All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1385083 (stock #316)
A black cloak is draped from the shoulders of this mysterious character lurking in the shadows of the tea room by legendary potter Kato Yasukage XIV enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seto-guro Chawan. The black Matte over much of the surface, trails off near the base, revealing a startlingly white clay. The contrast is both abrupt and challenging, creating a tension most welcome on an otherwise subtle work...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1384366 (stock #314)
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...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1384308 (stock #313)
An incredible mixture of colors glisten like the walls of a Limestone cave in the hills of Akiyoshidai, the karst regtion south of Hagi where the important artist Kaneta Masanao created this bowl, enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The style is Kurinuki, not formed on a wheel but cut and worked from a block of clay, an approach the artist is famous for. The coloration is unusual, a dramatic leap from his usual subdued lavenders and whites...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1970 item #1384198 (stock #0433)

Wonderful and perfectly balanced Aka Raku Chawan by one of the best contemporary Raku artists, the 7th. Kawasaki Waraku (1936 - ). It was made 50 years ago.

The tea bowl is in mint condition and it bears the seal of the artist on the bottom.

This stunning Chawan comes with its originally signed and sealed wooden box.

Size: 8,8 cm height x 11,5 cm in diameter.

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All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1980 item #1384197 (stock #0432)

Wonderful Kuro Raku Chawan by one of the best Raku artists of the 20th century, Choko Heian. This tea bowl was made 40 years ago and it is in mint condition.

The seal of the potter is stamped on the bottom. The original wooden box with the signature of the potter is also included.

Size: 9 cm height x 12,2 cm in diameter.

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All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1383853 (stock #TRC18591)
Made from ferrous rich Bizen clay covered in an ashen feldspar glaze, this non-conventional Shino tea bowl is a variety known as “Beni” or crimson red. Distinctively modern yet emanating a primal vitality, the form harkens back to the very origins of ceramic exploration in Japan. The influence of Momoyama potters and greats such as Koetsu can be seen in the dynamic edges of the clay body...
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 : Bowls : Contemporary item #1382761 (stock ##4289)
Large Oribe style teabowl with spatula applied slip decoration under a deep, rich glaze from my most recent firing.

Stoneware, slip and glaze

5.25" x 4.25"

Decorative, functional and food safe

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1382388 (stock #297)
This is everything we could hope for in a bowl by this esteemed artist, Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in th original signed wooden box. A superb organic form , dark and murky ash gray covered in soft white glaze. The contrast is both abrupt and challenging, creating a tension most welcome on an otherwise subtle work...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1381011 (stock #1232)
A Yuteki Tenmoku chawan in sumtous colors, dark blues within, midnight drizzling to sunrise pinks and sunset oranges on the side by Kimura Moriyasu enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 4-1/2 inches (11.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Kimura Moriyasu (b. 1935) studied pottery initially at the Kyoto Ceramics Research Facility (which turned out such masters as Hamada Shoji and Kawai Kanjiro) and then under his brother Kimura Morikazu...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1380769 (stock #290)
Amazing work by Ikeda Shogo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kohiki Haso-e Chawan. A Yuri-gata (Lily Flower Form) with superd painting techniques of Lotus, Swan , Fish and very unusual for this artist is the carving on the bottom and the tall kodai base . An excellent example of this great artists work...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1380600 (stock #0428)

Mint Oni-Hagi masterpiece chawan with notched foot by star potter Seigan Yamane. This extraordinary tea bowl is covered by wonderful different shades of green and purple glaze 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. We have a similar chawan with orange-red glaze - same price.

Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1380458 (stock #288)
Mottled clay in lively blends colors on this Nerikomi tea bowl by Living National Treasure Matsui Kosei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Neriage Shoretsu Tsutsu Chawan.
Size, D 9.8 cm H 7.9 cm
Condition, Excellent
Matsui was born in 1927, beginning his ceramic studies in 1946. In 1957, he became a priest at the Getsusoji Temple, where in 1960 he built a kiln so he could research traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean ceramics...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1980 item #1379217 (stock #0426)

Kuro-Raku Chawan by the 14th generation Kakunyu Kichizaemon (1918-1980) enclosed in its originally signed and sealed wooden box. The inside of the lid bears an appraisal of the the 13th Iemoto (tea master) of Omotesenke, Sokuchusai (1901-1979)...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1377687 (stock #276)
A superb sense of design to be expected of this natural ash-glazed chawan by Living National Treasure Shimaoka Tatsuzo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Yohen Zogan Jomon Wan.A bowl the mastercraftsman would have been proud of.
A museum quality chawan,one of the best I ever seen !!!
Size, D 13.1 cm H 18.3 cm
Condition, Excellent, enclosed in a double wood box.
Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007) attended the Tokyo Industrial School Ceramics department before ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1377685 (stock #275)
A deep bowl covered in blue salt glaze by Living National Treasure Hamada Shoji enclosed in a box annotated by his son Shinsaku and titled Shio-yu Dohimo Chawan,Shoji-saku.(Do means the midriff, and himo is a line or chord). The shape is very much in the Mashiko tradition,it is thick and heavy, with a stout character standing firm and proud on a stable ring. It is a superb example of work by this most sought artist.
Size, D 12.1 cm H 10.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Hamada S...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1376336 (stock #268)
Extremely rare tea bowl rests on a sturdy three part kodai by the highly sought Udagawa Hosei (1946-1993) enclosed in the original wooden box titled simply Hagi Chawan.The lack of pretense in the title does not match the superlative nature of the bowl.All to the senses, the texture is a pleasure against the thick white over bottomless black and shjades of lavender dust.It is all we could hope for in a Chawan by this important artist that his works rarely comes to market.
Size, D 13.6 cm...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1375206 (stock #263)
An amazing plethora of Yohen kiln effects with thick white Shino glaze by Matsuzaki Ken enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Haikabu Yohen Shino-Chawan. A sumptuous work exploiting the best of Matsuzaki Ken pottery has to offer.
Size, D 12.2 cm H 10.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Matsuzaki Ken was born in Tokyo in 1950, and grew up in that dynamic post war era where tradition and modernity were at constant loggerheads. He graduated Tamagawa University in 1972, ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1374997 (stock #0419)

Lavender clouds, rain on a foggy morning, snowy mountain landscapes, this is what comes to your mind when you look on this superb pale kurinuki Hagi tea bowl, made by Master and potter legend Kaneta Masanao, enclosed in the original signed wooden box.

Kurinuki is a technique carving and scooping out forms from a solid block of clay to produce boldly-cut forms, an approach the artist is famous for. Kaneta Masanao is an 8th generation Hagi potter. He likely needs no introduction, cert...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1374941 (stock #259)
An unprecedented work in this family sized Sake Cup by Hayashi Shotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box title Riku Ao Nezumi Shino Wari-kodai Hai.This is a voluminous Guinomi form the artist new collection (2017),covered in thick shino glaze with wari kodai foot, Pink, White, Blue,Moss Green,Russet iron and everything in between can be seen in this amazing onslaught of color.
Size, D 10.1 cm H 8.9 cm
Condition, Excellent
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of the b...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1374918 (stock #258)
Like a curtain from the five lobed rim of this exquisitely formed Chawan by legendary artist Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Beikoku-te (American Style) Hikidashi-guro Chawan. Thick pale grey covers the perfect white with splashes and dripping black glaze. This is a superlative work by the artist, and one I am very proud to be able to offer.
Size, D 13.4 cm H 9.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Born in Tokoname, 1938, Koie Ryoji graduated the Tokon...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1374622 (stock #257)
Kohiki is simple elegance, one of the styles most befitting the humble confines of the tea room, and its ghostly white glows softly like the moon in the shadows. This sublime example by Tsujimura Shiro once again shows his mastery of the craft and expresses an inner confidence and yet unassuming nature of the artist himself, one who has mastered the tenets of the Way of Tea. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kohiki Chawan.
Size, D 15.1 cm H 8.9 cm
Con...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1374621 (stock #256)
A simple white form by Yoshikawa Masamichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box, simply titled Wan (bowl). However, like the traditional Japanese robe which was decorated on the inside, this bowl holds a surprise for the holder in erratic blue graffiti on the bottom. This is a characteristic of this artist’s work, and this bowl is a fine example.
Size, D 14.1 x 15.2 cm H 7.9 cm
Condition, Excellent
Yoshikawa Masamichi was born in Kanagawa in 1946, and graduate...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 2000 item #1374475 (stock #0415)

The great artist Choraku III made a lot of fantastic chawans - for me this is SURELY HIS BEST: a mysterious Aka Raku Chawan with Buddhist symbols in white slip, which are drawn on the outside of the bowl, slightly deformed and perfectly balanced, definitely one of a kind!

With every turn of the bowl, a new face is shown, offering many opportunities for contemplative experiences. As with many red Choraku tea bowls, the light white over glaze gives a misty and almost ghostly feeling ...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1373782 (stock #0413)

This magnificent chawan is a perfect embodiment of the Oribe tradition of Japanese pottery by legendary master and modern avangarde artist Suzuki Goro, mint condition and enclosed in its original signed wood box.

