All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #1339509 (stock #028)
This very liquid form seems already imbibed with rice wine, the base stable while the sides tilt slightly, sagging on the stool, a superb work by Abe Anjin. It comes wrapped with the original stamped wrapping cloth enclosed in the original wooden box titled Bizen Shuki and in turn enclosed in a black lacquered wooden box also stamped by the artist. Obviously, he felt this was deserved of greatness...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Contemporary item #1339894 (stock #KYSC#1)
Traditional wood fired Aka-Shino chaire made by the late Kato Yasukage XIV prior to changing his name to Yasukage and thus the box is signed Kato Shoji. Elegant and traditional in form with quick, gestural spatula marks on the front and back the rich, nearly crimson iron surface is painted with a nice dusting of wood ash from the wood firing with throwing marks adding to the overall decoration...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Pre 2000 item #1340363 (stock #1011)
Mottled blue in thick textured drips run down the sides over ashen glaze on this 4 eared Tsubo by Sakuchi Ensen enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The thickness of the drips adds a tactile sense to this piece, compelling the hands to reach out and touch. It is 11-1/2 inches (29.5 cm) tall 9 inches (23 cm) diameter and in fine condition. The box lid is stained.
Sakuchi Ensen (B...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1980 item #1340438 (stock #0331)

A perfect Mashiko chawan with stunning glaze by greatest Shoji Hamada, enclosed in its originally signed wood box. The bowl has a wonderful shiyo-yu salt glaze. Hamada made such treasures only once a year in April because items with such glaze were very difficult to made.

Hamada Shoji (1894 - 1978) was one of the founding fathers of the Studio Pottery movement, who came over to England with his friend, Bernard Leach, to start the Leach Pottery in St...

All Items : Artists : Paintings : Pre 2000 item #1340499 (stock #be4107)
Born in 1928, Don Doxey is well known for his photo-real western still life objects. This wonderful painting, titled "Song of the Calvary" is so realistic that it looks three dimentional. It measures 30" x 28" unframed, and 35" x 33" framed. Photographs do not do this painting justice - its so real that its amazing.
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pre 1990 item #1340741 (stock #YutakaEC #1)
Rare & important black and white inlay exhibition charger by Kyoto master potter, Kondo Yutaka. Measuring 46 x 11cm (approximately 18" x 4.25") this impressive charger/ platter is cloaked in a shimmery, and sparkling black texture with impressed, inlaid decoration of stark and contrasting white across the piece which gives off a wet sheen across the impressed surface...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1340765
A unique and distinctive tea bowl constructed of half porcelain and half stoneware—the swirling blue spirals and accents serve to captivate the eye and the imagination, making this artist’s works instantly recognizable.

