A spectacular faceted Oribe tea bowl decorated with an ascending dragon roiling over the surface by Yamaguchi Makoto enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Ryu Chawan. The Ryu (dragon) are the most popular pieces today by this artist selling out within hours, and in this particular chawan is easy to understand why...

Form and void are everything with Wada Akira, and this piece is a fine example of that idea. Akira uses no decoration, no overt gestures to get our attention, but relies on simplicity and elegant shapes covered in his pure white glazes. This comes in the original signed wooden box titled Chawan Dai No Dai and date to 2020.
Size, D 12.2cm H 10.9cm
Condition, Excellent
Wada Akira b.1978,has become certainly one of the most well known names for his mastery in Hakuji glaze...

Manga make a play on the traditional Oribe orange base-glaze ( Narumi)in this fantastic tea bowl by one of the most popular ceramic artist in Japan today Fukami Fuminori enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Narumi Manga Oribe Chawan.
Size, D 13.2 cm H 8.9 cm
Condition, Excellent
Fukami Fuminori is a potter and an illustrator, and a rising star...

Here is another spectacular large Katakuchi and Guinomi in blue white and red from his "Urushi" series. The sake set comes enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes and dating to 2020. Full of the world today, contemporary, breathing, alive.
Size,Katakuchi D 19.1 cm H 9.8 cm
Size,Guinomi D 9.4 cm H 7.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Ujiie Kodai, a rising star in the word of pottery, was born in Sendai in 1990...

A rock textured Kurinuki tokkuri compliments this guinomi selected to match by Inayoshi Osamu enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The Tokkuri is 5 inches (12 cm) tall, the Guinomi 2-3/4 inches (7 cm) diameter and both are in perfect condition, enclosed in the original wooden box from the artist this summer.
Inayoshi Osamu was born in Aichi prefecture, the heart of Mino country, in 1976...

Grasses grow on the sides of this Tokkuri and accompanying Guinomi by Karatsu legend Maruta Munehiko, each piece enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The E-Karatsu Tokkuri is 11 cm (4-1/4 inches) tall. The E-Karatsu Guinomi is 7 cm (2-3/4 inches) diameter, 6 cm (2-1/2 inches) tall. Both are in excellent condition.
Maruta Munehiko was born the second son of Maruta Masami in Saga prefecture in 1961...

From a well-known series entitled “Chōtō” (Listening to the Waves) this contoured vase features a sandy glaze that the sculptor claims is an expression of the features of the landscape where he grew up.

Born in the port city of Shimoda, Sakiyama studied art in Osaka and then later went on to open his own kiln that he named “Hidaka” (High Sun)...

A flagrant barrage of color gets in your face with this futuristic vessel by Yanagihara Mutsuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Saimon Kabin (Colored Vase). Over the crackled sunshine yellow gleams platinum on lightning strikes of red, completely juxtaposed to the cool blue of the interior. Very much an iconic work by this eclectic artist. It is 17.5 cm (7 inches) diameter, 15 cm (6 inches) tall and in perfect condition...

Here is a classic Abe Anjin Tokkuri proved his mastery of traditional form with this superb rendition of Momoyama style firing. Dark and awe inspiring, it shows to dramatic effect the path of flame in the kiln through the streaks of crusted ash and hi-iro on the sides interspersed with Shiso-iro gray-purple clay...

Glaze Bidoro sweep upwards toward one red eye on this amazing tsubo by Yukuyoshi Manabe enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Yohen Tsubo. It is 11 inches (28 cm) diameter, 10-1/4 inches (26 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Yukuyoshi Manabu was born in Kagatonishi near the heart of Bizen country in 1941. After working in Osaka as a young man, he returned to Bizen to assist the family building supply company...

A very rare Tokumura Kyoko sake set, the Katakuchi was made on request especially for us last mount. It comes enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled Hakuji Ryuhimon (White Dragon-skin) Katakuchi and Guinomi respectively and dating to 2020. Her spiky lances and unfurling fronds forming are fantastical. The artist begins with slabs of clay and then constructs them to create work rooted in existential explorations...

A Spectacular Bizen Tsubo dripping with ash glaze by Yukuyoshi Manabu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Yohen Tsubo (Kiln altered). The rim is covered in built up black ash, which grows more liquid as it enters the burning embers on the side, and is blasted around in rivulets to the back where it has created two shadows of raw earth where another pot was in close proximity...

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Size, D 12.2 cm H 10.6 cm
Condition, Excellent

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 ...

Lavender clouds like rain threatening on a foggy landscape form on the surface of this cool Sake set by Kaneta Masanao enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Hagi Haku-yu Yohen Kurinuki Chuki and Hagi Kurinuki Guinomi. The white glazing has altered to soft lavender in the firing process, creating a feeling of opulence over the organic vessel. Kurinuki is the style of digging the work out of the clay rather than forming the clay on a wheel and has been a signature of this artists wor...

A spectacular Oribe Tsubo covered in thick emerald glaze by Yamaguchi Makoto enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Kaki and date to 2019. The undulating rim calls to mind ancient firing traditions, the intense heat of the kiln warping the forms as they turn near molten. Shinshoku wares like this piece, was eroded through natural processes during firing but not destroyed the work, are highly priced for their beauty that is "imperfect.
Size, D 32.3 cm H 27.4 cm
Conditio...

A striking sake set by Sawada Hayato enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes and date to 2020. We see the gamut of this artists work, unique design, form, the sharp lines, colors and texure. An excellent example of this popular artists.
Size,Guinomi D 6.7 cm H 8.4 cm
Size,Tokkuri D 6.8 cm H 16.4 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 Japa...

Cloaked in a black textured surface with impressed, inlay decoration of stark and contrasting white across the surface of this bottle form Vase by Kondo Yutaka enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ko-hana bin (Small Flowers Bottle). Prototypical example of this artists most sought-after style and form.
Size, D 21.8 cm H 29.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kondo Yutaka (1932-1983) was born into a traditional pottery family in Kyoto. He studied under Living National Treasur...