What a grand statement in clay: Sculptural masterpiece Kurinuki Hagi Chawan by greatest Kaneta Masanao. It comes with its originally signed and sealed wooden box and a profile of the artist.

This mountainous tea bowl in creamy-white glaze is in mint condition.

Born 1953, Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, The eighth-generation Hagi potter, KANETA MASANAO has expanded beyond the tradition of his ancestry to create a more sculptural oeuvre...

All metal is sterling silver and Made in USA. Only one. Designed and hand hammered in a USA studio by one set of hands. Two sided square cufflinks / cuff links designed, cut, hand wrought, fabricated by and signed by the studio metal work artist as: Handmade - Sterling - Mimi Dee.

9/16" square with an 8mm X 5mm faceted rich plum genuine amethyst on each side - just over 5 carats TW. Gems mined outside of the US...

A rare large work blasted with natural ash glaze by Koyama Kiyoko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Kama-shizuku O-Tsubo. The rim is crusty and shows Shinshoku (degradation from the flame) a testament to her infamously long firing times. The front is coated in a flow of green and olive ash, while on the raw earth of the back a single drip (shizuku) from the kiln roof has landed as a colorful accent...

High sided temmoku tabi-chawan (traveler's chawan) with old style gold decoration of "spirali e tagli"

Stoneware, glaze and gold luster

4.5" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A rusted and oxidized ceramic cube by Hashimoto Tomonari enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is roughly 30 cm (1 foot) cubed, and in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Hashimoto Tomonari was born the son of a sculptor and has felt comfortable with the processes of creation since childhood. He graduated with a masters from the Kanazawa University of Art in March 2017, then relocated to Shigaraki. A visit to his humble home studio is eye opening...

A very fine and noble chawan by Hagi master potter; Kaneta Sanzaemon VII. This Hagi glazed boxed chawan measures 4.75” X 3.25” and is in excellent condition. The glaze of this chawan is a beautiful milky translucent Hagi ash glaze over a rich blue to black slip and shows a wonderful keshiki. Kaneta Sanzaemon is the father of the internationally recognized Hagi potter, Kaneta Masanao...

Fujina style glazed chawan of an etched bamboo groove design directly into the porcelain and then glazed. This style of glaze almost has the appearance of ancient Tang style ceramics

Porcelain and glazes

4.3" X 4.4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

99.9% PURE SILVER was used to construct the five stations. In a USA studio this bracelet was fabricated in the hand built studio tradition entirely by and fully signed by this metalwork jewelry maker as: Handmade Mimi Dee - .999 FS.
FS for pure fine silver, which is a much higher content than the best most collectible imported item of same metal. All metalwork here was lovingly fabricated by one American pair of hands...

A set of five brightly colored tea cups by Kitagawa Kazuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kasaneirome Chawan (Tea Bowl of Layered Colors). Each is 8 cm (3-1/2 inches) diameter, 6 cm (2-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist this Spring. The artist creates each of these cups individually by pouring liquified porcelain into a mold, swirling it around, allowing it to dry slightly, then pouring it out and adding another layer of differing color...

Shadows of red flame ripple across the variegated surface and thick white glaze of this tall chawan by Shino master Kato Toyohisa enclosed in the original wooden box titled Nezumi-Shino Chawan.  Whenever one looks into a wood burning kiln during the firing, this is what is visible; ash molten on the sides of pots turned red hot by flames blasting through, long tendrils of fire wrapping about the wavering forms.  It is as if Toyohisa has captured that moment, and brought it out into the colder ...

Large take-gata, bamboo form teabowl with impressed decoration under a temmoku and tetsu-yu glaze.

A video of throwing a similar teabowl can be seen on my pottery blog, please check my links page.

Stoneware and glazes

6" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large and robust porcelain chawan with a tataki (paddled) style netting design around the bowl and richly glazed in Ao and clear.

Porcelain and glazes

5.6" X 3.85"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Introducing a Commemorative Takatori Tea Bowl, skillfully crafted by Takatori Hassen 13th (b. 1934) and used in the esteemed Tokugawa Art Museum Tea Ceremony of 1975...

A superb example showing off his skills again with a superb chawan in green and pale earth-tones by Higashida Shigemasa enclosed in the original wooden box titled Oribe Chawan.
Size, D 15.6 cm H 9.8 cm
Condition, Excellent
Higashida Shigemasa was born in Hiroshima in 1955, and garnered a BA from the Shimonoseki Municipal University in 1978...

Wood-fired platter by George Gledhill. Natural clays and glazes. W.10"(25.5cm) x L.16.5"(42cm). 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...

Tea Cup, Yunomi. Ash Celadon Glaze over White Slip Exterior & Interior with Tenmoku glazed Lip. John Miller; Portland, OR. H. 3.25"(8.25cm) x Dia. 3.125"(8cm.) Vol. 8.5oz (260cc.) John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (w...

A signature work by Kiyomizu Rokubei VI enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Golden light shines through the silhouette of iron colored trees on the tapering cylinder. It was a design technique developed by this generation. The original rosewood stand is included. The vase is 31 cm (12 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
The Kiyomizu family potters managed one of the most productive workshops in Kyoto’s Gojozaka district throughout the second half of the Edo period. From ...

Sadamitsu Sugimoto has been working with ink paintings "Zenga" not only pottery for the purpose to spread "wabi sabi" conception. Daruma Boddhidahma is the founder of Zen Buddhism He went to China from India and spreaded meditation method with Buddhism. Fushiki (不識）means "I don't know" Some day King of one country in China asked him " What is the Buddhism?" His answer was "I don't know" And then "Fushiki" has been his another name. Please refer the original site: https://ja...