All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1451531 (stock #1802)
An archetypal Iga vase by Iga Die-Hard Atarashi Kanji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Mimitsuki Hanaire. The overall organic lines are quintessential Iga and do not disappoint. The glazing is perfect, showing off both the beauty of bidoro and the rich terracotta clay. It is 24 cm (9-1/2 inches) tall 11 cm (4-1/4 inches) diameter and in perfect condition.
Atarashi Kanji was born in Osaka in 1944, and graduated the Osaka College of Craft design...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1451538
An amazing and rare collection by Koie Ryoji (1938-2020) showing off to a tee the many styles for which is known...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1451539
An amazing and rare collection by Koie Ryoji (1938-2020) showing off to a tee the many styles for which is known...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Sculptural : Contemporary item #1451541
An amazing and rare collection by Koie Ryoji (1938-2020) showing off to a tee the many styles for which is known. Each is uniquely engraved with the artist’s signature and they comes enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes. We have carefully screened and selected each work as a masterpiece unto itself, and feel very confident you will agree...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1451545
An amazing and rare collection by Koie Ryoji (1938-2020) showing off to a tee the many styles for which is known. Each is uniquely engraved with the artist’s signature and they comes enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes. We have carefully screened and selected each work as a masterpiece unto itself, and feel very confident you will agree...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1451546
An amazing and rare collection by Koie Ryoji (1938-2020) showing off to a tee the many styles for which is known. Each is uniquely engraved with the artist’s signature and they comes enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes. We have carefully screened and selected each work as a masterpiece unto itself, and feel very confident you will agree...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1451549
An amazing and rare collection by Koie Ryoji (1938-2020) showing off to a tee the many styles for which is known. Each is uniquely engraved with the artist’s signature and they comes enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes. We have carefully screened and selected each work as a masterpiece unto itself, and feel very confident you will agree...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1451576 (stock #1804)
A Shigaraki vase by Furutani Kazuya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Konsei Hanaire. The Konsei blended clay creates a unique texture. The coloration on thi piece makes it stand apart from its contemporaries. Very unusual and striking combination of raw clay, orange, black and a few crystaline beads of green glazz around two white eyes. It is 29 cm (11-1/2 inches) tall, 15 cm (6 inches) diameter and in excellent condition, directly from the artist...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1990 item #1451611 (stock #TYNB#3)
This large and robust Shino chawan was made by one of master chadogu, tea pottery makers of Japan, Tamaoki Yasuo. Though unboxed this is a classic early chawan with a milky, translucent Shino glaze over some iron decoration on the face of the bowl. The chawan was made out of excellent mogusa clay and the well sculpted foot and base show off the material to maximum affect...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Pre 2000 item #1451746 (stock #1806)
Red and Blue Rivulets drip down over green melding into the ashen gray textured glaze on this Tea Jar by Sakuchi Ensen enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 25.5 cm (10 inches) diameter, 28.5 cm (11-1/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition. The box top is lightly stained.
Sakuchi Ensen (B. 1922) began on the path of the potter in 1946, searching to create something unusual in the hills of Okayama...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1451784
A striking sake cups set the popular young star Ichikawa Toru enclosed in the original signed wooden box and date to 2021. it is this subtle attention to shape and texture which elevates the work of Ichikawa Toru.
Size, D 13.8 cm and 17.1 cm H 10.3 cm and 11.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Ichikawa Toru was born in Tokyo in 1973. he was apprenticed to the Bizen master Kakurezaki Ryuichi for five years before establishing his own kiln in 2015 in Okayama...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 2000 item #1451861 (stock #1807)
Red Rivulets meld into the ashen gray textured glaze on this Tokkuri sake flask by Sakuchi Ensen wrapped in the original signed and stamped cloth enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 13 cm (5 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Sakuchi Ensen (B...
All Items : Artists : Jewelry : Earrings : Contemporary item #1451869
Big, bold, long , gorgeous sterling earrings by contemporary San Felipe Pueblo artist Jared Chavez who learned metalsmithing from his father, world class jeweler Richard Chavez. Together they founded Chavez Studios and continue to create innovative, stunning jewelry. These earrings have posts for pierced ears, hang 3 1/4 “ long, are 1 3/4” at the widest point and weigh 37 grams. All original, fine condition and the reverse of both earrings have his hallmark as shown. Magnificent statement e...
All Items : Artists : Jewelry : Rings : Pre 1990 item #1451880
From June 12, 2016 through January 15, 2017 the Wheelwright Museum’s Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry presented a retrospective on the work of Eveli Sabatie, one of only two jewelers (the other is Verma Nequatewa, his niece, ) whom Hopi Charles Loloma recognized as protégés. I had the rare and fortunate opportunity to see this exhibit, EVELI: ENERGY AND SIGNIFICANCE, which was truly unforgettable. "Born in eastern Algeria, raised in Morocco, and educated in Paris, Eveli joined C...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1451928 (stock #1808)
Dark iron accents the rim of this mouse colored Shino vase by Hori Ichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shino Hanaire. It is 26 cm (10-1/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Hori Ichiro (b. 1952) graduated the Tajimi School of Industrial Design and apprenticed under Kato Kozo. He has been awarded the Governors prize at the Asahi Ceramics Exhibtion, and has been displayed at the Chunichi Kokusai Togei Ten as well as Nihon Dento Kogei Ten. He says, “I believe in...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #1451936
A set of five sake or tea cups by rising star Matsumura Jun, enclosed in the original signed wooden box. They are beautifully shaped, in different sizes, allowing no favoritism to the drinkers.
