All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1413966 (stock #507)
A striking Bizen Chawan of mixed clay by Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box and date to 2016. A similar Chawan including some others works from this Una Mistura series is now showing at the Miho Museum in Shiga prefecture...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1383000 (stock #301)
Here is a rare Bizen-yaki work reflecting the Kairagi glaze style (like Oni-hagi) covered in reach gold with a slver decoration at the front on this tea bowl by Ichikawa Toru enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kinsai Chawan. From his new Kinsai (gold) series dating to late 2017-.
Size, D 13.2 cm H 10.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Ichikawa Toru was born in Tokyo in 1973...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Plates : Contemporary item #1383066 (stock #302)
A Museum Quality large plate with Aka-e designs covered in pink by Living National Treasure Shimaoka Tatsuzo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Zogan Aka-e Sokamon Zara. A floral splash decorates the round window on the side...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1460148
Silver slip lopes and wavers and splashes over this slightly trumpeting Sake cups by the popular young star Iguchi Daisuke enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes, from the artist this year.
Condition, Excellent

Iguchi Daisuke was born in 1975 in Tochigi , After graduating the Tohoku University of Art & Design in 1998, studied in Kyoto under Imai Masayuki...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1464993
Strikingly bold patterns revealed through curtains of copper green play across the surface of this large cup by Ikeda Shogo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sake Hai...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #1466345
A very rare, boxed set of 6 cups by leading Hagi-yaki potters, Kaneta Masanao, Miwa Kyusetsu XIII (Kazuhiko), Tahara Tobei XIII, Okada Yu, Hatano Zenzo and Yamamoto Yasuo. Each is a masterpiece by the brightest stars of their generation, a new experience for every night of the week.Each cup enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes with a Niju-bako double wood storage box titled Suraku-Hai Hagi Rokusu. Come with the Artists history and wrapping cloth.
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1371356 (stock #236)
A jagged glass shard has embedded into this One-of-a-kind Chawan by Kato Tsubusa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sometsuke Chawan. The front has dripping deep blue and black glaze, White clay on the back side and pool of thick pale green inside of the bowl. A rare and expressive combination of affects...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1385255 (stock #317)
Marbleized colored clay with abstract floral patterning in six vivid colors blends on this superb work of Living National Treasure Matsui Kosei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sei Haku Neriage Tsubo . Yellow, white over azure blue, gray ash and dark blue.The textures is smooth and shining creating a pleasurable experience for both the eyes and the hands...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1451538
An amazing and rare collection by Koie Ryoji (1938-2020) showing off to a tee the many styles for which is known...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Jars : Contemporary item #1446451
A beautiful and elegant pure white porcelain by challenging female artist Takahashi Nami enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled Minoru (Bear Fruit). The lines and mouths of the slip-cast vessels are modified manually, making each form unique. The uniformly white bodies show a myriad of different faces depending on the viewing angle and the shadows cast by surface shapes, contributing to the unique appeal of her work...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Jars : Contemporary item #1468230
Taimei was born in Kyoto in 1934, and was first accepted into the Nitten National Exhibition at a relatively young age in 1957 (a year before graduating the Kyoto Municipal University of Fine Art!). In 1960 he received the prestigious Hokutosho prize at the same National Exhibition. In the early 60s he worked as a guest professor at the University of Chicago...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1439697
White glaze parts like melting snow on the dark surface of boulders in the early spring on this ceramics box by Miwa Kyusetsu XIII enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Setsurei( Mountain range that become white due to snow.) Setsurei is also the name of his exhibition in the end of 2019 celebrating his succession of Miwa Kyusetsu XIII...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1488021
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All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1403325 (stock #419)
If you were to want one important piece by this artist, this should be the one. One of the best pieces I have ever seen by this revolutionary artist, enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Phalanx. The first time I spotted this piece I could not halt my expressing something about the godlike nature, everything is just perfect. It was created in 1991, and exhibited at National Museum in Sevres France from September to December 1997...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1421358 (stock #463)
A quintessential new work like a fossilized egg using lacquer on Pottery by Tanoue Shinya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kara-wan Tai (Empty Shell,fetus ). It has a wide, rounded form which is surprisisngly pleasant to hold, and the Makie decorating the rim is pleasing to the lips. The shape allows for a very stable silhouette, which seems to anchor itself to whatever surface it rests upon...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1359619 (stock #148)
Once again Abe Anjin has lived up to our expectations with his revival of Momoyama period potting techniques, a field in which he is a forerunner.  Here is a squat bottle blasted with a Rorschach spatter, testing our inner perceptions.  All about the clay has been vitrified into a lustrous red,and the base is like textured stone, showing the extreme temperature with which it was fired. 
