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Elegant Hagi chawan with white to faint lavender ash glaze over slip and daido clay body. Classic turned foot, kodai with cut notch and impressed seal.

Though marked, I have been unable to read the seal and identify the potter. What I can say is this chawan is definitely post-war, circa 1960 -1970 and very much resembles the works of Sakakura Shinbei XII and Saka Koraizaemon XII from that time period.

This bowl measures 5" X 3.25" and is in great condition. No Box.

Bold porcelain wan-gata teabowl with etched Hi-Tsuchi-Mizu (Fire, Earth, Water) kanji rondels and netting design under my temmoku and haiyu glazes rendering a Karatsu style appearance. The kanji represent the essential elements of pottery making.

Porcelain and glazes

5.25" x 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Zenga style conical summer teabowl with a attractive Jun glaze over stoneware with calligraphy on the exterior of the bowl; SEI DAI JI and then in a column, DAI Chawan (great chawan). This chawan was made at the Seidaiji temple and is reminiscent of earlier Chinese temmoku and yuteki chawan in form with a Jun glaze that has a visually soft and appealing appearance.

This chawan is stamped as well as signed and is in fine condition with out a box and measures 5.5" x 2.5".

Elegant and classical form vase covered in a thick, pale blue seihakuji glaze with a peach-bloom like blushed copper red accent across the face of the pot. The vase is glazed porcelain and is a blend of Chinese and Japanese influences and is in perfect condition with its original signed box. The vase measures 9.8" x 4.5".

This vase was made by veteran Kyoto potter and glaze magician, Morino Kako (1899-1987), father of Morino Taimei. His works are highly sought after and are both published ...

This highly animated and perfection in porcelain vase was made by Hokkaido native; Ono Kotaro. The deeply carved seiji vase is actually has a very pale yellow crazed glaze which collects on the ridges and further accentuates the cyclone like movement of this pot. As you look around the vase, the deep ridges bring the eye up the pot and it actually appears to be in motion. Ono's carving is exquisite and his mastery of this technique is absolutely undeniable.

Ono Kotaro, born in Brazil, now ...

Wonderful, rich Nezumi-Shino chawan with "Sengai's Universe" design of the enigmatic Zen symbols of the circle/square/triangle showing through the iron glaze and slip as an evocative white decoration on either side of the bowl. this chawan with its classic Momoyama presence, active interior, rich glaze cells and well addressed foot is by legend and veteran Mino potter; Mizuno Takuzo (Taizo). Adept at a wide array of Mino styles, Takuzo excels at this style of Nezumi-Shino and occasionally use...

Hagi chawan from the illustrious studio of Yoshiga Taibi, legendary potter and teacher. This Senryuzan chawan is a classical Hagi pot with rich tones of lavender running through out the glaze.

This chawan is in great condition, measures 5.25" x 3.5" and comes with its signed box.

Exceptional teadust style temmoku chawan by noted temmoku specialist, Kimura Moriyasu. This chawan is a very potent piece in excellent and unused condition and measures 4.75" X 2.65". This chawan comes with a wood storage box, though unsigned, it is guaranteed to be the work of Kimura Moriyasu.

Kimura Moriyasu is part of a family of glaze specialists which includes his brothers, Kimura Morikazu and Morinobu.

I will include a jpeg from a recent exhibition of Kimura Moriyasu's work whi...

Classical kohiki, powdered slip chawan by Ogawa Tetsuo (b.1937). Rich full form that makes for an exceptional chawan with a fine lip and excellent kodai with some crinkled clay peaking through the slip as if emerging from melting clay, the potters forever frozen in the base of the bowl where the pot was dipped in slip. Simple and complex at the same time.

Though subtle, there is a power to kohiki ware that is most time lost in simple illustrations. Ogawa Tetsuo is considered to be one of t...

A very serene Yuteki temmoku chawan by the famous Taniguchi Ryozo. Taniguchi, along with Miura Shurei, Kimura Moriyasu and Morikazu and Kamada Koji are famous proponents of the "oilspot" field.

This chawan is an excellent example of Taniguchi's work and masterful control of his glazes. He was a master of glaze technology and perfect forms.

This chawan measures 5.2" X 2.8" and is in perfect condition and comes complete with it's signed box.

Taniguchi Ryozo has had numerous one-...

If a chawan can be at the right place at the right time, than this is the one. This medieval style chawan has a rich, fluid coating of glassy ash covering the entire face and most of the interior of the bowl with a vivid, green pool of ash as a centerpiece for the viewer/user. The ash is in a myriad of colors and travels well onto the foot where it culminates in a beautiful drip of green glass. This chawan is a stellar example of the pottery of master Shigaraki potter; Furutani Churoku IV (Hirom...

Classic Shigaraki chawan by veteran wood fire potter, Takahashi Rakusai IV. This is truly a classic example of the Rakusai style and has vivid hi-iro flashing about the chawan while the face is painted in a fine coat of ash. having learned from his father, Rakusai III, Rakusai IV continues the tradition of the Takahashi family and this chawan is an excellent example of the form and style of firing the family is well know and respected for.

This chawan is in great, unused condition, measure...

Wonderful yakishime Shigaraki chawan by veteran potter; Tani Seiuemon.

12.8 x 9 cm

Perfect, unused condition with signed box and stamped tea cloth

Quintessential Shigaraki chawan made by master veteran potter Otani Shiro. Serene and feudal in appearance this bowl is an wonderful example of a wood fired chawan made explicitly for use in chanoyu and not as a decorative bowl. The face, interior wall and floor of the teabowl are coated in various hues of natural ash that was deposited and melted during the firing of his anagama. The bowl, surface, interior and foot are all well balanced and work in harmony with each other creating a well conce...

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"

Classic devil's bucket style Shigaraki mizusashi by veteran master craftsman, Tani Seiuemon I. This impressive and well fired Shigaraki mizusashi was thrown and has a rich surface and a lid that sits well on the turned in mouth. Fired in an anagama wood fired kiln for nearly a week, the resulting effects paint the surface with deposits of natural ash some of which turn to glass across the surface. Though fired with the lid in place, the velocity of the fire pushed ash into the interior which set...

Distinctly fired mizusashi resembling stacked stones, this Sueki influenced Shigaraki mizusashi is absolutely timeless having the appearance of a piece medieval pot or a modern, abstract sculpture based on stones placed on top of one another. Made by Takahashi Makoto this feudal pot was fired in an anagama where it partially sat in a charcoal bed imbuing the piece with a variety of grey and stone colors with areas of rich ash having a pate-de-verre style surface at several points. Though fiercel...

Tall, bold vase by Shino and oribe specialist; Higashida Shigemasa (b. 1955). Glazed in his signature HakuSetsu Shino and haiyu glazes, this vase shows his strong deconstructivist styling married with contemporary Japanese aesthetics to create a unique and idiosyncratic work for which he is known for around the world. Measuring 12.25" x 6.25" and in perfect condition this pot is accompanied by his original signed box.

There is a lot written about Higashida and a quick search around the web...