A powerful work of Shino pottery by one of the veterans of Mino ceramics. Vibrant lines of white feldspar contrast sharply with the iron rich clay and glaze to bring out this abstract depiction of field grasses swaying in the breeze. The technique used to produce this work is over 400 years old and was nearly lost to the ages before being revived by several well-known artists in the mid-20th century...

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...

Molten ash wraps its fingers around the organic form of this amazing Bizen Chawan by Oiwa Tomoyuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Wan and date to 2020. The plasticity of the glaze as it creeps around the surface, over raw clay, mountains of ash and spatters of lighter encrustations is truly a sight to appreciate. A masterpiece by this Young artist and every angle creates a new view...

One of the best pieces I have seen by this revolutionary artist, enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Kuro Tokkuri and date to 2019. Texture, form, colors and every angle creates a new view...

This Kyusu teapot was created by a mid-career ceramic artist, Toshi Munakata. He made the back-handle Kyusu teapot which is considered to be a Chinese style.

Length: 141 mm / 5.6 inches
Width: 95 mm / 3.7 inches
Height: 85 mm / 3.3 inches
Capacity: 205 ml / 7.2 fl oz

Toshi (Toshinori) Munakata was born in Aizu (northern Japan) in 1985. Munakata is a ninth-generation potter as his ancestor started his kiln in 1719...

This Tenmoku cup was created by a mid-career ceramic artist, Toshi Munakata.
Tenmoku ware is pottery that was originally made in Jianyan, Fujian Province in China. In the Song dynasty, it was used among Buddhist monks as tea-drinking ware. It was introduced to Japan in the 11th century and was considered invaluable artwork.
There are craquelure in this Tenmoku cup where the glazes accumulate such as on the inside/bottom and the outside/lower part of the cup...

There is something deeply elegant and feminine about the work of the female Maki-e artist Arai Etsuko, clearly evident here in this glass sake set decorated with olives in colored lacquer and precious gold powder enclosed in a compartmentalized and signed wooden box. Inside, the simple black silhouette, outside, various shades of green connected by gold branches from which hang fruit in various stages of ripeness. The Tokkuri is 17 cm (6-3/4 inches) tall, the cups 5 cm (2 inches) diameter...

A beautiful glass tea bowl inspired by “Kintsugi” the traditional Japanese restoration technique for ceramic by Nishinaka Yukito included in the original signed wooden box. Red , Purple, with sprinkles Gold and Silver leafs rundowns.
Size, D 13.9 cm H 8.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Born in Wakayama prefecture in 1964, Yukito graduated from Hoshi University of Pharmacy in Tokyo in 1988, and then three years studied Sculpture and Glass at California College of the Art...

Really rare! A finest piece of art, a Yuzu-Hada (like citron peel)-Chawan with celadon glaze from 1970, made by Living National Treasure Uichi Shimizu (1926 - 2004). It comes with no chips or cracks with its originally signed and sealed wooden box a cloth with his seal.

Size: 7,5 cm height x 15,9 cm in diameter.

Born in Kyoto in 1926, Shimizu Uichi was one of the foremost Kyoto-based artists of his time...

This Narumi Oribe Guinomi cup was created by a mid-career Japanese ceramic artist, Yu Nishioka.

Oribe ware, which was developed in the 16th century as tea ceremony ware, is characterized by decorative, ornamental and novel designs. Red clay and white clay are joined together to create Narumi Oribe ware. The red clay part is glazed with ash glazes, while the white clay part is glazed with green glazes...

This Oribe Guinomi cup was created by a mid-career Japanese ceramic artist, Yu Nishioka.

Oribe ware, which was developed in the 16th century as tea ceremony ware, is characterized by decorative, ornamental and novel designs.

Diameter: 79 mm / 3.1 inches
Height: 65 mm / 2.6 inches
Weight: 129 g / 4.6 oz

Yu Nishioka was born in Chiba (located right east of Tokyo) in 1977. He first tried to become a musician, but later to a ceramic artist...

This past summer I had occasion to visit Richard Milgrim in his Mountain Studio and asked him to pair some sake cups and Tokkuri for us. It is a rare opportunity to have an artist personally select pieces which he feels work together. This set is making use of his signature Concord glaze (Konko-yu) from America, with clay from Japan, while the cup is also using a variant of that glaze Black Concord (Konko-guro)...

Only a master of aesthetics and a hermit could put his tea bowl together, here an amazing work by Harada Shuroku enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Chawan. Superb organic form displaying 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.
Size, D 12.8 cm H 9.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
A graduate of the prestigious ...

Heavily influenced by Koryo potting styles and techniques, the Tobei lineage has been crafting exceptional tea-ware implements for 13 generations. The piece shown here was made by the 12th generation (Tahara) and, due to its excellent character, was endorsed by the 15th tea master of the Urasenke School of Tea, Hōunsai. Like much of Tahara pottery, the natural ash glaze displays glossy lavenders, light tans, and hues of ivory. Near the foot of the bowl you can see characteristic dark circles di...

A fantastic sake set in thick pale green , red purple and blue by rising star Ujiie Kodai enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled Katakuchi and Guinomi respectively, date to 2020. Full of the world today, contemporary, breathing, alive. It is a wonderful Sake Set by this young artist.
Kodai was born in Sendai in 1990, making him one of the younger artists we have offered. His works have been exhibited widely at top galleries and , both at home and abroad. Size,Katakuchi D ...

A fantastic sake sake set by rising star Ujiie Kodai enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled Katakuchi and Ki-seto Shikoku Guinomi respectively, date to 2020. Full of the world today, contemporary, breathing, alive. It is a wonderful Sake Set by this young artist.
Kodai was born in Sendai in 1990, making him one of the younger artists we have offered. His works have been exhibited widely at top galleries and , both at home and abroad. Size,Katakuchi D 18.6 cm H 11.2 cm ...

This Guinomi cup was created by a mid-career Japanese ceramic artist, Makoto Yamaguchi. It is a black Seto ware called Setoguro in Japanese.

Setoguro ware was first developed in the late 16th century as tea ceremony (Chanoyu) ware. It is characterized by its impressive black glazes which were liked by Chanoyu lovers at that time. In addition, it has very low feet.

Diameter: 60 mm / 2.4 inches
Height: 56 mm / 2.2 inches
Weight: 99 g / 3.5 oz

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A jaw-dropping igneous chawan tea bowl by Inayoshi Osamu like a shimmering mineral deposit found deep inside some calcitic limestone cavern. When I asked him about the effects on the surface, he said that he could not wholly explain them, they were some mystery of the kiln, caused during the firing. The bowl is 13.8 x 13 x 9.5 cm (5-1/2 x 5 x 4 inches) and in excellent condition. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box with shiori and shifuku, hand-picked from the artist this summe...