

Functional, decorative and food safe

High walled, irregular form teabowl with tataki paddled decoration around the form under amber haiyu and temmoku glazes

Stoneware and glazes

5.25" X 3.9"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Shallow kushime, combed teabowl with undulating way pattern in the slip beneath the medieval green Oribe-style glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

6.25" X 2.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe