All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1990 item #1490599
Exquisite Nezumi Shiino Chawan from the renowned Okuiso Eiroku (1930-1987), a disciple of the legendary Kato Tokuro, renowned for his mastery of Shino pottery. The artist's signature adorns the base, a testament to its authenticity...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1990 item #1342290 (stock #21940)
Daniel Simhon Fine Art
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Large jar or vase by Kirk Mangus (American, 1952-2013) free form with slip and incised decoration in the form of two fishes (one large, one small, the large fish going after the small of course). Signed "Mangus" and inscribed "xox" bottom. Probably from the late eighties but could be earlier. Roughly 9" high and 8" across. Kirk Mangus is an internationally recognized American artist and ceramicist.
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1990 item #1468952 (stock ##TRC230219)


The craftsman who fashioned this piece, the 9th Ohi Chozaimon (1901-1986), is the most widely recognized and most accomplished of the now 11 generations of Ohi potters. Born in Ishikawa Prefecture at the start of the 20th century, he took up the family craft and, at the age of 26, became the head potter. Raku tea bowls made by Ohi 9 are some of the finest you will encounter, comparing favorably to even tea bowls made by the main Raku lineage in Kyoto...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1990 item #1460890
A piece by an important Seto potter, Suzuki Seiji 鈴木青児 (1946-1999). Title: Iron red glazed sake cup (Tetsuakayū guinomi 鉄赤釉ぐい呑) Medium: glazed stoneware Size: 5.4 x 5.9 x 5.8 cm Seal on the piece: Seiji 青児 Date: Shōwa Period, late 1980s Condition: Excellent...
All Items : Artists : Jewelry : Pins : Pre 1990 item #1392544 (stock #3437)

Acme Studio enamel on metal artisan brooch

Iconic Memphis era design

Artisan - Adrian Olabuenaga

1980s

Los Angeles, California

2 3/4" x 1 3/8"

Weight - 23+ grams

Excellent condition

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1990 item #1455505 (stock #11049)
Small, round covered box for keeping incense, kogo in Japanese, in the shape of a coiled snaked. It’s head is in the center of the cover, protruding. Gray, coarse stoneware with small inclusions, the outside turned brown from the heat in the kiln. Eyes are inlaid rings of clay, giving the snake a slightly goofy expression.

Potter’s mark on the bottom of the lower section...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1990 item #1484780 (stock #0611)
Momoyama Gallery
$3,950.00

So rare and beautiful: Arita Tenmoku Tea Bowl by greatest Living National Treasure Inoue Manji. Most of his work is made of white porcelain, and only very few have the wonderful Tenmoku glaze. We are very proud to present one of his rare masterpieces. It comes with the originally signed and sealed wooden box, a sealed cloth and a profile of him. He named the tea bowl "Tenmoku Macchawan"...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1990 item #1459958
A gohonte plate depicting an umbrella and two maple leaves by famous Kyoto potter Imai Masayuki 今井政之 (1930-2023). He was a versatile potter, excelling in numerous techniques, including colored clay, shino and gohonte. Spots, called gohonte, randomly appear during firing as part of a chemical reaction between the glaze and the heat...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1990 item #1456799
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...
All Items : Artists : Jewelry : Pins : Pre 1990 item #1004122 (stock #2386)

Ramona Solberg - sterling silver, amber and shell "Fibula" brooch

5 1/2" x 2 1/2"

c. 1980

Excellent condition

All Items : Artists : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1450127 (stock #04271)
The size of Sheet: 27 1/4" H x 38 1/2" L
The size of Image: 23 3/4" H x 33" L
Artist: Elyse Campus Cohen (1940 - )
The title: Garden Path
The Year of Printing: 1993
Medium: Mixed Media Lithograph on Acid Free Archival Paper
Publisher: Elyse Art Studio, Stamped on the back.
Signed on Lower right: Elyse. Also embossed Elyse.
Edition No.288/300
The Condition: It nver been framed. Mint condition.
This is fine Lithograph by Elyse Campus Cohen...
All Items : Artists : Paintings : Pre 1990 item #1340503 (stock #be4110)
Sue Krzyston is an Arizona artist, born in 1048, known for her Indian motif still life paintings of Southwest Indian artifacts. This one is titled "Taos" and was painted in 1988. It measures 20" x 24"
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1990 item #1415976 (stock #TRC220405)
The distinctive and easily recognizable style of Bizen pieces, such as the one featured here, originated in Okayama (south-western Japan) and has a long history that is closely intertwined with that of tea culture. Bizen-ware is known for employing a natural-ash glazing technique that is unique to this type of pottery and which requires extremely long firing times (7-14 days) at very high temperatures. This means that constant attention is required to ensure good results...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1990 item #1464964 (stock #0554)

A rare Buddhist Zeze tea bowl by great Seki Omo with hand painted Shinto Shrine Ema and votive picture tablets, enclosed in the originally signed and sealed wooden box. This rare work of Seko was made 30 years ago.

