Haiyu and temmoku glazed pitcher with stamped designs around the body. There are a few cosmetic flaws around the foot where the glaze ran and the pot stuck to the kiln shelf, it is priced accordingly. These "flaws" pose no problem to the function and presentation of the piece

Stoneware and glazes

10.25" X 7" max.

Functional, decorative and food safe

A wild ceramic sculpture in rich dark iron glaze by Takatsu Mio enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Soko ni Seisoku Suru (Living There). Mio is an amazing person, very intense when she works, very casual when she is not. She will happily take a hammer to a piece after months of work, if it does not meet her inner criteria, thus her production is quite low, but quality is extremely high...

This paper cut-out of Queens Anne’s Lace is 6” wide and 12 ¼” long; with a mat it is 11 ½” wide and 18 ½” long. The image is negative (Yang or female). The signature on the bottom right uses her Chinese name. The Chinese folk art of paper cutting, creating pictures by cutting out single sheets of paper, has been practiced for many centuries...

If you have heard of Murakoshi Takuma, and his spectacular wood fired contemporary Shigaraki ware this would be the piece to have. Takuma's works have taken the japanese modern pottery world by storm and you can see why. Hand crushed feldspar glazes make it look like the gods and wind created this masterpiece. 40cm tall x 33cm in diameter. With signed box. Great condition. Ask for shipping quote.

Murakoshi Takuma is a jolly fellow, and loves to be in his cups. Therefore, he is quite good at making a cup which fits comfortably in a one’s hand, a cup you would not like to put down. This is a perfect example of that, a medium sized guinomi, smooth inside but wildly undulating out, covered in his signature Shunju glaze, a combination of Ash, Feldspar and Iron with occasional visions of untouched raw Shigaraki clay...

Large, hand carved Oribe vase form by Kato Shinya (Sakusuke V). This large vessel was thrown round and later altered to the current form where the surface was meticulously hand carved in this bold repeat pattern around the form and then glazed over in a rich deep green Oribe glaze...

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"

You won't find this or Any Studio Signed Sterling Silver Metalwork Earring pair/jewelry by and stamped MIMI DEE HANDMADE STERLING in catalogs! Horrors! Never! As each piece is built and hammered by this jewelry artist, unlike designers who have them mass produced for them, lest how could they possibly appear in sooooooo many catalogs? This pair was made just so for a Kind Patron using faceted teal pearls and teal Swarovski crystals.
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An ash glazed vase with elongated neck by Koyama Kiyoko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Tsurukubi Hanaire. It is 22.5 cm (9 inche) tall, 18.5 cm (7-1/4 inches) diameter and in excellent condition.
Koyama Kiyoko was born in Sasebo, Nagasaki in 1936. Following the second world war the family moved to Shiga prefecture, eventually settling in the pottery village of Shigaraki. She took a job as a ceramic painter's assistant at a young age...

When the founder of the Urasenke style of tea ceremony, Sen-So Soshitsu (1622 -1697) was invited to Kanazawa as the master of tea ceremony for the powerful Kaga lords in 1666, the first Chōzaemon came with him and established Ōhi-yaki in Kanazawa. Chōzaemon had been the chief apprentice to the Raku family in Kyoto and took with him many of the principles and ideas associated with Raku-ware...

7.5" x 5.5", mixed media. Bo Moore is an outsider artist who resides in the Western States.

Be the only one on the block with a Murakoshi Takuma wash basin! Here is a sink made from his infamous rugged Shigaraki clay covered in Ash, iron and feldspar. This will undoubtedly become a conversation piece! It comes complete with stainless steel drain pipe fittings. The sink is 35 cm (14 inches) diameter, 12 cm 5 inches) deep and is in perfect condition.
Murakoshi Takuma is one of those enigmas who simply lives to work with clay...

A long spiraling form of perfect dimension in iron glaze by female artist Takatsu Mio titled simply Uzumaki. It is 54 cm long and in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Takatsu Mio (b. 1976) was raised in Gifu prefecture among the scattered kilns of Mino. She graduated the Osaka University of Arts Sculpture Department in 1999, moving on to advanced studies which she completed in 2001, putting her at the forefront of the current female revolution in Japanese ceramic arts...

Dohei Fujinoki is one of the most popular artist in contemporary KARATSU pottery scene. Initially he aimed a western painter and then,when he met an old KARATSU pottery piece he had been fascinated. He has studied at Karatsu and also MIno. And while, he has studied in tea ceremony. His repertoires are goods for tea ceremony, sake cup, and tableware for Japanese cuisine. This piece is a brand new work created with sabi(rust)-karatsu (painted) as sake cup.His sake cup is very popular. S...

This piece is covered natural ash glaze, made by Junri Hamada who is well known as an expert potter in Mino pottery area where many traditional potteries has been made from 15th century. Size: 6.3cm(D)/5.0cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

This sake cup has abstract painting with copper glaze. And covered by white mud and clear glaze. The highlight and charm of Kohiki is that skin of piece becomes to change as using. Size: 8.9cm (D) 4.0cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by the artist

Mizusashi style covered jar with iron partridge feather and temmoku glazes with lugs attached at the waist

Stoneware and glazes

8" x 7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

This piece was fired for 10 days in the "anagama" old style kiln, with red pine fire woods. It's very beautiful with natural glaze by ashes and flame. Size; 6.0cm(D)/4.5cm(H) Accessary; wooden box signed by artist

Made in America. What a buy! For under $50 you can present an artist signed multi gem and pearl hand wrought silver hostess or guest gift at the party. Each pin or pick is hand fabricated hammered wrought by and signed with maker's mark: Handmade Mimi Dee Sterling. LEGALl: All Images Design Concept Content Text solely owned by Mimi Dee. Each has different chakra stones and pearls (from faraway lands) and can be worn on a lapel or hat or even be your own personal appetizer pick...

