Ao glazed wide footed teabowl, chawan form, with a Shono pattern around the bowl

Stoneware, slip and glazes

4.75" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Every facet is unique on this natural torn shape by Kishimoto Kennin enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Hanaike ‘Honoka’ or Fire Flower. It is much like a flower in clay, rising up from the bulb, the flowers placed into it the extension of the stalk. It is 32.5 cm (12-3/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Kishimoto Kennin has been working with clay since the 1950s, devouring styles along the way...

A spectacular Vessel covered n a torrent of color by Kishimoto Kennin enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Shiho Mimitsuki Hanaire(Four Sides Iga Vase with Ears).Here is a piece with attitude! A proud Iga vase with two “ears” like elbows on its hips...

An iconic playful form, the two lug handles like short little arms extended for the dance by important artist Atarashi Kanji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Tokkuri. There is a classic cut in the form, with raw earth visible below, the running green ash.which has pooled in a ringlet around the neckIt is 14.2 cm (5-3/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist. I highly recommend this with the guinomi previously listed...

If you are familiar with the work of Hiramatsu Ryoma you know that he creates very unconventional ceramics inspired by forms found in nature. Here we have a set of sake cups he describes as “Ou-tekko” (pyrite) and “Ammonite” (same in English - a kind of sea fossil). Part of a series he has been developing, the ancient Ammonite fossil has been the inspiration behind his latest creations. Pyrite, meanwhile refers to the metallic patterning on the outer surface of the clay body...

A prominent mimitsuki mentori vase by Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The tapering rectangular form has been gouged and cut, slabs torn off and odd holes sliced into the sides and top. The clay is dark and shiny, spattered with green ash. The vase is 15 inches (38 cm) tall, the base 5 x 8-1/2 inches (12.5 x 21.5 cm) and in excellent condition...

WHITE TIGER

Paper mache tiger with a shakable head when tap. Head and tail are removable. approx. 43 x 17cm (16.92 x 6.69in), H 40cm (15.74in)


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From a well-known series entitled “Chōtō” (Listening to the Waves) this large contoured vase features a sandy glaze that the sculptor claims is an expression of the features of the landscape where he grew up.

Born in the port city of Shimoda, Sakiyama studied art in Osaka and then later went on to open his own kiln that he named “Hidaka” (High Sun)...

A spectacular works covered in multitude of colors Shino glaze unique to this artist.
Size,(Right) D 10.1 cm H 10.6 cm
Size,(Left)D 9.4 cm H 11.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of the biggest names in contemporary Mino ceramics. He first began with a 7 year apprenticeship under his older brother Kotaro, ending when he established his own kiln in 1974...

A spectacular sake cups in silver and gold by pioneering artist Ishiyama Tetsuya enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Dimple Cup .
Size, Left D 8.4 cm H 5.4 cm
Size, Middle D 9.6 cm H 3.6 cm
Size, Right D 7.6 cm H 4.8 cm
Condition, New, from the artist this summer.
Ishiyama Tetsuya was born in 1973 in Saitama prefecture and has established his current Studio in Shigaraki...

Kang Jong Sook Korean Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture

Tony Papp post modernist sterling silver/gold wash, brooch.

C...

When you hold this piece in your hands, first contact, you get it.  A Rey unusual and organic form by Isezaki Koichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hikidashiguro Chawan.  It has been a pleasure to watch over the last 30 years the reinvigoration in pottery in Japan, an explosion of innovation which seems exponential.  It continues to blossom bigger every year.  The potters are so technically skilled and taking an original approach to the ceramic arts.  Isezaki Koichiro i...

A shell shaped swirling form by young female artist Takatsu Mio enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 6-1/2 inches (16.5cm)wide, roughly 7 inches (18cm) tall and in excellent condition.
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. Her first exhibited works were in 1999, and then again in Tokyo in 2001...

Japanese 20th century black metal flower holder. This contemporary designed flower holder was made by Living National Treasure artist, SEKIYA SHIRO. The holder is marked 63,2,3 on the bottom. It measures 14" wide, 8 1/2" deep and 7" tall. The holder comes with TOMOBAKO or original artist signed wooden storage box.

Like some giant medieval Lug, this solid form displays strength of purpose and somehow a devotion to all those Mizuashi that came before it; by Harada Shuroku and comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled very simply Bizen Mizusashi. Dark and awe inspiring, it shows to dramatic effect the path of flame in the kiln through the streaks of crusted ash and hi-iro on the sides interspersed with Shiso-iro gray-purple clay...

A charred Ash Glazed Hento by Kumano Kurouemon enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Echizen Ko-wakamaru Hento and signed To Kurouemon. Two slabs joined by a wide belt, one side slightly sagging like Hotei’s belly, lines scorring the sides. Glaze is crisp on the neck and one side, but grows quite liquid as it drips down the other...

Although I do not often use the term, this is a masterpiece by Iga artist Banura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Even under the glaze the texture of the clay is clearly visible, rivulets of green glass arching around the body with slashes of color over the red terracotta...

A multi faceted Vase by Hamada Shinsaku coated in swipes of blue-salt glaze enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shio-yu Ai Henko (Salt Glazed Blue Vase).  On one side is a blown blue spatter like Jackson Pollock, yet on the opposite fingers traces like Shiraga Kazuo.  The rich blues are punctuated by dustings of rust.  Either side is a pleasure. 
Size,W 15.8 cm ( 6-1/4 inches)  H  cm ( 8-1/4 inches) 
Condition, Excellent 
Born the second son of Hamada Sho...

Large, wan-gata form teabowl with white and grey slip of a bamboo groove design under a saffron, iron yellow glaze. This teabowl is a real handful.

