A rectangular moulded vase of stoneware with a short powerful neck. The body of light grey colour splashed with iron and blue glazes.
It comes with fully inscribed and signed storage box tomobako. H. 17 x 7 x 6,5 cm.
Perfect condition.
Made by Kawai Buichi (1908–1989), Kawai Kanjiro’s student and nephew. Buichi’s pieces, like those of his sensei, are unsigned. He began his training as a potter under his uncle in 1928 in Kyoto. In 1949 he joined the National Painter’s Association...
This is a rare painting on shikishi board by famous Kyoto artist Tokuriki Tomikichiro. He was best known for his prints, but was originally trained as a painter.
Brushed using ink and a limited color pallet, Tokuriki depicted a pair of lesser cuckoo (hototogisu 杜鵑) perched on a blossoming plum tree, a harbinger of spring.
Painted in late 1980s, and is 27.1 by 24.2 cm.
Signed: Tomi (富), red seal: Tomi (富)...
This is a rare painting on shikishi board by famous Kyoto artist Tokuriki Tomikichiro. He was best known for his prints, but was originally trained as a painter.
Brushed using ink and limited color pallet, Tokuriki depicted a butterfly and field horsetail (tsukushi) and a plant that is most likely field asparagus (udo), both widely used during spring in meals.
Painted in late 1980s, and is 27.1 by 24.2 cm.
Signed: Tomi (富), red seal: Tomi (富)...
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
This is a rare painting on shikishi board by famous Kyoto artist Tokuriki Tomikichiro. He was best known for his prints, but was originally trained as a painter.
Brushed using ink only, Tokuriki depicted persimmon branches laden with fruit and a small bird, perhaps a crow, resting on one of the braches. Painted in early 1990s, and is 27.1 by 24.2 cm.
Signed: Tomi (富), red seal: Tomi (富)...
A wild boar kōgo by famous Kyoto potter Imai Masayuki 今井政之 (1930-2023). Decoration is a stylized version of the ancient Chinese character for wild boar. Masayuki used his famous inlaid colored clay technique in producing this piece. Imai Masayuki and the late Miyashita Zenji are considered the two masters of the colored clay technique in Japan...
A stunning pair of sake cups depicting monkeys by the famous Kutani potter Matsumoto Saiichi 松本佐一 (b...
Millefiori art glass plate by Moretti
Murano, Italy
Late 20th century
Measures 6 1/2" in diameter
Signed with signature murrine
Excellent condition
This piece is made of shigaraki clay, covered shino glaze and painted by iron glaze and covered oribe glaze (oxidized copper). The oribe glaze has colored to very clear green.
Size: 8.4cm(D) 13.5cm (H)
Accessary: wooden box signed by artist
Ceramics decorated by Zen monks are seldom seen and this piece is no exception. Two red enamel characters are boldly brushed in red enamel conveying the strong bond between Zen and the tea ceremony. The bowl is inscribed and named Taste of Zen (Zenmi 禅味), and dates to the 1970s, when Seki Bokuō 関牧翁 (1903 – 1991) was well into his abbotship at Tenryū-ji, one of most important, and certainly most beautiful temples in Kyoto...
Important original watercolor by Risaburo Kimura. While his prints are fairly common, his watercolors are not. This piece pre-dates City series started in 1967 that consisted of over 400 different renderings of imaginary city scenes. He grew up close to Yokohama and Tokyo, and later moved to New York City where he was fascinated with elements of the city, including the decay of a city, and how a great city can be rearranged into geometric elements...
Stunning incised and purple glazed bowl by one of the best contemporary Seto potters, Katō Reikichi 加藤令吉 (b. 1953).
Title: Purple Colored Bowl (Shisai hachi 紫彩鉢)
Medium: incised and glazed stoneware
Size: 5.9 x 19.6 x 18.7 cm
Signed on the bottom: Rei (Rei 令)
Date: Shōwa Period, mid 1980s
Condition: no flaws: no cracks or repairs; minor imperfections from firing...
This is an exceedingly rare calligraphy on hand-made paper by famous Kyoto artist Tokuriki Tomikichiro. He was best known for his prints, but was originally trained as a painter. It is delicately brushed on Japanese hand made paper (24.2 cm x 21 cm), a bit smaller than shikishi size, and much thinner. Two edges are deckled. It is inscribed “Close Friend” (知音). Signed: Tomi (富), red seal: Tomi (富). Date inscribed on the back in pencil: 94.11.30...
A stunning pair of sake cups depicting rabbits by the famous Kutani potter Matsumoto Saiichi 松本佐一 (b. 1930), using his signature technique, porcelain with underglaze gold leaf.
Title: Sake Cups (sakazuki 坏)
Medium: porcelain with underglaze gold leaf and overglaze enamel
Size: Wider: 3.2 x 8.6 cm and Taller: 5.4 x 4.6 cm
Signature in enamel on the bottom of both pieces: Saiichi (佐一)
Date: Heisei Period, 1998 for 1999
Condition: no flaws: no cracks or r...
This important Zen tea bowl named “Phoenix Appears” (Hōōrai 鳳来) is a collaboration between the famous Kyoto potter Imai Masayuki 今井 政之 (1930-2023) and the equally well known Zen monk Matsunaga Gōzan 松長剛山 (b. 1943), Abbot of Kōtō-in, a subtemple of Daitoku-ji since 1971 and the 13th titular head of Hisada-ryu Arisugawa-kei school of tea. The chawan was made in the early 1970s, shortly after he ascended to abbotship of Kōtō-in. The chawan is earthenware with iron oxi...
A mouse kogo by famous Kyoto potter Imai Masayuki 今井政之 (1930-2023). He used his famous inlaid colored clay technique in producing this piece. Imai Masayuki and late Miyashita Zenji are considered the two masters of the colored clay technique in Japan.
Title: Inlaid Zodiac Mouse Incense Container (Zōgan kanshi nu kōgo 象嵌干支子香盒)
Colored and inlaid stoneware, 3.2 cm high and 7.1 cm in diameter.
Signature on the bottom of the piece: Masayuki (政之)
Date: Heisei Period, ...
A stunning pair of sake cups depicting monkeys by the famous Kutani potter Matsumoto Saiichi 松本佐一 (b. 1930), using his signature technique, porcelain with underglaze gold leaf.
Title: Sake Cups (sakazuki 坏)
Medium: porcelain with underglaze gold leaf and overglaze enamel
Size: Wider: 3.2 x 8.5 cm and Taller: 5.9 x 5.4 cm
Signature in enamel on the bottom of both pieces: Saiichi (佐一)
Date: Heisei Period, 2003 for 2004
Condition: no flaws: no cracks or r...
This sake bottle is a very rare piece among Sugimoto's works.
Ordinary, shigaraki pieces are fired in the anagama fire woods kiln, however this pieces is carved and colored with pigment, And fired in the kiln with charcoal. The pattern is called "shikishi kasane" a pair of square piece of fancy papers. It's a happy theme. The white grains are feldspar included in shigaraki clay. Special price.
Size:7.5cm(D) 19.5cm(H)
Accessary: wooden box signed by the artist