Green glass puddles in the centers of these fabulous feldspar studded plates in ash glaze by Murakoshi Takuma enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kittate Rokusun Sara. They are roughly 18 cm (7-1/2 inches) diameter and in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Murakoshi Takuma is one of those enigmas who simply lives to work with clay...

Round vase with my ao glaze over black and white slip with a banded spirali pattern

Stoneware,slips and glazes

10.5" X 6"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Small temple oni maquette glazed in medieval green and excellent as a paper weight, desk sculpture or can be hung on the wall. made from a century old roof tile mold.Great for the literati in all of us!

Stoneware and glaze

5" X 4" x .85"

Hammered in a USA studio this commissioned pair of hand wrought gemstone adorned signed sterling silver table art napkin rings for two were made as a bridal wedding gift for Miss G and Mr. K ...

Passion of Korea 6. Silk Bojagi Korean Textile Art by renowned textile artist Hae Hong Chang. Chang's acclaimed bojagi have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. The Korean Art and Antiques website is the only online venue for her fine work. Hae Hong Chang is a Korea Bojagi Forum Recommended Artist. 22 x 20 inches, 55 x 50 cm.

Donated 2005 at a value of $250+ based on 2005 precious metal's prices. Hand wrought in an American studio this sterling metal sculpture necklace set for donation to Brigham Women's Hospital Center for Chest Disease. Although gifts are not signed with a name, this was stamped: HANDMADE STERLING. 2 0z Studio Red Garnet & White Pearl Jewelry Set. It was auctioned at their First Annual Dinner Dance & Silent Auction held @ the Boston Marriott Newton Hotel - 2345 Commonwealth Ave., Newton (Rte....

B&W terra cotta slipware covered jar with decoration inspired by ancient Greek ionic columns

Terra cotta, slips and glaze

9.5" X 7.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

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. Size: 10.1cm(D)/12.6cm(H) Accessories: wooden boxes(signed by the artist)

A half hemisphere in moon tones by Hashimoto Tomonari enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The color palette is sedate, with rusted orange clouds tinged with gaseous blue washing across the lunar surface. It is 25.5 cm (10 inches) diameter, 12.5 cm (5 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist. After hand forming and sculpting the shapes, they are bisque fired, then glazed and fired again at a relatively low temperature (Between 1000 and 1100 degrees, like Raku war...

Yes, an original still made in a USA studio in the American Modernist tradition; all metal both copper and silver metalwork was hand fabricated wrought and hammered by this jewelry artist resulting in hand made chain and stations. SIGNED: Handmade Mimi Dee & Sterling. American turquoise and faceted mandarin color spessartite garnets from faraway lands were added. LEGAL: All images design content concept text solely owned by Mimi Dee.
Includes a very collectible coordinating jewelry pre...

Ido glaze is difficult for using, especially about "kairagi" round the bottom, Sugimoto is one of the masters with Ido pieces in Japan. He makes guinomi sake cup as a miniature of chawan. YouTube movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFPW5Dt3vn8 Size: 8.8cm(D) 5.1cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

This sake cup is made as a miniature of white raku chawan made by Honami Koetsu in 17th century. YouTube movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaFiUZZsNJ8 Size: 6.6cm(D)5.6cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

Robust Oribe teabowl with slip and roughly incised, sgraffito design circling the bowl.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A starkly traditional tsubo showing off the plethora of effects garnered from the inferno in an Anagam kiln by Furutani Taketoshi titled simply Shigaraki Shizen-yu Tsubo. It is formed in a medieval fashion with small foot growing in stages to a round wide shoulder, which then pinches to a small neck with pinched mouth. The coloration is fabulous, with rich greens fading to olive to crusty black on the blast side, while the natural clay dusted with flying ash shows off the quintessential shisek...

Thick ash clings to the rough clay of this classical open flower vessel by Koyama Kiyoko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen Yu Te-oke Hana-ire. It is 20 x 17.5 x 23.5 cm (8 x 7 x 9-1/4 inches) and in excellent condition.
Koyama Kiyoko was born in Sasebo, Nagasaki in 1936. Following the second world war the family moved to Shiga prefecture, eventually settling in the pottery village of Shigaraki. She took a job as a ceramic painter's assistant at a young a...

Dohei Fujinoki is one of the most popular artist in contemporary KARATSU pottery scene. Initially he aimed a western painter and then,when he met an old KARATSU pottery piece he had been fascinated. He has studied at Karatsu and also MIno. And while, he has studied in tea ceremony. His repertoires are goods for tea ceremony, sake cup, and tableware for Japanese cuisine. This piece is a brand new work created with madara karatsu meaning mottle glaze and shaped to be traditional . SIZ...

Wood-fired Tea Bowl by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. H.3"(7.5cm) x Dia.4.75"(12cm.) Shino & Ash glaze. There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their introduction to the world of Tea Ceremony has helped to s...