Incense container in shape of a crane by the Bizen artist Uragami Zenji. Bizen pottery has a long tradition of ”saikumono” (”sculptured things”), such as Chinese zodiac figures or Japanese deities. However, this type of production has reduced since Meiji era, and only a few Bizen potters continue to make them nowadays.
The condition of the kogo is perfect...

Very fine Satsuma ceramic incense burner by the foremost potter from Kagoshima prefecture at the turn of the XXth century, Keida Masataro. The crackled creamy glazed body is decorated with different kinds of flowers painted in gold and color; the same flowers are depicted on the delicately pierced cover of the incense burner, surrounding a central golden chrysanthemum...

Pretty futaoki – lid rest used during the tea ceremony – by Tamamura Toyo, presenting creamy and reddish brown tones, typical of Hagi ware.
Tamamura Toyo was born in 1938 in the city of Hagi. He studied pottery with his father Tamamura Shogetsu I; he is the brother of Tamamura Shogetsu II.
The condition of the object is excellent...

Fine Kyoto ware Futaoki – stand on which the kettle's lid and the water ladle are placed during the tea ceremony – of cylindrical shape by Kaga Zuizan, decorated with irises in various colored enamels and gold on a grey-blue ground, based on a pattern by Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743), famous potter of Edo era.
Born in 1944 in Kuwana (Mie Prefecture), Kaga Zuizan III studied under his grandfather Kaga Zuizan I, and inherited the name Zuizan from his father in 1984...