Very nice catalogue of the works of Tomimoto kenkichi, Ningen Kokuho. Tomimoto was Living National Treasure of Japan for his meticulously painted enamel porcelains...
A very large Kutani Vase decorated by eccentric Zen Priest and painter Shimizu Kosho enclosed in the original sgned wooden box. The outer surfaceis covered in genuine gold, overwhich has been brushed the decorative calligraphy reading……Hana mushin Maneku chocho, mushin tazuneru shin. The box lid is attributed within to having been fired at the Kutani Shoryu kiln by Kosho himself, and the pot is signed on the base Ryu...
White Celadon Jar Number Two by Kim Young Mi. This beautiful and unusual shade of celadon is achieved by the artist's skillful manipulation of the glaze. 7.5h x 7w inches, 19h x 18w cm.
Serene yuteki temmoku conical chawan made in the Chinese taste, though Japanese. The chocolaty oil spots float on the darker iron glaze as if suspended, or frozen in motion. The clay is a a fine buff stoneware and the kodai, foot is well tooled. The chawan is signed, but has not been read, though it is a fine bowl...
High sided temmoku tabi-chawan (traveler's chawan) with old style gold decoration of "spirali e tagli"
Stoneware, glaze and gold luster
4.5" X 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Beautiful, cool blue seiji celadon mizusashi with black lacquer lid by award winning Japanese potter; Ono Kotaro(b. 1953). Ono has won numerous awards for his carved porcelain works including the prestigious Mashiko Ceramics Competition (for which he was awarded the Hamada Shoji Prize)...
Large ameyu and haiyu, amber and ash glazed teabowl with a deep relief decoration known as the Shi-Tenno, Four Guardians.
Porcelain and glazes
5.75" X 4.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Ao glazed porcelain covered serving bowl or covered jar (you decide) with a deeply etched "spirali" design under a three dimensional glaze
Porcelain and glazes
8" X 6.75"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Woo Jong Taek (born 1973) paints with ink and watercolors on both sides of the paper, combining the ancient techniques of Goryeo Dynasty Buddhist painting with modern techniques to create compositions that are deeply contemplative meditations on our modern times, casting the 21st Century everyman as Bodhisattva, offering us a thoughtful way to see our world. Woo is in touch with Korea's ancient history while he is also informed by the modern minjung 'people's movement' in art...
Woo Jong Taek (born 1973) paints with ink and watercolor on both sides of the paper, combining the ancient techniques of Goryeo Dynasty Buddhist painting with modern techniques to create compositions that are deeply contemplative meditations on our modern times, casting the 21st Century everyman as Bodhisattva, offering us a thoughtful way to see our world. Woo is in touch with Korea's ancient history while he is also informed by the modern minjung 'people's movement' in art...
Haiyu ash and Temmoku glazed teabowl with combed (kushime) slip decoration. The droozy haiyu glaze has an iridescent appearance with moss like effects running down the surface
Porcelain, slip and glazes
5.5" X 4.2"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Large hardcover book with slipcase coving the modern works of Mashiko pottery. This book measures 8.5" X 12" and has 240 pages of full color illustrations...
Wonderfully color illustrated catalogue on the works of Ningen Kokuho, Living National Treasure; Arakawa Toyozo. The catalogue measures 10" X 10" and has 187 pages and covers chawan, mizusashi, chaire, tsubo, hachi and numerous other pieces. It also shows the diverse works of Arakawa, showing Shino, Seto-guro, Karatsu, Shigaraki, Bizen and numerous others styles that he worked in.
This catalogue shows works fired at various kilns across Japan, at friends kilns...
Luminous seiji kinuta (mallet) vase by Takahashi Wasaburo. This vase is very much in the style of Shimizu Un'ichi , his teacher and inspiration and shows a clarity of glazing and firing technique.
This vase is boxed and comes with it's stamped cloth and measures 9.75" X 4.75"...
Amber glazed, ameyu, etched teabowl with deep relief of a continuous "spirali" design around the body
Porcelain and glaze
5.3" X 4.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Vivid electric blue (bleu electrique) teabowl in lobed form with pedestal foot and vivid cobalt decoration running down from the lip
Porcelain and glazes
5.25" X 4.3"
Not intended for daily use
Spectacular Hi-iro defines this sake set by Konishi Toko II enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Various shades of color scorch the undecorated flame licked raw earth. A pleasure to drink from in every aspect, every cup offering a new facet. The tokkuri is 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) tall, cups 2-1/4 inches (6 cm) diameter and all is in perfect condition. Toko, of course, learned from his father Toko I (1899-1954) and was succeeded by his own son Toko III.
Elegant Hagi chawan with fine lip and kodai foot and a creamy and drippy rim of opaque glaze around the lip.
4.8" X 3.25"
Though marked, the seal is unread. This chawan was purchased at a store in Hagi. The original owner could not wait the extra day for the wood box, so it is presented here in a Hagi store gift box. It was thought that this chawan was made by Notomi Choun, but I will leave the detective work to the next owner.