This piece is with natural glaze that is made of burnt fire woods, melted ashes of fire woods of red pine tree and red skin by flames. The pieces are fired in the small kiln "anagama" for 10days and this piece was fired three times. Size: 9.0cm(D)/25.2cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

Great Master has been challenging to the pieces comparable to antiques, this piece is made of celadon and copper glaze under celadon. Copper glaze turns beautiful purple color. The shape shows Japanese traditional drum "tsutsumi". YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iR4V81RuAI Size: 10.0cm(D)/28.3cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

This piece is made of red raku clay by old ways, it was fired among a large amount of charcoal. Red is original color of clay, black pattern is made by firing charcoal. Sadamitsu Sugimoto is famous for making pieces comparable to antiques. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEqP0COJNKc Size: 12.1cm(D/mouth) 25.0cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

Ancient Iga pottery works had been made for a few decades since last Momoyama period from early Edo period. They were fired over 1250 degrees Celsius for 10 days and repeated 3 times and more with no glaze, they has natural glaze that is consist of melted ashes, burnt deposits and scarlet by fire. They are well known as dynamic style and loved by many tea ceremony master like as famous Oribe Furuta...

Jug for holding fresh water for the tea ceremony, called mizusashi. Wheel thrown, thin stoneware of slightly irregular beaker shape (slightly bulging belly towards the bottom and straight sides going up). The mouth is slightly oval. Black-brown iridescent glaze. Custom made black lacquered fitted wooden cover. Seto ware, or black Oribe...

This piece was fired in "Anagama" small kiln with red pine fire woods for 10 days and 2 times. Ancient Shigaraki works was made of clay that was consisted weathered granite, it has very high fire resistance, 1300 Celsius degrees. Ashes of red pine tree turned to green glass ,it is called "bi-doro" at high temperature, and fierce fire made spectacle scene on the surface. Sugimoto is famous for not only remaking old Shigaraki, Iga pieces but also an authority in tea ceremony pottery ware...

Large, hand carved Oribe vase form by Kato Shinya (Sakusuke V). This large vessel was thrown round and later altered to the current form where the surface was meticulously hand carved in this bold repeat pattern around the form and then glazed over in a rich deep green Oribe glaze...

Perfect Shino Natsu tea bowl (Summer tea bowl) made by one of the most popular Japanese actors and artists, Kazuo Hayashi. He was born in 1945 and is affiliated with Theater Echo. He is also skilled in Buyō and pottery. Ceramics of him are rarely available.

It is in mint condition and comes with the originally signed and sealed wooden box of the artist.

Size: 7 cm height x 8,5 cm in diameter.

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An interesting contemporary Hagi piece resting on a split-foot (wari-kodai) and a unique glaze patterning that somewhat resembles layers of flower petals. A creation of Morishige Tetsuyo, a native of the famous potting town of Hagi who later studied in Kyoto and eventually took up a position at the family kiln “Renkozan” with tutelage from both his father and grandfather. This particular piece is from a series he began in 2009 aptly named “Kaben” (The petal series)...

A striking tea bowl and true piece of modern art by the popular young star Ichikawa Toru enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Completely new - mint condition.

We see the gamut and whole spectrum of this extraordinary artists work. It is this subtle attention to shape and texure which elevates the work of Ichikawa Toru.

He really takes things to the extreme, challenging and yet incorporating something of the idea of Wabi into his outlandish works...

Modern and artistic Hasami Tea Bowl by Akitoshi Kurosaki (born 1969). Brown clay is coated with colorful and shiny glazes, which make this bowl to a unique piece of art.

Hasami ware (波佐 見 焼, Hasami-yaki) is a Japanese pottery traditionally from Hasami in Nagasaki Prefecture with a 400-year history...

An early work by one of the most important potters in the 20thcentury who hailed from Seto, Suzuki Seisei 鈴木青々(1914-1990)...

A piece by an important Seto potter, Suzuki Seiji 鈴木青児 (1946-1999). Title: Iron red glazed sake cup (Tetsuakayū guinomi 鉄赤釉ぐい呑) Medium: glazed stoneware Size: 5.4 x 5.9 x 5.8 cm Seal on the piece: Seiji 青児 Date: Shōwa Period, late 1980s Condition: Excellent...

A sake cups bearing character Wild Boar by the famous Bizen potter Fujiwara Kazu 藤原和 (b. 1958). Simply titled Wild Boar (Inoshishi 亥), the piece is the epitome of Bizen pieces. It is ash glazed stoneware, 2.9 x 9 cm in size and in perfect condition, without any cracks and repairs, and with only minor imperfections from firing. Comes in original signed box and potter-sealed wrapping cloth. Piece is signed with the stylized character Kazu (和)...

An early work by the important Shino potter Katō Yasukage XIV 14 代加藤康景 (1964-2012), made as Katō Masaharu 加藤正治, a name he used before ascending to a family name in 2001. A twelve petal chrysanthemum is depicted on the lid. Titled Shino Incense Container (Shino kōgō 志野香合), it is made of glazed stoneware, and is 3.4 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm. An illegible signature is on the bottom of the piece that dates to Heisei Period, mid 1990s...

A gohonte plate depicting an umbrella and two maple leaves by famous Kyoto potter Imai Masayuki 今井政之 (1930-2023). He was a versatile potter, excelling in numerous techniques, including colored clay, shino and gohonte. Spots, called gohonte, randomly appear during firing as part of a chemical reaction between the glaze and the heat. Title: Spotted Plate with Painting of an Umbrella (Gohonte kasanozu sara 御本手傘之図皿) Stoneware with underglazed cobalt decoration, 3.3 cm...

Whimsical piece by the important Seto potter, Suzuki Norifumi 鈴木紀文 (1940-2006). Title: Zodiac Vase (Kanshi kabin 干支花瓶) Medium: glazed stoneware Size: 7.3 x 14.4 x 7.8 cm Signature on the piece: Nori 紀 Date: Heisei Period, made in late 1994 for upcoming year of the wild boar (1995) Condition: Excellent. Minor imperfections from firing. Excess drips of glaze on the bottom ground by potter. Comes in the original signed accompanying box (tomobako), and artist se...

Mint and Oni-Hagi masterpiece chawan with notched foot by star potter Seigan Yamane. This extraordinary tea bowl is covered by wonderful different shades of creamy beige on brown pottery. In my opinion it is the one of the most aesthetic chawans that he made. The seal of the artist is stamped on the bottom.

Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987. And then, he started his own pottery in 1992 and has ever been awarded a lot of prizes for his great work.