This piece is covered natural ash glaze, made by Junri Hamada who is well known as an expert potter in Mino pottery area where many traditional potteries has been made from 15th century.
Size: 6.3cm(D)/5.0cm(H)
Accessary: wooden box signed by artist
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...
Tall thrown and squared vase form with kushime/combed slip decoration under a "Galena" style glaze with trace accents of my finger prints in the glaze (though galena inspired, this and all of my glazes are lead free)
Stoneware, slip and glazes
12" X 4.25" X 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Karatsu style tataki paddled vase with haiyu and temmoku glazes
Stoneware and glazes
10.75" X 7"
Tall teoke (water bucket) style vase with temmoku and running tetsu-yu glazes
Stoneware and glazes
14" x 7"
Tall cap jar decorated with repeated hiragana design in the rozome technique
Stoneware, slips, glazes
12" X 6.6"
Lg. tsubo, jar with wide flared lip glazed in medieval green and temmoku glazes over a tataki, paddled grid design around the shoulder
Stoneware and glazes
10.25" X 8.25"
Madara Karatsu is one kind of Karatsu ware, used glaze made from straw ashes, very simple and sophisticated taste.
It's suitable for western cuisine.
Size : 25.5cm(D) 1.8cm(H)
Set of three sake cups (guinomi), kaki glaze with "ami-mon," net pattern, decoration in overglaze red & green enamels. White interior. By Isamu Tagami of Hinata Kiln, Mashiko. H.1.75"(4.5cm) x Dia.2.375"(6cm.) Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenticed under Sudo Takeo...
Wood-fired Tokkuri, Sake Decanter, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Natural Ash Glaze. H. 6.75"(17.25cm) x Dia. 4.25"(11cm.) Shell wadding remains on body.
John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln...
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...
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)...
Baluster style vase glazed in a rich partridge feather iron and temmoku glazes
Stoneware and glazes
13.75" x 6.6"
Abstrakt resist terra cotta Façade bottle vase
Terra cotta, slips and glaze
11.75" x 12.75" x 3.75"
Robust Oribe style ovoid jar with hakeme slip decoration under my medieval green and temmoku glazes. The lip is glazed in a rich temmoku glaze
Stoneware, slip and glazes
10.25" X 7"
Robust temmoku glazed vase form with vivid masame patterned texture through out the body of the vase
Stoneware and temmoku glaze
9.8" X 6.4"
Traditional style jug or pitcher with deep rich temmoku glaze and impressed waffle designs as a repeated motif
Stoneware and glaze
11" X 6.8"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Resist design crane neck style vase with slips and Harmony pattern under a lustrous glaze
Stoneware, slips and several glazes
10.25" X 5.6"