Size, D 22.5 cm   H 24.5  cm  
Condition, Excellent 
Born in Osaka in 1938, the mys...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1463346
Marbled clay in lively blends colors on those beautiful sake cups by Wakao Kei enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes, dating to 2022.
Size,(Left) D 6.7 cm H 6.5 cm (inches)
Size,(Middle) D 6.9 cm H 6.6 cm (inches)
Size,(Right) D 6.8 cm H 6.7 cm (inches)
Condition, Excellent
Wakao Kei was born in Gifu in 1967 ,the first son of the legendary artist Wakao Toshisada ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #1444590
Two Yunomi tea cups by Wada Morihiro enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes and enclosed in a lacquered Niju-bako double wood storage case...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1449442
A set of five Guinomi Sake cups showing off to a tee the many styles for which Tsujimura Shiro is known...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #1466380
From private collection, very happy to offer another two stunning works from this important artist. This is a prime example of the artist’s most popular style, and a rare opportunity for the collector.
Size, Left D 7.1 cm H 6.9 cm
Size, Right D cm 6.8 H 6.7 cm
Condition, Excellent
Wada Morihiro (1944-2008) was born in Hyogo prefecture and apprenticed under Kyotos Tomimoto Kenkichi before moving to his current location in 1976. He has displayed at t...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Cups : Contemporary item #1445201
From private collection, very happy to offer another two classic and beautiful pieces from this important artist, enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled Kanshu-mon Sake-Hai and Seki-sai Sake-Hai. One with brown, cloudy white and olive green over the surface in very interesting design. The other one in black glaze with inlaid red and white slip designs.
Size, Red D 6.9 cm H 7.1 cm $ (Sold )
Size, Brown D 6,4 cm H 5.8 cm $ (Sold )
The prices including ship...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1480600
Exquisite colors pool and drip on this black glazed tea bowl by Sawada Hayato enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sora(sky)Kuro Chawan. From his new series dating to 2023.
Size, D 14.7 cm H 9.7 cm
Condition, Excellent
Sawada Hayato (b.1978) in Kasama. He studied at the Ryutsu Keizai University before establishing his own kiln in 2002. Prizes at both Japan Kogei Association and the 5th Kikuchi Biennale,His work has been exhibited in Ibaraki Art Festiva...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1435841 (stock #474)
A deep pool of rice wine awaits the drinker in this stately form by Miwa Kazuhiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Cup of Deep Abundance (Fuchifuchi-hai). The name comes from the deep part of a river (fuchi) where fish tend to gather. Outside this white glaze crawls and plays over the slightly blue tinged glaze beneath it, which covers the rough Hagi clay.
Size, D 9.6 cm H 6.7 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kazuhiko likely needs no introduction. Born ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1452362
A dark bowl covered in rivulets of flowing ash by Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Wan. It is breathtaking, and I am already jealous of the lucky soul who will get to keep it.
Size, D 14.8 cm H 9.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kakurezaki Ryuichi is one of the most well known of Bizen potters, he is interestingly originally not from Bizen but far off Nagasaki, which seems to have gifted him with the ability to see the clays potential ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Contemporary item #1356377 (stock #124)
An entrancing mesh pattern covers this delicate form by legendary potter Hamada Shoji enclosed in a fine kiri-wood box annotated by his son Hamada Shinsaku titled Kaki-yu Nuki-e Kabin.  Slight drag-marks add a tactile sense to the body, and dark black tinges the edges of the white resist patterns.  A tantalizing work, and one which I can honestly say is quite unusual.
Size, D 16.4 cm (inches)  H 28.5  cm (11-1/4 inches) 
Condition, Excellent 
Hamada Shoji was born in To...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1359006 (stock #140)
An organic form covered in thick emerald glaze Higashida Shigemasa and enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Jikiro.  The eclectic shape is rendered roma block of clay, hollowed and torn, like the ragged crags of Gifu, home of this pottery tradition.  Natural textures to bring out the depths of the oribe green, and electric shimmers of blue rush over the edges evoking the sense of water on the move.
Size, D 22.5 x 28.8 cm   H  18.2 cm  
Condition, Excellent...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1468282
An amazing large trumpeting vessel, covered with translucent green by Yamaguchi Makoto enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Kaki,date to 2022.