A native of Kyoto, Hashimoto Machiko runs a small studio and kiln where she creates a wide range of ceramic works—including functional pieces such as the chawan featured here—as well as a number of purely decorative and experimental pieces which most would ag...
All Items : Artists : Paintings : Pre 1990 item #1340837 (stock #be4113)
Lovely oil on canvas entitled "Taps" by Don Doxie who paints unbelievably beautiful still life civil war and southwestern paintings. This one measures 12" x 16" and looks just like a photograph.
All Items : Artists : Paintings : Pre 1980 item #1340838 (stock #4114)
This beautiful oil on canvas by Don Doxie is titled "Bible, Boot and Bowler," and was painted in 1971. Doxie's still life paintings are so realistic that its incredible. You can see the wrinkled leather in the boot and the damage to the spine on the bible and its just like a photograph. This one measures 12" x 16".
All Items : Artists : Paintings : Pre 1990 item #1340842 (stock #be4116)
Rock Newcomb is a listed Arizona artist born in 1945. He is known for highly realistic Native American pottery still lifes. This beautiful Indian pot is a perfect example of his work. It measures 8" x 10" without the frame, and is titled "Ancient Archives." The painting is of a Tularosa black-on-white pitcher circa A.D. 1200-1300 with a handle formed to resemble a dog with a burden basket on its back.
All Items : Artists : Paintings : Pre 1990 item #1340845 (stock #be4118)
This is a beautiful miniature oil on board by listed western Montana artist Dave Powell who was born in 1954. It measures 5" x 7" and is titled "Bumper & Thumper, A Team".
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1340846 (stock #029)
Hayashi Shotaro is one of Japan’s preeminent potters, and he has outdone himself again with this mouthwatering work decorated with a pagoda in dark iron silhouette against an iron red sky fading to darkness at the rim. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Manyou Yamato-ro Henko (Manyo is his signature glaze and Yamato-ro refers to imagery of old Japan). This piece was shown at his exhibition celebrating 45 years of potting, and is featured in the catalog image number 19...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1340848 (stock #030)
White slip lopes and wavers and splashes over this slightly trumpeting chawan by master of that genre Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hikidashi no Chawan. Innovative as always, the application of glaze has been performed in several layers and styles, giving the bowl a unique appearance which sets it apart from others...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1340849 (stock #031)
Strikingly bold patterns revealed through curtains of copper green play across the surface of this dramatic work by Ikeda Shogo enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Sea Turtles, Castles, Cherry Blossoms and Lattice Bamboo Fences, a smorgasbord of Japanese iconography painted and carved into the gritty clay...
All Items : Artists : Metalwork : Pre 1990 item #1340912 (stock #be4120)
This great bronze statue titled "Little Major" was done by listed Arizona sculptor J. N. Muir in 1984. Mr. Muir specializes in historical military figures in all sizes - small to life size. His work is exhibited in museums and parks all over the United States. This statue measures 9 1/2" x 6" and is numbered 6/30.
All Items : Artists : Metalwork : Pre 1990 item #1340913 (stock #be4121)
Little Reb" is an extremely detailed bronze done by J. N. Muir in 1984, an Arizona sculptor who specializes in historical military figures of all sizes - small to life size. Mr. Muir was born in 1945, and his works are exhibited in parks and museums across the United States. This statue measures 9 1/2" 7" and is numbered 6/30.
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Contemporary item #1341075 (stock #033)
This bowl is reminiscent of a colorfully striped Nishijin-ori Kimono, blue and green and yellow on a base color of hemp. The rim rises and falls in a rhythmic dance aong the broad shoulder. Created by modern master Ajiki Hiro, it comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shio-Yu Wan, Basara. Basara is a term in Japanese aesthetics associated with the challenge of traditional ideals during the Muromachi period...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1341357 (stock #034)
An Oribe vessel covered in pale earth-tones scribbled with nudes by Suzuki Goro enclosed in the original wooden box titled Yahichida Tsubo. A crow perches on the base like a signature cawing out GORO! Yahichida was a style of Oribe popular in the Momoyama and early Edo periods. That said it is likely that they did not decorate with such audacious flair back then...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1341358 (stock #035)
An unusual chawan draped with blue over leopard-skin like some Osaka Obachan on a Friday night romp by Takiguchi Kazuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The apple shaped form is pleasant on the hands, not heavy or unruly. A large drip had sagged off the side, affixing itself to the kiln floor, where it has been cut off. A bowl very much in this artists avant-garde spirit...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1341449 (stock #036)
Lavender clouds like rain threatening on a foggy landscape form on the surface of this cool White Hagi chawan by important artist Kaneta Masanao enclosed in the original signed wooden box The style is Kurinuki, not formed on a wheel but cut and worked from a block of clay, an approach the artist is famous for...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #1341497 (stock #037)
A very rare boxed set of 3 cups by potters of several ancient kiln areas: Bizen by Kakurezaki Ryuichi, Hagi by Miwa Kazuhiko and Ki-Seto by Suzuki Goro. What great fun to break out this set on a night with friends, sharing tastes of various sake from the hands of some of Japans top potters in various traditions...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pre 2000 item #1341540 (stock #0335)

The only item of Wakao Toshisada in our collection!!! Handsome Nezumi Shino Chawan by great artist Wakao Toshisada, enclosed in its original double wooden box.

Patterns of flowers in pink on iron shaded with blue-grey on this bowl is a Toshisada special, a quality for which is is unsurpassed. A member of the Japan Crafts Association since 1970, Wakao has made a speciality out of so-called Grey Shino wares. Grey Shino wares were a relatively unusual product made at only a small numb...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1341547 (stock #038)
A dark flower blooms magnificently on this black form by Takauchi Shugo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Tetsu-E Kuro Chawan.
Size, W 13.4cm (5.1/4 inches) H 11.4cm ( 4.1/2 inches)
Condition, Excellent
Takauchi Shugo was born in Tokyo in 1937, opening his kiln in Mashiko at the age of 31. He has exhibited at the Nihon Dento Kogeiten National Traditional Crafts Exhibition, Nihon Togeiten National Ceramics Exhibition and as well as Gendai Nihon Togeiten Na...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1341666 (stock ##4279)
Robust Oribe style teabowl with a matsukawa texture around the body of the piece. There are two areas of poured and partially removed slip under the glaze creating areas of varying brightness.

Stoneware, slip and glaze

14 x 10 cm.

