Viscuous charred feldspar clouded with stormy color adorns this superb cascading bowl by Kumano Kuroemon enclosed in the original highly decorated signed wooden box titled Kuma Shino Chawan. Like the potter himself, this bowl is large and stable, seemingly welded to the floor by its own weight and presence. Despite that the kodai foot is small and delicate, adding creating tension between form and the space around it. A sublime example of this popular artist’s work...

Rich Oribe paddled henko style jar with flowing glaze on the shoulder and paddled area

Stoneware and traditional Oribe glaze

9.5" X 7.4"

A spectacular work by legendary potter Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The Imo-form 'Potato' covered in a molten ash, tendrils of which wrap around like many fingers, blue-gray ash with a pale brown color on the front side...

New stunning Oribe works from Higashida Shigemasa, including, Tea Bowl ,Vases, Sake Cups ,Sake Bottles and Water Containers ,available for purchase...

A beautiful tea bowl in dark and murky ash gray covered in soft ivory white glaze enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Zoge-ji Chawan. Up from the base drive five fingers , the blanks left by the artists fingers when he dipped the bowl in glaze. This adds a strong sense of connection between the artist and user.
Size, D 14.1 cm H 9.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Wakao Kei was born in Gifu in 1967 ,the first son of the legendary artist Wakao Toshisada ...

Tea Bowl, Matcha Chawan, by Lee Love of Mashiko (& now Minnesota.) H.3.375"(8.5cm) x Dia.5.375"(13.75cm.) This Ido-gata (well-shaped) bowl of high-feldspar Shigaraki clay was wood-fired in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, where Lee had completed a 3-year apprenticeship to National Living Treasure Shimaoka Tatsuzo. The impressed cord patterning on this bowl is an example of zougan-joumon (rope-impressed inlay) for which Mr. Shimaoka was granted his NLT status...

Porcelain Dishes, Mukozuke-shape or dessert/salad dishes, by Hanako Nakazato; Union, Maine and Karatsu, Japan. H.1.5"(3cm) x Dia.6.6"(16.5cm.) Hanako calls these dishes "Chakara Bowls" (chakra being the vital energy points of the body in yoga, Hinduism, & Buddhism.) These dishes are appropriate for most any savory or sweet food and are an excellent size for use as a mukozuke dish used in Japanese cuisine. Hanako Nakazato is a 14th generation potter from Japan...

An amazing Tea Bowl by Yamada Kazu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Enbu Shino Chawan. Evidencing the great value placed upon the work, it comes in a lacquered Niju-bako double wood storage box. Enbu means "dancing fire" and it is that dancing fire that pushed the clay and glaze of this chawan to the very limit where the glaze turned to molten glass and began to flow like lava down the sides and into the interior of this bowl...

Two splendid works by legendary potter Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Kuro Yunomi and Ginsai Guinomi...

There is no doubt about the superlative nature of the deep celadon glazes used by Living National Treasure Nakajima Hiroshi, and this vessel is no let down. A creamy blue crackling glaze covers this artful form which comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Seiji Tsubo. It is 10-1/2 inches (26.5 cm) tall, 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) diameter and is in excellent condition.
Nakajima Hiroshi was born in Hiroshima in 1941...

18 stunning Oribe works from Higashida Shigemasa, including,Tea Bowls,Vase,Sake Cups Sake Bottles and Incense Burner,available for purchase...

An eccentric crusty bowl, very different, by Hashimoto Tomonari enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Raku Yaki Yohen Chawan. Unlike his normal burnished and color ridden surfaces, this bowl is ominous, matte, shot through with pin-hole-textures and rivulets streaming from the rim. It is like something from deep within the universe, an ancient traveler which has been charred and scarred on its way through the atmosphere...

Here is another superb Tea Bowl with a dancing rim, samurai fighter, plants and flowers by rising star Fukami Fuminori enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Manga Oribe Chawan. The designs are very bold, with crisp black lines on cloudy orange base-glaze; stylistically much like a black and white comic book in glossy format. Even the box is a work of art...

Pair of "Jovian Storms" neriage bowls in sand/white and grey/white mixtures

Porcelain and glaze

Each approx. 6.25" X 3.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Here we have the maverick of Mino showing off his skills again with a superb chawan in green and white with iron floral designs by Suzuki Goro enclosed in the original wooden box titled Oribe Chawan and signed in the lower left corner. The sandy white clay, felt even through the glossy glazes, lends the bowl a heart, and the undulating rim gets it pumping...

Dragonflies alight on autumn grasses and bush clover forming the perfect seasonal connotation under an engorged white moon on this pair of mouse-colored (Nezumi) vases by Shino legend Wakao Toshisada enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Nezumi Shino So-heki...

A rare and expressive example by the highly sought Tanaka Sajiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Chossen Karatsu Hana-ire.  Every aspect of this work is unique, the slightest change in viewing point gives new insight into the work and the artist who created it.  Rich green spreads like wet moss on one side, rust and dark iron pin-holed and distraught, form a base.  Above drapes pale Chossen Karatsu colors and an unusual pair of handles cling to the side.  If you get tired o...

An open bottle draped with ochre glaze over charred blacks by Tsukigata Nahiko wrapped in a brocade bag and enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oni Shino Kannon Hana-Ike.  Kannon, the protector deity in Buddhism, is quite often seen meditating in white robes whith a bottle alongside.  A superlative example of this artists work.
Size, D 13.4 cm ( 5.3 inches)  H 26.7  cm ( 10.5 inches) 
Condition, Excellent 
Tsukigata Nahiko (1923-2006) was not only an acc...