Size, D, 30.5 cm H, 31.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
A rising star in the pottery world, Yamaguchi Makoto was born in Seto, Aichi prefecture in 1978. In 2000 he was apprenticed to Hiroshige Kato (Kasen Toen). In 2004 began exhibiting his wares and has held many solo exhibitions at Department Stores and top galler...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Jars : Contemporary item #1473497
A spectacular and voluminous Tsubo by Furutani Kazuya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki O-Tsubo. It offers a variety of kiln affects to the viewer, Hai-kaburi, Hi-iro, Tombo no me and a drippy blast of green glass. The shape is very much in the style of the great age of Shigaraki pottery, with an everted rim trumpeting from a broad shoulder.
Size, D 39.8 cm H 45.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Furutani Kazuya (b. 1976) is one of Japan’s most...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1463152
A morphic vessel of rough outer form like a fossilized egg or bowl of coral covered from the rim within by slick blue, a quintessential work by Tanoue Shinya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kara-wan Ao (Empty Shell, Blue). It has a wide, rounded form which is surprisisngly pleasant to hold, and the smooth blue decorating the rim is pleasing to the lips. The shape allows for a very stable silhouette, which seems to anchor itself to whatever surface it rests upon.
Si...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Contemporary item #1433788 (stock #463)
One of the best pieces I have seen by this revolutionary artist, enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Kuro Tokkuri and date to 2019. Texture, form, colors and every angle creates a new view. Those ones has it all!
Size,(Left) D 8.9 cm H 14.8 cm
Size,(Right) D 7.8 cm H 16.1 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kakurezaki Ryuichi is one of the most well known of Bizen potters, he is interestingly originally not from Bizen but far off Nagasaki, which seems to...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1468233
Kakurezaki Ryuichi is one of the most well known of Bizen potters, he is interestingly originally not from Bizen but far off Nagasaki, which seems to have gifted him with the ability to see the clays potential beyond conventional form. He graduated the Osaka University of Fine Arts, then enjoyed a long apprenticeship under Bizen Living National Treasure Isezaki Jun before opening his own kiln in 1986. Combining traditional technique with modern architectural form, He was recipient of the Japan C...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Jars : Contemporary item #1418430 (stock #542)
One of the most popular artists, here is a beautiful vase in a shape of taiko drums by Wada Morihiro in his signature cedar pattern enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Saido Sugi Moyo Henko. It is an excellent example of this artist, at a size which makes it easily collectable.
Size, D 21.1 cm H 19.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Wada was born in Hyogo prefecture and apprenticed under Kyotos Tomimoto Kenkichi before moving to his current location in 1976. He has ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Jars : Contemporary item #1435284 (stock #468)
Black white green and silver bands like a core sample of crustal layers from some fantastic planet decorate the brushed and impressed clay around the Mt. Fuji like cone of this iconic form by Morino Taimei enclosed in the original signed wooden box.
Size, D 26.8 cm H 29.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Morino Taimei was born in Kyoto in 1934, and was first accepted into the Nitten National Exhibition at a relatively young age in 1957 (a year before graduating the Kyot...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Jars : Contemporary item #1488805
A stunning ash-glazed tokkuri by Living National Treasure Shimaoka Tatsuzo enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The body has been imprinted with rope designs, a trademark of Tatsuzo’s works, and covered in plethora of Yohen kiln effects.
Size, D 14.6 cm H 11.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007) attended the Tokyo Industrial School Ceramics department before being inducted into the army. After serving in World War II, Tatsuzo apprenticed...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1428203 (stock #517)
A morphic vessel of rough outer form like a fossilized egg or bowl of coral covered from the rim within by slick blue, a quintessential work by Tanoue Shinya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kara-wan (Empty Shell). It has a wide, rounded form which is surprisisngly pleasant to hold, and the smooth blue decorating the rim is pleasing to the lips. The shape allows for a very stable silhouette, which seems to anchor itself to whatever surface it rests upon.
Size, D 15.4 ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Jars : Contemporary item #1422167 (stock #467)
A very large Tsubo by pottery legend Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shizen-yu O-Tsubo (Natural Ash Glazed Large Tsubo). Spectacular keshiki resulting from the combination of multiple kiln affects and textures. This is one not to be missed, and one we will be hard pressed to let go.
Size, D 35.3 cm H 38.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Tsujimura Shiro was born in Nara in 1947, and began his steps into the art world as an oil painter. While livi...