Functional, decorative and food safe

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1341737 (stock #0336)

Here is a fascinating Chawan (tea bowl) made by Koie Ryoji, wild, rough and colorful, one of the best internationally known contemporary Japanese potters. It is another embodiment of the artist’s spirit, with a shape that remains free and moving, rough, unique and dynamic. Its colors and its rawness is reminiscent of a wild landscape. As with many works by the famous artist, this piece’s dynamism conveys pure energy and raw strength. Through its glaze, rough texture and primitive markings...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1341748 (stock #039)
Silver waves ripple like the summer seas around the Mt. Fuji like cone of this iconic form by Morino Taimei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ginsai Namijo Mon Henko (Silver Wave Pattern Vessel). The unsual base of white lends this piece a singular quality among his repertoire, and would be a wonderful compliment to other works by this esteemed artist.
Size, W 24.0 cm (9.1/2 inches) H 25.5 cm ( 10.1/4 inches)
Condition, Excellent
Taimei was born in K...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1341816 (stock #040)
A black cloak is draped from the shoulders of this mysterious character lurking in the shadows of the tea room by legendary potter Hori Ichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seto-guro Chawan. Matte over much of the surface, someplaces the blackness shines like midnight through the fog, the rough sandy texture of the clay reveals itself to the hands more than to the eye, adding a sense of intimacy when holding the bowl.
Size, W 12.6 cm ( 5 inches) H 10.2 cm ( 4 inch...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1341990 (stock #041)
Staring into the garden through a window in the lattice wall, bamboo, rising gracefully from the mossy floor, rustles slightly in the breeze. This scene is captured perfectly on this chawan by Living National Treasure Shimaoka Tatsuzo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Gozu Zogan Kusabana Mon Wan. The Jomon rope impressions for which he is so well known create the sense of lattice-work.
Size, W 11.8 cm ( 4-1/2 inches) H 10.4 cm ( 4 inches)
Condition, Excelle...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Sculptural : Contemporary item #1341991 (stock #042)
Shades of red ripple like fire in the kiln across the variegated surface of this large Koro by Shino master Kato Toyohisa enclosed in the original wooden box titled Aka-Shino Koro. Whenever one looks into a wood burning kiln during the firing, this is what is visible; ash molten on the sides of pots turned red hot by flames blasting through, long tendrils of fire wrapping about the wavering forms. It is as if Toyohisa has captured that moment, and brought it out into the colder climes of our w...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1342445 (stock #044)
This Tsubo by Tsujimura Kai is amazing and all attitude. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shizen-yu Tsubo. Green ash has poured in a torrent around the form, settling into glossy black around the base on one side and tingeing the rim with charcoal fingers. Huge eyelets create bulge from the surface on one side, evidence of how it rested on its side in the kiln. This is one not to be missed, and one we will be hard pressed to let go.
Size, W 21.5 cm ( 8-1/5...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1970 item #1342775 (stock #046)
A deep bowl pelted with bluish-green salt glaze revealing patches of combed white by Hamada Shoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ai-Shioyu Kushime Chawan. The form is composed, rising perfectly from the heavy base to the light rim. The glaze has crawled and settled into lights and shadows, capturing that effect so sought in salt glazes, wth the added feature of the comb marks in the clay, which add a sensory dimension not restricted to vision. A bowl the mastercraftsman would ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1342816 (stock ##4280)
Tall teabowl with an impressed line decoration covering the surface under my Oribe style glaze with hand cut foot and fired on wads.

Stoneware and glazes

13.5 x 12cm

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1343644 (stock #048)
Like the iridescent moon itself, this teabowl seems to glow softly from beyond the twilight blue, a luminescence not reflected, but born from within.  It is an exceptional work by Maeda Masahiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled very simply Iro Chawan.  (Colored Tea Bowl) 
Size, D 11.8 cm (4-3/4 inches)  H 9 cm (3-1/2 inches) 
Condition, Excellent 
Maeda Masahiro (b. 1948) graduated the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts in 1975where he received instru...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1344169 (stock #049)
ash blasted and bursting with inclusions, this chawan tea bowl by Otani Shiro comes with everything you could want from this representative Shigaraki potter.  Over a terracotta clay burnt ash gray a smattering of pale flying ash provides the backdrop for molten drips of foggy green and yellow shizen yu glaze.  The shape conforms beautifully to the palm, showing the master skill of this important artist. 
Size, W 12.8 cm ( 5-1/4inches)  H 9.9  cm ( 4 inches) 
Condition, Excellen...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Contemporary item #1344311 (stock ##4281)
Square kaku-gata form vase with paddled texture under a rich breaking Oribe glaze.

Stoneware and glaze

8.2" x 4.5"

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Jars : Contemporary item #1344361 (stock #051)
A profusion of color descends the granulated surface of this traditional form by legendary potter Nakagawa Jinenbo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Chosen Karatsu Mimitsuki Hana-ire.  The grandiose embellishment of color creates a sublime sense of tension between the dark glazed and color infusion.  Although very much in the Chosen Karatsu tradition, the execution is unequivocally contemporary. 
Size, W 14.8 cm ( 6 inches)  H 24.5  cm ( 9-1/2 inches) 
Conditi...