Zeze ware has been considered to be one of the Enshu Shichiyo, the seven best kilns selected by Enshu Kobori (1579-1647) who was a master of tea ceremony and also a military commander in the early Edo period...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1990 item #1114441 (stock ##7111)
Ido-gata Hagi chawan made to resemble a katakuchi pouring vessel. Glazed in a milky, creamy pink to beige tinged Hagi glaze, this chawan has a “ceremonial” spout applied, harkening back to the early days of chanoyu when found objects played the essential role in the ceremony...
All Items : Artists : Paintings : Pre 1990 item #1340502 (stock #be4109)
Sue Krzyston is an Arizona artist born in 1048 and known for her hard line still life Indian motif paintings. This one was painted in 1987 and is titled "Textures and Tradition." It measures 18" x 24" unframed, and is of Indian pottery along with a blanket that looks so soft that you can almost feel it.
All Items : Artists : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1427831 (stock #08116)
The Title: "Reflection"
Artist: Muramasa Kudo (1948 - present)
Medium: Original Serigraph on Stone Lithograph, arches paper, unframed
The size of Sheet: 39 1/2 " x 28 "
The size of Image: 36 1/2" x 22 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
Edition Number: 46/275 in pencil lower left
The condition: Excellent, never been ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Pre 1990 item #1486154 (stock #122)
Dragon's Pearl
$270.00
Fine quality Ohi Ware chawan, tea bowl, Macha bowl by Yoshio Iwamura (1925-1987). Raku ware with mottled bright green and bluish glazes which remind of seaweed. It comes with the original, signed and inscribed wooden box; bowl with impressed seal Ohi. H 8 x 12 cm. Perfect condition. -------Yoshio Iwamura studied under Izukura Juro in Kaga. Later founded the Oyabu kiln in Ohi village, Ishikawa prefecture. Member of the Asia Art Society and the Kaga Art Association...
All Items : Artists : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1438238 (stock #12053)
The sheet size: 39 1/8" H x 32" W
The image size: 31 3/4" H x 26" W
The title: "Creature Comfort"
Artist: Susan Rios (American)
Medium: 100% Arches paper, Unframed.
Signed by artist: Lower right in pencil
Edition Numbered : M 5/20, in pencil
The year made: 1990
Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Edition
as last photo with COA showing.
The condition: Mint, never been framed.
This is her best work created.

The serigraph was...
All Items : Artists : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1460891
A rare small self-published book titled Collection of Exlibris Initials (Kashiramoji shōhyōshō 頭文字書票集) by Kamiya Kiyotaka 紙屋清貴 (b. 1951). Book is only 7 x 6.9 x 0.6 cm in size, and consists of 20 pages, containing 18 exlibris prints, woodblock printed covers and two wood cut pages- title page and justification page. It is signed in pencil and numbered 4/20. Published in 1989. Eighteen Exlibris prints are tipped in onto pages, smallest of which is 2.1 x 2 cm. Most prints ar...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1990 item #1350091 (stock #21995a)
Daniel Simhon Fine Art
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Large ceramic vessel by Dr. Lawrence Jordan (American, 1947-2007), dated 1986 and signed L.Jordan on the bottom. 9.5" high, 7" wide, 7" deep. This piece is a brush and scraffito decorated earthenware vessel. In excellent condition. One of three pieces by this artist currently in our inventory. Lawrence Jordan received a PhD in Art Education and completed a 9 year apprenticeship with ceramics master Kenneth Beitel. He himself taught ceramics and art, while exhibiting his work in Virginia an...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Pre 1990 item #1471912 (stock #2022-1091)
Celadon tea cup with corded patterns glazed in the Jômon zogan style made by Tatsuzô Shimaoka (1919-2007, Mingei school). Developed by himself, this style is inspired by ancient processes such as the Jômon string-printing technique (ca. 13,000 – 800/300 B.C.) and the Korean process of the Joseon period (1392-1897) of adding white slip with decorative indentations. The salt gaze was imported from Europe.

