A squat form quintessentially Kishi Eiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated 1997. Purchased from the artist, it is 21 x 14 x 19.5 cm (8-1/4 x 5-1/2 x 7-3/4 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Kishi Eiko was born in Nara in 1948, and largely trained in the Ceramic Institute of Tekisui Museum. She was first exhibited in 1981 at the Women’s Association of Ceramic Art and was awarded that year...

Enigmatic designs in free flowing black and rigid lines impinge on the yellow square of this raised plate by Kim Hono. It is 24 x 25 x 4 cm (9-1/2 x 10-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches), signed underneath. This piece is from a private collection of modern art and was purchased from the artist. There is no box but one could be had for an additional fee...

Amazing work by Ikeda Shogo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kohiki Haso-e Chawan. A Yuri-gata (Lily Flower Form) with superd painting techniques of Lotus, Swan , Fish and very unusual for this artist is the carving on the bottom and the tall kodai base . An excellent example of this great artists work...

Form and void are everything with Wada Akira, and this piece is a fine example of that idea. Akira uses no decoration, no overt gestures to get our attention, but relies on simplicity and elegant shapes covered in his pure white glazes. This comes in the original signed wooden box titled Hakuji Chaire.
Size, D 6.9 cm H 9.1 cm
Condition, Excellent
Wada Akira b.1978,has become certainly one of the most well known names for his mastery in Hakuji glaze...

Mint Oni-Hagi masterpiece chawan with notched foot by star potter Seigan Yamane. This extraordinary tea bowl is covered by wonderful different shades of green and purple glaze on brown pottery. In my opinion it is the one of the most aesthetic chawans that he made. The seal of the artist is stamped on the bottom. We have a similar chawan with orange-red glaze - same price.

Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987...

Mottled clay in lively blends colors on this Nerikomi tea bowl by Living National Treasure Matsui Kosei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Neriage Shoretsu Tsutsu Chawan.
Size, D 9.8 cm H 7.9 cm
Condition, Excellent
Matsui was born in 1927, beginning his ceramic studies in 1946. In 1957, he became a priest at the Getsusoji Temple, where in 1960 he built a kiln so he could research traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean ceramics...

Large square form teabowl glazed in a Narumi-oribe style reminiscent of a continuous bamboo groove. The bottom and foot are hand cut to repeat the overall form.

Stoneware, slips and glazes

6.25" x 4.25"

Decorative, functional and food safe

There is no doubt about the superlative nature of the deep celadon glazes used by Living National Treasure Nakajima Hiroshi, and this vessel is no let down. The surface is darkly crackledf like a block of shattered ice the color of a carribean lagoon. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled modestly Seiji Tokkuri.
Size, D 9.2 cm H 13.7 cm
Condition, Excellent
Nakajima Hiroshi was born in Hiroshima in 1941...

A very rare early sculpture by Imaizumi Masato (now Living National Treasure Imaizumi Imaemon XIV) enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shizen to no Kakawari Kata (In Relation to Nature) Plate III. Paper thin shards are embedded in the un-glazed disc of raw white Kaolin clay, a powerful expression indeed on our relationship with the natural world. It is 11 inches diameter and in excellent condition...

A bird wings designs form in white and cream on the dark glaze of this unique Tea Caddy by Wada Morihiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Chaire. It was created in 1993, and show at Ogawa Museum of Art ,Wada Morihiro special exhibition named Hoko (Treasure) ,a copy is included with this sale. There is something about his art which is reminiscent of the artworks of Northwest Native Americans; the patchwork of colors and natural themes...

A globular vase covered in the trademark sansai glazes of Ningenkokuho Tokuda Yasokichi III (Masahiko) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. A superb example of the work of this Living National Treasure...

Silver bubbles out from the Gold surface of this kogo incense box with clear glass lid by Kondo Takahiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. This is from his Mist series, undoubtedly one of his most popular motifs datind.
Size, D 6.3 cm H 5.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Takahiro (b. 1958) was born the grandson of Living National Treasure Kondo Yuzo...

Here is a quintessential piece by Master Mashiko Potter and Living National Treasure Hamada Shoji enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box. The Mizusashi was exhibition in November 2016 at Mitsukoshi (Nipon-bashi Tokyo) Department Store and is featured in the catalog image number 48 (catalog included). This is not to be missed!
Size, D 19.0 cm H 18.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Hamada Shoji was born in Tokyo, and enrolled in the Tokyo Technical University at the...

Robust and feudal style Ko-Iga style chawan by veteran potter, Kojima Kenji. This broad bowl has a strong, purposeful form which gentlely undulates around the pot and is seen in the roving lip and the chawan is finished with a classic foot as seen on many of Kojima's teabowls. The face and interior of the chawan have a nice deposit of ash with areas about the lip being covered in a soft, green ash with the rear of the chawan detailing both fire color, hi-iro and a nice clay flavor, tsuchi-aji. T...

Kuro-Raku Chawan by the 14th generation Kakunyu Kichizaemon (1918-1980) enclosed in its originally signed and sealed wooden box. The inside of the lid bears an appraisal of the the 13th Iemoto (tea master) of Omotesenke, Sokuchusai (1901-1979). He named the Kakunyu Chawan 'han chiru', which can be translated as 'April moon appearing'.

This Raku chawan is particularly endowed with a structural power deriving from simple composition of features of a bowl, even though no distinctive tr...

A spectacular Shino Vase in deep murasaki and white by Tamaoki Yasuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shino Henko. It is 14-3/4 inches (39 cm) tall, roughly 7-1/4 inches (18.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Tamaoki Yasuo was born in Tajimi in 1941, one of the homes of Mino ware. He began his path to professional ceramicist at the Tajimi Industrial High School, and a stint at the Gifu Ceramics Research institute, where he followed the footsteps of a number of ...

Two Guinomi sake cups and a Tokkuri by ceramic artist Ono Kotaro,each piece enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled, Hakuji Tokkuri(White Porcelain Sake Pourer), Ouji Guinomi(Yellow Porcelain Sake Cup),and Seihakuji (Bluish white Sake Cup).A three stunning examples of Kotaro works, his mastery of carving technique and his beautiful colors Seiji (Celadon) glaze.
Size,Tokkuri D 8.4 cm H 12.6 cm
Size,Guinomi D 6.3 cm H 5.9 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kotaro (...

A magnificent and voluminous Tsubo by Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kohiki Maru (Circle) Tsubo. The shape without a neck,and the Kohiki glaze is simple elegance, one of the styles most befitting the humble confines of the tea room, and its ghostly white glows softly like the moon in the shadows. This sublime example by Tsujimura Shiro once again shows his mastery of the craft and expresses an inner confidence and yet unassuming nature of the artist himself, ...