Introducing a Commemorative Takatori Tea Bowl, skillfully crafted by Takatori Hassen 13th (b. 1934) and used in the esteemed Tokugawa Art Museum Tea Ceremony of 1975...

A stunning white hagi glaze tinted with lavender cools on the sculpted natural from of this most expressive chawan by representative Hagi artist Kaneta Masanao enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is roughly 5 inches (13 cm) diameter, the same height and in perfect condition. Like Ryuichi, Masano likely needs no introduction, certainly one of Hagis most well known names, he has been displayed both nationally and internationally innumerable times...

Large iron and hakuji glazed chawan by Mashiko potter; Nishida Shinya. Boldly glazed chawan with vivid deep crimson and plum flashes running through the glaze all on a earth tone stoneware clay body.

This chawan is in perfect condition and measures 5.75" X 3" and comes complete with its signed box...

Here is a masterpiece by Wakao Toshisada, one of the great artists of the post-war era who helped to revive the Shino tradition (now one of the most popular Japanese forms) from extinction. An early masterpiece by the artist showing his abilities from inception, this bowl was selected for the cover of the exhibition invitation card in 1973 (card included). It is 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter, 9 cm (3-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition...

Sadamitsu Sugimoto, a great master of the ceramic art scene in Japan, was led by Tachibana Daiki the great Zen teacher and has been producing a lot of masterpieces through over 40 years .He has been studying the world of “wabi, sabi, and yugen” as his life's theme. *Tachibana Daiki is well known that former Arkansas Gov...

Fuyu Chawan, Winter Tea Bowl. Wood-fired with Shino Glaze. H.4.25"(10.75cm) x Dia.4.125"(10.5cm), Foot ring dia. 2.5"(5.75cm.) Used to drink matcha in the winter season, this deep bowl with straight sides retains the tea's heat and warms the hands. There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates...

Wide, open teabowl richly glazed in medieval green and Temmoku with a my vibrant "bloesem" (blossom) design

Stoneware, slip and glazes

6.25" X 2.8"

Functional, decorative and food safe

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...

A stylish chawan covered in fissured green celadon by Wakao Makoto enclosed in the original signed wooden box and exhibited at the 63rd Nihon Dento Kogeten in 2016. A major exhibition that traveled all over Japan: catalog included. Profound, like an empty blue sky, the form floats over the dark clay of the perfectly formed kodai base...

Bold large teabowl with carved shinogi grooves around the form glazed in my medieval green and temmoku glazes

Stoneware and glazes

6" X 3.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Porcelain shallow teabowl with medieval green and temmoku glazes with a bloesem design on a graceful conical form

Porcelain and glazes

6.5" X 3"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Mint Oni-Hagi masterpiece chawan with notched foot by star potter Seigan Yamane. This extraordinary tea bowl is covered by wonderful different shades of white and light green glaze. 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...

Presenting a Magnificent Oribe Chawan, expertly crafted by the esteemed Koie Ryoji (1938-2020).

Specifications:

Width: 15.9cm
Height: 10.5cm

Condition:
This exquisite piece is in excellent condition, a testament to the care and craftsmanship of the artist.

Comes complete with a signed wooden box, further attesting to its authenticity and value.

The name “Tobe-ware” first appeared in historical documents in the mid-18th century, though the tradition itself dates back well over 1,000 years. Within this style can be found an abundance of fine porcelain and celadon works as well as works painted with dark ferrous glazes—such as the piece featured here.

The creator of this fine work Sakai Yoshito (b. 1931) has been the main figure in maintaining the Tobe-ware tradition in modern times...

Wide wan-gata style teabowl with my Ao glaze over an etched trois voute design

Porcelain and glazes

5.75" X 4.35"

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...

Matcha Chawan, Tea Bowl, Shino glaze, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. H.3"(7.5cm) x Dia. 4.5"(11.5cm,) Footring is square in shape, 2.375"(6cm.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work...

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. Ives, Cornwall back in 19...