Accompanied by its original transport box with signature and seal of the ce...
All Items : Artists : Glass : Decorative : Pre 1990 item #1426327 (stock #119)
This stunning platter titled METEOR by Massachusetts studio Glass Artist Charles Correll, signed and dated "Correll '85" is 19 1/2" diameter. The lavender plate has a polychrome meteor image in white, grey, red-pink and yellow. The execution is superb and this vintage beauty remains in excellent condition.
All Items : Artists : Metalwork : Pre 1990 item #1427508 (stock #04216/17-22)
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...
All Items : Artists : Metalwork : Pre 1990 item #1427997 (stock #04218/17-39)
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: Mystique. The design depicted from Neji Bana (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena) flowers with striking design and composition with such a delicately made by very thin/fine silver wires. The gradation of blue color is great. This fine Japanese Cloisonne, Shippo Medallion was created by Fine Japanese Cloisonne Artist, Shi...
All Items : Artists : Metalwork : Pre 1990 item #1428109 (stock #04219/17-41)
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: Now and Then. The design depicted from Saru Suberi (Japanese name flower), English as Crape Myrtle flowers 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. I am pro...
All Items : Artists : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1990 item #1404029
Description: 陆儼少(1909-1993)衡山祝融圖 /水墨設色紙本立軸 1981年作 款識:南嶽衡山祝融 一九八一年八月陆儼少。鈐印二方。Hanging Scroll of Mt. Hengshan / Lu Yanshao (1909-1993) Dated 1981 Inscribed with two artist seals. 32 1/4 X 15 1/4 inches 81.9 X 38.7 cm Dimensions: Size of Painting: 32 1/4 X 15 1/4 inches 81.9 X 38.7 cm Artist or Maker: Lu Yanshao (1909-1993) Medium: Ink & Color on Paper Date: 1981 Condition Report: Hand-Painted, Good Condit...
All Items : Artists : Paintings : Pre 1990 item #1457813
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). Comes in unmarked shikishi wrapper. Condition: minor handling creases, minor ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1990 item #1474925 (stock #23-04)
Kogo, box to keep incense, in the shape of a reclining boar, head and nose turned up. Red-brown stoneware with gray and pink glazes, typical for Hagi ware. Inside bottom and cover covered in gray glaze over pink.

Seal impressed in bottom: Tobei.

Japan, Hagi ware, ca. 1981

H 2 x L 3.25 x D 1.1 in.p> Perfect condition.

Comes with the original wrapping cloth with seal of the artist and with original tomobako inscribed Hagi inoshishi (boar) kogo, and signed Tobei XII wit...

All Items : Artists : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1367748 (stock #Yuichi001)
Yuichi Hasegawa (b. 1945)
Record of Wind Erosion (Red)
Japanese title: Fushoku-ki (Aka)
Date: 1989
Edition: 4/20
Signed in pencil by the artist.
Paper size: 24.25 x 12 inches. Image size: 20 x 8.75 inches.
Reference: Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
All Items : Artists : Paintings : Pre 1990 item #1344335 (stock #1266)
Night Sky painted in 1985 by Renowned Korean Artist Don Ahn aka Ahn Dong Kuk (1937-2013). We encourage you to research Don Ahn's sales record and market prices on sites such as Artsy, so you can appreciate what a great opportunity this is to purchase an original work of art by the master at a price well below the actual value. Don Ahn was a pioneer of Korean art in America. In the 1950s he was the first to move permanently to the US and receive recognition here, beginning with the 1952 exhibiti...
All Items : Artists : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1427833 (stock #08115)
The Title: "Golden Dream"
Artist: Muramasa Kudo (1948 - present)
Medium: Original Serigraph on Stone Lithograph, arches paper, unframed
The size of Sheet: 41 7/8 " x 30 1/8 "
The size of Image: 39 1/2" x 27 3/8"
The year made: around 1985's
Publisher: Muramasa Kudo Studio
It show the embossed seal of Muramasa Studio.
Printer: Novak Graphics, Tronto, Canada, seal printed on back
Signature: Lower right, signed by Muramasa Kudo in pencil
Edition N...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pre 1990 item #1253342 (stock ##7175)
Albedo 3 Studio
$525.00
Exceptional stoneware vase that was subtly and expertly faceted, glazed in a rich nuka style glaze and decorated in Tale of Genji inspired partridges in platinum lustre. The presence and volume of the pot are hard to put in to perspective with the dimensions, 12" x 8.5" and a guinomi has been placed in the last photo to give a sense of the scale. Rich in concept and execution, this vase is an exemplary example of Showa era pottery made sometime around 1980.

This important vase, exhibited i...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pre 1990 item #1463030
A hand-signed copy of "I Shock Myself", the autobiography of famous and notable American artist BEATRICE WOOD (1893-1998). This is the hard cover by Dillingham Press, Ojai, California, and likely the first edition. There is no dust jacket; cover shows some, but very minimal, use. Wood famously lived to be 105 years of age, and her long life was very full. Born in San Francisco to wealth, the 1906 earthquake sent the family moving to New York. Her time there and ultimately in Paris was forma...
All Items : Artists : Metalwork : Pre 1990 item #1428106 (stock #04215/17-13)
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: Melancholy. The design depicted from Nadeshiko (Japanese name flower), English (dianthus, gillyflower, pink) flowers 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....
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1990 item #1354879 (stock #22049)
Large bottle shaped vase by Cynthia Bringle (American, born 1939). In excellent condition. Signed "Bringle" on the bottom. 10 1/2" high. Artist and ceramicist Cynthia Bringle has lived and worked in Penland North Carolina, where she has her studio and gallery, since 1970. Her works are in the collections of the Asheville Art Museum, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Mint Museum in Charlotte NC, etc.