Stoneware, slips and glazes

6" x 4.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Mint Hagi masterpiece chawan by star potter Seigan Yamane. This extraordinary tea bowl is covered by a wonderful color glaze on brown pottery. In my opinion it is the most aesthetic chawan that he made. The seal of the artist is stamped on the bottom.

Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987. And then, he started his own pottery in 1992 and has ever been awarded a lot of prizes for his great work.

Size: 9,1 cm height x 15 cm in diameter.

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Wangata style stoneware neiage teabowl with looping "slinga" pattern with a alkaline clear and my saffron glaze over. The bowl sits on a pedestal style notched foot.

Stoneware and glazes

5.25" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Wet swirls of color, lavender and thin blue fringed with yellow decorated this odd shaped slab-ware vase by Shigemori Yoko enclosed in a signed wooden box titled Murasaki no Hi (Purple Days). This is a work in unusual style by one of our favorite female artists. It is 22x 8.5 x 19.5 cm (9 x 3-1/4 x 8 inches) and is in excellent condition enclosed in a box annotated by her brother Naoki.
Shigemori Yoko (1953-2021) was born in Kagoshima. Yoko came to Kyoto where she initially studied paint...

A fabulous Mizusashi, quite large with a rugged, natural shape covered in dwan colors of lavender, pink and gray by Hagi icon Kaneta Masanao enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Hai-Kaburi Kurinuki Mizusashi. It is 8 x 8-1/2 x 9 inches (21 x 22 x 23 cm) and in excellent condition. Kaneta Masanao likely needs no introduction, certainly one of Hagi’s most well-known and easily identifiable names. Although an eighth-generation potter inheriting an overtly conservative traditio...

Contemporary print by Mayumi Oda. A baby rides a catfish that leaps out of the ocean. The waves are outlined below the fish. The print is signed at the bottom in pencil.

Modern and artistic Hasami Tea Bowl by Akitoshi Kurosaki (born 1969). Brown clay is coated with colorful and shiny glazes, which make this bowl to a unique piece of art.

Hasami ware (波佐 見 焼, Hasami-yaki) is a Japanese pottery traditionally from Hasami in Nagasaki Prefecture with a 400-year history. It all started in 1559 with the famous Korean potter brought there by Lordmura Yoshiaki (大村 喜 前 after the Japanese invasion of Korea): Many kilns were built in Hatanohar...

MEDIA: Paper Cut-Out TITLE: Narcissus ARTIST: Pi-Ping SIZE: 10 inches x 15 inches

Fissured white is dribbled with blue and showing flashes of red in the cracks on this large, low Ofukei and Lacquer Guinomi, by Kodai Ujiie enclosed in the original signed wooden box. This is a handful, great tactile qualities and entrancing to look at. It is 8-8.5 cm diameter, 7 cm tall and in excellent condition, directly from his recent firing.
Kodai Ujiie was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in 1990, and graduated advanced studies at the Tohoku University of Art and Design in 2015....

The size of Box: 4 1/4" Square x 2 3/8", Medallion size: 2 5/8" Dia x 1/4" High dome shape. The si"e of Presentation Box: 9 7/8" Long x 7" Wide x 3 1/4" High. The title of work: Dream Mist. The design depicted from Nadeshiko (Dianthus, Pink) flowers with such a delicately made by very thin/fine silver wires. This Japanese Cloisonne, Shippo Medallion was created by Fine Japanese Cloisonne Artist, Shinya Okamoto from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. I am proudly present first time his work for selling in...

Robust and rare mizusashi by veteran and highly important potter, Morino Taimei. Using two glazes, green enamel and silver overglaze this mizusashi is a classic example of Morino's work and a wonderful modern tea piece.

This mizusashi measures 20 x 16.5 cm and is in perfect condition with its original signed wood box and is clearly stamped on the base.

Burnt yellow glaze streaks down the body to form encrustations of glazz on the base of this organic looking vessel by Hori Ichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 10 inches (25.5 cm) 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 K...

Large waisted kushime teabowl with thick combed slip and a drifted iron surface.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.5" x 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A beautiful assortment of colors and textures play across the dark red surface of this exquisite Chaire tea container by Living National Treasure Fujiwara Kei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Chaire.
Size, D 6.7 cm H 11.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Fujiwara Kei (1899-1983) was born in Bizen City, Okayama, he did not enter the ceramic world until he was already 40 years old. In his youth he studied art and literature in Tokyo. Intent upon becoming a no...

Here is a superb example of the work of Matsui Koyo,enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Muku Haiyu Neriage Ruy-hai Mon Tsubo. A magnificent and voluminous Tsubo covered in colors of dawn, Cream, Brown, warm Yellow and light Orange glazes, which not only display remarkable color variations, but also the textures is smooth like Marble, creating a pleasurable experience for both the eyes and the hands. It is a large work and certainly worthy of a prominent place in your collection. ...

This rare Ido chawan is glazed in a milky ash, Hagi style glaze and was presumably made at the kiln of the Tenryu-ji temple (Kyoto-yaki) as it bares the seal of the kiln. The clay was made using ground roof tile, a piece brought back from China which is explained in the accompanying paperwork provided with the chawan. This chawan has an elegant form and well addressed kodai, foot and has red over glaze (aka-e) decoration of the kanji “JU” and the cipher of Seki Bokuo.

Seki Bokuo (1903...

Robust, manipulated teabowl with bamboo tool carved foot covered in my Oribe style glaze with iron accents over an impressed line design.

Stoneware and glaze

14 x 10cm.

Functional, decorative and food safe