Matsumura Jun was born in Chiba Prefecture in 1986,and graduated from the Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center in 2015. At the same Year he was awarded at the Meijer Shigaraki Tradition and Innovation-Japanese Ceramics Now. In 2016 awarded at the Kanazawa Contemporary Kogei Exhibition...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Sculptural : Contemporary item #1451937
A cool and elegant drinking vessel by rising star Matsumura Jun, enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Beautifully uniform in a misshapen way.
Matsumura Jun was born in Chiba Prefecture in 1986,and graduated from the Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center in 2015. At the same Year he was awarded at the Meijer Shigaraki Tradition and Innovation-Japanese Ceramics Now. In 2016 awarded at the Kanazawa Contemporary Kogei Exhibition, and the Mino Ceramic Art Museum in Tajimi. In 2...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Contemporary item #1452019 (stock #1456)
Red oxidation swirls among the crinkled white covering the sandy clay of this tea bowl by Hori Ichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 11 cm (4-1/2 inches ) diameter 9.5 cm (3-3/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Hori Ichiro (b. 1952) graduated the Tajimi School of Industrial Design and apprenticed under Kato Kozo. He has been awarded the Governors prize at the Asahi Ceramics Exhibtion, and has been displayed at the Chunichi Kokusai Togei Ten as well as Nihon Den...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1452128 (stock #1810)
A strikingly unusual charred vessel in the form of a kinuta fulling block by Atarashi Kanji enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is made of lumped clay scorched dark from deep within the embers of the kiln. The unique texture has allowed liquified ash to fill the spaces between with dusky color. I bought this piece on a summer visit with the artist this year, the only one like it he had. It stood out from across the room among all the ash glazed pots as a masterpiece. It is 12 x 14...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1452130 (stock #S-3)
Sadamitsu Sugimoto, a great master of the ceramic art scene in Japan, was led by Tachibana Daiki the great Zen teacher and has been producing a lot of masterpieces through over 40 years .He has been studying the world of “wabi, sabi, and yugen” as his life's theme. His new challenging work, this celadon piece has born at testing phase, so special price. Size: 11.7cm(D)/8.4cm(H) Accessories: wooden boxes(signed by the artist)
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Contemporary item #1452150 (stock #1809)
A proud Shino bowl licked by flame by legendary artist Hori Ichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shino Chawan. Red tendrils leap up the deeply fissured white glaze. The bowl is hefty yet comfortable to hold, perfectly formed with slightly tapering sides and a wavy rim. It is 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter, 9 cm (3-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Hori Ichiro (b. 1952) graduated the Tajimi School of Industrial Design and apprenticed under Kato Kozo. He has...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1452199 (stock #1811)
A trumpeting vessel, the closed top split open dripping with thick Oribe copper glaze and iron patterns by Tanahashi Jun enclosed in the original signed wooden box. it is 18.5 cm (7-1/4 inches) diameter, 16.5 (6-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Tanahashi Jun was born in Gifu prefecture in 1959. He established his kiln in Seto in 1990, and has exhibited with the Nitten, and awarded at the Nihon Shin Kogei Ten (New Crafts Exhibition) as well as the Asahi Togeiten Ceramics Exhib...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1452362
A dark bowl covered in rivulets of flowing ash by Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Wan. It is breathtaking, and I am already jealous of the lucky soul who will get to keep it.
Size, D 14.8 cm H 9.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kakurezaki Ryuichi is one of the most well known of Bizen potters, he is interestingly originally not from Bizen but far off Nagasaki, which seems to have gifted him with the ability to see the clays potential ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 2000 item #1452477 (stock #KYVno1)
Like a previous chawan this hanaire vase is a lesson in texture, covered over in a thick feldspar Shino style glaze meant to imitate shark-skin on a form resembling bamboo with a flared mouth to complete the piece. The highly textural glaze is in constant motion with areas of small and large nodules colliding to animate the form that has iron added under the glaze to also create a moody, atmospheric presence to the pot. The foot is partial covered over in pebbly textured glaze and ringed by a da...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Contemporary item #1452487 (stock #1814)
Wow, this Iga Shinogi Mizusashi by Atarashi Manabu is as good as it gets. The torn and slabbed surface is rough, accentuating the particular grains of Iga clay, covered in a smattering of smokey charring and spattered ash. The vessel comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Shinogi Mizusashi. It is 17.5 cm (7 inches) diameter, 20 cm (8 inches) tall and in perfect condition, directly from the artist this summer. It compliments perfectly the Chawan from the same firing.
