Terra cotta set of chaire, chawan and mizusashi decorated in a lively and fun Hanabi (sky flower) design.

Mizusashi 7.25" x 5.75", Chawan 5.3" x 4.25" and Chaire 4.2" x 2.85"

Terra cotta, slips and glaze

Decorative, functional and food safe

One of the most expertly created Shino bowl I have seen by Goto Hideki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Nezumi Shino Chawan. This unique,energetic and powerful piece is cut and worked from a block of clay , it is easy to hold and use, and yet has the presence of contemporary ceramic sculptural art.
Size, D 14.2 cm H 10.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Goto was born in 1973 in Miyazaki in Kyushu and graduated from the Tajimi Technical High School...

A large bowl by important contemporary porcelain artist Yagi Akira enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The shape is very elegant, with stiffly rising sides leading to an abrupt undulating rim in soft celadon green. A striking silhouette, it is 22 cm (8-1/2 inches) diameter, 16.5 cm (6-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
This name is a must have in any collection of modern Japanese Pottery...

A sculpture of assembled ceramic shards by Yorigami Munemi in mottled moon colors enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Recreations, Futatsu no Hankyu Tai (Two hemispheres). It is 28 cm (11 inches) diameter, 10 cm (4 inches) tall and in fine condition.
Yorigami Munemi was born in Kyoto in 1944, but went to Tokyo to study gardening at the Tokyo University of Agriculture, graduating in 1967...

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 size of Presentation Box: 9 7/8" Long x 7" Wide x 3 1/4" High. The title of work: Finale. The design depicted from Crape Myrtle flower. 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 our website...

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 size of Presentation Box: 9 7/8" Long x 7" Wide x 3 1/4" High. The title of work: "Glory of Heaven". The design depicted from Crape Myrtle flowers in various colors, blue green, pink, lavender, yellow with such a delicately made by very thin silver wires. This Japanese Cloisonne, Shippo Medallion was created by Fine Japanese Cloisonne Artist, Shinya Okamoto from Chiba Prefecture, Japan...

Fantastic Bizen Sangiri stoneware vase made by Jun Isezaki (b. 1936).

Sangiri is the Bizen technique when the vessel is partially buried in sand in the kiln. The exposed area turns blackish because the ashes that cover it retards oxidation...

I find this piece captivating, the golden thorns rupturing the rough and blank matte white clay. When I asked the artist about his concept, he explained the clay body is the individual formed by self-image, societal pressure, ego, all the things which constrict our actions and channel our emotions. The thorns are the true inner self bursting out of the surface, irrepressible, they pierce the shell and shine like the sun...

Here are two especial sculptural Shino shell forms by Goto Hideki enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes and date to 2019.
Size, Katakuchi D 13.4 cm x 20.7 cm H 11.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Goto was born in 1973 in Miyazaki in Kyushu and graduated from the Tajimi Technical High School. He has exhibited at many of Japans top galleries as well in the National Traditional Crafts Exhibition...

The Title: "Stormy Weather"
Artist: Muramasa Kudo (1948- )
Medium: Original Serigraph on arches paper, unframed
The size of Sheet: 41 5/8" x 30"
The size of Image: 39 1/2" x 27 3/4"
The year made: around 1985's
Publisher: Muramasa Kudo studio
Printer: Novak Graphics, Tronto, Canada Signature: Lower right , signed by Muramasa Kudo in pencil
The seal of Kudo embossed lower right corner of serigraph
Edition Number: 225/275 in pencil lower right
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Perhaps you have already tried to find one of the rare pieces of Ando Minoru. I guess you did not find it on the free market. Today you will find it here. A quite spectacular vase made in the form of a dark iron glazed Tokoname pot inside a shattered crucible by multi-talented Ando Minoru enclosed in the original signed wooden box.

Intentional or not Ando is not talking. The vase certainly exudes the Japanese aesthetic of lack of intention...

A brilliant pin with sterling, 14k gold, coral and turquoise by contemporary Navajo artist L. Eugene Nelson. Trained in engineering and drafting, he meticulously works out his designs to scale on graph paper. His workmanship is precise and scrupulous with each component made by hand and every piece one of a kind. This intricate pin is 2 1/4" long and 1 3/8" wide. Weighing 11 grams, it is in fine original condition with no damage to the stones. Signed as shown. Wearable modern art.

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 size of Presentation Box: 9 7/8" Long x 7" Wide x 3 1/4" High. The title of work: Jewel of Fire. The design depicted from Saru Suberi (crape myrtle) flowers with striking Red design and composition with such a delicately made by very thin/fine silver wires. This fine Japanese Cloisonne, Shippo Medallion was created by Fine Japanese Cloisonne Master Artist, Shinya Okamoto from Chiba Prefecture, Japan...

A vibrant double vase covered in signature naïve designs by Yamashita Moe enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Morinoyoru (Night in the forest)...

A superb sculptural curving tea bowl in silver and gold glaze inspired by traditional textiles by pioneering artist Ishiyama Tetsuya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kin Gin Sai Chawan .
Ishiyama Tetsuya was born in 1973 in Saitama prefecture and has established his current Studio in Shigaraki. In 2001 he received his first grand prize at the 13th Tea Bowl Exhibition, He has been awarded at the 44th and 46th Asahi Ceramics Exhibtion, Grand prize at the Paramita Museum Cera...

A morphic vessel of rough outer form like a fossilized egg or bowl of coral covered from the rim within by slick blue, a quintessential work by Tanoue Shinya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kara-wan (Empty Shell). It has a wide, rounded form which is surprisisngly pleasant to hold, and the smooth blue decorating the rim is pleasing to the lips. The shape allows for a very stable silhouette, which seems to anchor itself to whatever surface it rests upon.
Size, D 15.4 ...

Vivid white runs down over green filling the cracks in the rough faceted sides of this exquisite chawan by Kako Katsumi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sizuku Wan (Dripping Tea Bowl). Inside is all glazed, making it very easy for whisking the frothy tea and the wide kodai base allows it to sit stable and firm, creating a proud silhouette.
Size,D 12.8 cm H 9.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kako Katsumi a rising star in the ceramics world, born in Kyoto in 1965, t...

Banding of colored clay in graduated tones from pink and green to dark blue, like the distant mountains surrounding Kyoto rise up from a triad of block feet of this magnificent work by important Kyoto artist Miyashita Zenji enclosed in the original signed wooden box exhibited at the Kyoto Takashimaya Department Store Exhibition in March 1993.
Size, D 12.4 cm H 20.2 cm (including the lid)
Condition: Excellent
Miyashita Zenji (1939-2012) was born into the family of potter Miyas...