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Fine Oni-Shino chawan by Mino traditional potter, Murata Juko (b.1922). The Oni-Shino surface is a wonderful blend of fissured Shino with areas of rich iron about the exterior and covering most of the interior. The robust and inviting form has a very purposeful stance and displays well and feels great in the hand. The foot is boldly cut making maximum use of the texture of the mogusa clay.

Murata Juko studied with three of the 20th century's most important potters; Kato Kobei V, Kato Toku...

Large, Momoyama inspired, Shino chawan by the master potter and legendary personality; Tsukigata Nahiko (1923-2006). Though it is easy to spot some influences of his master, Arakawa Toyozo, this chawan is all Tsukigata Nahiko. The vivid iron slip shows, like a shadow, under the feldspar Shino glaze with rich areas of natural green glassy ash coating the surface and iron accents about the lip and showing through the surface. There are also frosty white areas on the face of the bowl where Tsukigat...

Beautiful, cool blue seiji celadon mizusashi with black lacquer lid by award winning Japanese potter; Ono Kotaro(b. 1953). Ono has won numerous awards for his carved porcelain works including the prestigious Mashiko Ceramics Competition (for which he was awarded the Hamada Shoji Prize). His works have been collected by several major Japanese and Western museums.

This perfect condition mizusashi is boxed with original cloth and measures 6.4" x 6.5" and is prominently marked within the foot-...

Stoneware covered dome box form glazed in my Kuro-Oribe surface and cornucopia inspired knob.

Box measures approximately 17 x 14.5cm

Stoneware and glazes

Decorative, functional and food safe

Oribe glazed covered box forms, each resting on three feet cut from the footring.

#1 measures 4.75" X 4.75" and has an over all repeat pattern resembling farm fields from an aerial view

#2 measures 4.5" X 5.25" and has two different impressed medallion designs used originally in medieval pottery

Stoneware and traditional Oribe glaze

Slightly oval teabowl with a a cut and combed texture in slip under a rich Oribe glaze with iron-ash accents.

Stoneware, slips and glazes

5" x 3.6"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robest impressed decoration teabowl with an overall "echoes" pattern around the piece under one of my Oribe glazes

Stoneware and glaze

5.5" x 4.25"

Decorative, functional and food safe

Thrown and altered flask vase with a rich Oribe glaze over a stylized Enso

Stoneware and glazes

9.5" X 7" X 5.5"

Generous stoneware yunomi with combed fence pattern, kushime decoration under a rich Oribe glaze.

Stoneware and glazes

4" x 3.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Rich Oribe influenced mizusashi with hakeme (hakame) and impressed design. In the firing, the glaze ran off the pot to form a dragonfly eye style drip. The drip makes the pot a bit uneven, but I could not bring myself to grind off the drip. The foot can easily be stabilized with the addition of two felt pads

Stoneware, slip and traditional Oribe glaze

5.75" X 8.6"

Robust Oribe hakeme (hakame) chawan inspired by very natural stacked stones

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.5" X 4.25

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust Oribe hakeme (hakame) vase with an exceedingly rich and traditional glaze with wonderful luster and depth

Stoneware, slip and Oribe glaze

8.25" X 5.75"

Generous Oribe style covered jar with impressed decoration around the body of the pot. Please note, the lid was fired on a wad that was later ground off resulting in the area you see on the bottom of the lid, it is not sharp and smooth to the touch.

Stoneware and glazes

9.25" x 7.5"

Paddled water jar with Oribe and iron ash glaze accents. The jar has a slight lean to it as a result of the paddling.

Stoneware and glazes

7" x 7.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large Oribe style chawan thrown out of my iron based clay with thick hakeme slip applied around the body completed with a small but sturdy hand carved foot.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13.6 x 11.5cm

Functional, decorative and food safe

Oribe and iron glazed teabowl with impressed "ripple" design around the body of the bowl.

Stoneware and glazes

5" x 4"

Decorative, functional and food safe

Wonderful Oribe set of iron decorated plates by veteran potter, Yamaguchi Jusetsu. Vivid green Oribe glaze and whispy iron decoration make this set very usable across a wide variety of uses including tea ceremony. Yamaguchi's works are widely exhibited and published in Japan and abroad.

These plates are all in great condition and measure approximately 5.75" x .5" each and come with their original signed box.

Tall Oribe style bottle vase which was thrown round and paddled square with a texture about the surface and a band of black and white herringbone design near the top. The bottom shows where the wads were ground off and this area is smooth to the touch.

Stoneware, slips and glazes

12.35" x 6.5"