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1452492
Flashes of red decorated the scorred and scarred dark glazed body of this Chawan by Gomi Kenji enclosed in the original signed wooden box and dating to 2021. The form is slightly belted, to allow the bowl to settle comfortably into the palm. The very traditional silhouette however has been paddled and graffiti structures scratched into the surface.
Size, D 13.4 cm H 10.1 cm
Condition, Excellent
Gomi kenji was born in 1978 in Nagano.He has been displayed at the Jap...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Jars : Contemporary item #1452693
Thick ash covers the squat form of this exquisite traditionally shaped tsubo by Sugimoto Sadamitsu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Tsubo. It is amorphic, clothed in such a thickness of ash and coal that it appears to have formed that way over a millennia. Like some cave formation millions of years old. It shows the true mastery of Sadamitsu over kiln placement and firing technique.
Size, D 29.6 cm H 37.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Sugimo...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 2000 item #1452775 (stock #1819)
Crackled green glass pools in the center of this humble tea bowl by Ezaki Issei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Chawan. The works of Issei personify the humble virtues of the tea ceremony. They are imbued with a sense of Musakui (Lack of intention), a bowl that has come to be, rather than a bowl that was created. It is 15.5 cm (6 inches) diameter, 5.5 cm (2-1/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Ezaki Issei (also Esaki, 1918-1992) was born in Tokoname, bu...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1452791 (stock #1820)
An eccentric crusty bowl, very different, by Hashimoto Tomonari enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Raku Yaki Yohen Chawan. Unlike his normal burnished and color ridden surfaces, this bowl is ominous, matte, shot through with pin-hole-textures and rivulets streaming from the rim. It is like something from deep within the universe, an ancient traveler which has been charred and scarred on its way through the atmosphere. Not only that but it is slightly deeper than his normal bowl...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Porcelain : Contemporary item #1453152 (stock #1432)
A large deep bowl decorated in abstract underglaze blue imagery by Shibata Ryozo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sometsuke Hachi and dating cica 1995. It is 28 cm (11 inches) diameter, 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) deep and in excellent condition.
Shibata Ryozo (b. 1952) completed advanced studies at the Kyoto Municipal University of Arts in 1978 (his work was purchased by the university the previous year for its permanent collection). In 1993 he first exhibited with the Niho...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 2000 item #1453159 (stock #MTSGCno2)
Robust and classically medieval in origin, this Seto-Guro chawan was made by Toki Intangible Cultural property, Mizuno Takuzo. The deep black surface has a wetness to the glaze that adds to curdled surface of the chawan that gives way to the buff clay and well addressed kodai. The chawan is well animated by way of deep throwing marks made while the bowl was wet and on the wheel and then was ovalled slightly to create a pleasing form to the hand and the eye. Strong form, strong surface and well s...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Sculptural : Contemporary item #1453294
18 stunning Oribe works from Higashida Shigemasa, including,Tea Bowls,Vase,Sake Cups Sake Bottles and Incense Burner,available for purchase. Each is uniquely engraved with the artist’s signature and they comes enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes.
All the prices are including shipping costs.
We have carefully screened and selected each work as a masterpiece unto itself, and feel very confident you will agree.
Size, D 15cmx17cm cm H 22.5 cm
Condi...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1453296
18 stunning Oribe works from Higashida Shigemasa, including,Tea Bowls,Vase,Sake Cups Sake Bottles and Incense Burner,available for purchase. Each is uniquely engraved with the artist’s signature and they comes enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes.
All the prices are including shipping costs.
We have carefully screened and selected each work as a masterpiece unto itself, and feel very confident you will agree.
Size, D 112x19 H 22.8 cm
Condition, ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1453297
18 stunning Oribe works from Higashida Shigemasa, including,Tea Bowls,Vase,Sake Cups Sake Bottles and Incense Burner,available for purchase. Each is uniquely engraved with the artist’s signature and they comes enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes.
All the prices are including shipping costs.
We have carefully screened and selected each work as a masterpiece unto itself, and feel very confident you will agree.
Size, D 12.4 cm H 11.5 cm
Condition,...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1453299
18 stunning Oribe works from Higashida Shigemasa, including,Tea Bowls,Vase,Sake Cups Sake Bottles and Incense Burner,available for purchase. Each is uniquely engraved with the artist’s signature and they comes enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes.
All the prices are including shipping costs.
We have carefully screened and selected each work as a masterpiece unto itself, and feel very confident you will agree.
Size, D 14.3 cm H 9.8 cm
Condition, ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bottles : Contemporary item #1453300
18 stunning Oribe works from Higashida Shigemasa, including,Tea Bowls,Vase,Sake Cups Sake Bottles and Incense Burner,available for purchase. Each is uniquely engraved with the artist’s signature and they comes enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes.
All the prices are including shipping costs.
We have carefully screened and selected each work as a masterpiece unto itself, and feel very confident you will agree.
Size, D 9.8 cm H 18.3 cm
Condition, E...