He surely needs no introduction. Suzuki is one of those once in 500 years' type of artists. Suzuki Goro is a potter who goes beyond that usual appellation. He has developed his own way of expressing himself through ceramics, basing his work on traditional styles from the M...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1373671 (stock #251)
A Beautiful wide and low porcelain chawan covers in deep rice blue clay by Kimura Yoshihiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hekiyu Chawan.
Size, D 16.4 cm H 6.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Born in 1946, after more than a year of travelling around the world , he built his kiln in Hiroshima and began his pottery career. Eschewing the world of public Exhibition, Yoshihiro has concentrated on private venues and museums. His list of exhibitions both within J...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1373395 (stock #249)
A Spectacular Kakurezaki Ryuichi Black Bizen Chaire with 2 lids covered in rivulets of flowing ash. It is breathtaking, and I am already jealous of the lucky soul who will get to keep it. 
Size, D 7.4 cm   H 11.5  cm  
Condition, Excellent 
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The unique Harada Shuroku Chaire,has a dramatic effect the path of flame in the kiln,raw earth studded with inclusions burnt red,showing the extreme temperature with which it was fired.
  This is a t...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1373233 (stock #248)
A stellar large tea bowl covered in rich Oribe green by Tsukamoto Haruhiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Chawan. It has a very organic feel, both from the texture and the cutted sides with various thicknesses of green glass, like water running over a stone surface.  This is a great opportunity to acquire a very special piece by this artist. 
Size, D 13.8 x 14.9 cm   H 9.4  cm  
Condition, Excellent 
Tsukamoto Haruhiko was born in Toki city, Gi...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1373061 (stock #246)
An incredible organic shape by Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Bizen-Chawan.  The tea bowl looks as if it were sculpted with the fire, perhaps poured molten out of the flames and solidified naturally into this form.  About it clings a thick palet of ash, like lichen on a stone glistening under the melted frost.  Folds in the clay and flaws under the heavy ash deposit create tension and explore themes of nature and age and a powerful order beyond hu...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1372530 (stock #244)
Here we have anoter superb large tea bowl in green glaze and iron splashes over sandy white clay by Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Chawan. An excellent example of contemporary clay, glaze, tradition, form, function, past and future. A simply stunning work by the master of tea bowls.  
Size, D 13.4 cm   H 10.1  cm  
Condition, Excellent 
Born in Tokoname, 1938, Koie Ryoji graduated the Tokoname industrial school and moved on to work ...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1372419 (stock #243)
An iconic work in ivory colored covers this tea bowl which comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Zoge-ji Chawan and date 2015.  Up from the base drive two fingers of dark gray clay, 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. This is a great opportunity to acquire a very special piece by this artist.
Size, D 13.2 cm   H  9.4 cm  
Condition, Excellent 
Wak...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1372211 (stock #240)
A fantastic Tea Bowl by rising star Furutani Kazuya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Chawan. Ash-glaze blasted with fire color of foggy green and yellow shizen yu glaze, shell props on the side, allowing us a view into the firing as it lay on its side in the kiln, the molten ash building up on the opposite side and following gravity down in streams. A sumptuous work exploiting the best Shigaraki pottery has to offer.
Size, D 11.4 x 12.3 cm   H 9.6  cm  
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1371916 (stock #TRC18617)
One of the more innovative and international minded ceramicists on the Japanese pottery scene, Ryoji Koie’s interests and expertise cannot be confined to one narrow genre—as he often integrates non-traditional methods and materials. Born in the town of Tokonmae in 1938, from a young age he studied potting—a staple of the local economy—and later went on to do independent research, open his own kiln, travel widely participating in international conferences and workshops, and finally to bec...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 2000 item #1371423 (stock #KHAR#1)
Large Aka-raku style chawan with excellent modeling and spatula work with a perfect, small kodai on which the bowl balances giving it a wonderful lift upward. Measuring in at 13.5 x 9.5 centimeters, this chawan has an exceptional posture and balance, feeling great in the hand and appearing larger than the dimensions would indicate. The surface has a wonderful complexity to it, like mist on a pond with the color coming out to greet the viewer with rich, dark black carburized spots punctuating the...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Contemporary item #1371389 (stock #TRC1836)
Ripples of light and dark pigmentation flowing on a background of sky-blue glaze—the description on the box reads 萩孔雀 (Hagi kujyaku) translating as “peacock Hagi” in English. With a distinctive wari-kodai (segmented foot) and unique glaze emulating the vibrant plumage of the notoriously flamboyant bird, this piece leaves a lasting impression.

Born in the illustrious potting town of Hagi, Yamane began his potter’s journey at the age of 35. Unlike many ceramicists who b...
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. This is a superlative work by the artist, and one I am very proud to be able to offer.    
Size, D 11.8 x 17.5 cm   H 9.8  cm  
Condition, Excellent