Tall covered jar with thick combed slip decoration under my gosu style Ao+glaze.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13" x 5.6"

Wood-fire jar, tsubo, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Ash Glaze. H.9.5"(24cm) x Dia.9.5"(24cm.) Lug handles on shoulders in style of "chatsubo," tea leaf storage jar. 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...

Tall cap jar decorated with repeated hiragana design in the rozome technique

Stoneware, slips, glazes

12" X 6.6"

Volumous temmoku covered jar with three rings around the circumference of the piece with impressed stamp decoration. Picture #5 shows the actual color and quality of the glaze very well

Stoneware and glaze

10.5" X 8.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Lidded storage jar with ameyu, amber glaze and a copper luster rain pattern

Stoneware and glazes

11" X 8"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Medieval influenced cap jar with a rich galena style glaze over a medallion repeat design. Though galena influenced, this is a lead free glaze!

Stoneware and glazes

8.5" X 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

MOON JAR S

Contemporary white porcelain jar by Lee Yong-soon (b.1957, Korea), with his unique interpretation for the ancient jars of the Joseon dynasty, approx. D 17 x H 17cm (6.69 x 6.69in)...

Saffron hakeme yellow iron glazed wasp-waisted covered jar with subtle raked slip under the glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

12.25" x 7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Lg. tsubo, jar with wide flared lip glazed in medieval green and temmoku glazes over a tataki, paddled grid design around the shoulder

Stoneware and glazes

10.25" X 8.25"

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...

Rozome style covered jar with the repeated resist designs of the character, Mu. Mu means "nothingness" in Zen Buddhism, think of the possibilities for such a jar! The green overglaze is very reminiscent of Japanese Fujina style glazes and is very rich in person

Stoneware, slips and glazes

9" X 7.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe!

Three tier medieval green and temmoku glazed Pisa jar with stamped decoration around the form and alternating panels of glaze.

Stoneware and glazes

11.6" x 5"

Richly glazed cap jar with rozome ideogram style designs around the jar and on the lid. This glaze is very reminiscent of Old English or Fujina lead glazes without any lead!

Stoneware, slips and glazes

8" X 7"

Temmoku glazed cap jar with haiyu accents in the stamped decorations. There are two small areas on the foot ring where the glaze ran just a bit, see pictures

Stoneware and glazes

11.5" x 6.75

Ao glazed cap jar with "Orbis", rings design

Stoneware, slips and glazes

8.25" X 8.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Dohei Fujinoki is one of the most popular artist in contemporary KARATSU pottery scene. Initially he aimed a western painter and then,when he met an old KARATSU pottery piece he had been fascinated. He has studied at Karatsu and also MIno. And while, he has studied in tea ceremony. His repertoires are goods for tea ceremony, sake cup, and tableware for Japanese cuisine. This piece is created with chosen-karatsu (black&white)x marked as jar for tea ceremony. It's a very refined piece a...

Large hakeme (hakame) decorated covered jar with a medieval green splash on the front, back and lid

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13.5" X 7.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Traditional Japanese art tends to be timeless and inspiring in form, however, occasionally lacking in diversity and innovation. That is why artists who can incorporate centuries of experiential knowledge and technique into producing new and interesting forms are oh so valued...

Large and broad pillar form covered jar with hakeme decoration under a clear glaze and zen inspired splashes of rich Ao blue glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

12" X 8.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Medieval green glazed cap jar with impressed stamp designs around the lobed body

Stoneware and glazes

7.75" X 6.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

First born son to Living National Treasure Isezaki Jun, Koichiro (b. 1974) has quickly made a name for himself as an independent artist. Not content to rely solely on family reputation, he has set off on his own path, making innovations in clay and also in the ideas and principles surrounding his craft...

Large Oribe style covered jar with kushime slip decoration and ring knob lid.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13" x 7"

MOON JAR M

Contemporary white porcelain jar by Lee Yong-soon (b.1957, Korea), with his unique interpretation for the ancient jars of the Joseon dynasty, approx. D 20.5 x H 18.5cm (8.07 x 7.28in)...

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...

Robust covered cap jar in a deep temmoku glaze with a band of my medieval green over a kushime combed slip decoration

Stoneware, slip and glazes

11.25" X 7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Interesting and decorative porcelain tsubo with underglaze blue, sometsuke and overglaze red yuriko decoration and gold accents.

This tsubo is in fine condition and does not have a box and the potter has not been identified. The piece measures 7.25" x 6.5".

Medieval green glazed hakeme slipware covered jar, or mizusashi with kamon diamonds at four points around the piece

Stoneware, slips and glazes

8.8" X 6.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Tall covered jar with thick combed slip decoration under an Oribe style glaze with iron flows about the surface.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13" x 6" max.

Large Oribe glazed tsubo with hakeme slip decoration and a broad, flared lip.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

11.5" x 8.5"

Mizusashi, Fresh Water Jar used in Chanoyu, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Wood & gas fired with Ash Glaze interior. H. 5.75"(14.5cm) x Dia. 7.5"(19cm.) Mouth opening 4.875"(12.5cm.) Volume = 64oz (2,000cc.) 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...

Ao glazed albarello influenced cap jar with vertical kushime combing decoration

Stoneware, slip and glazes

10.25" X 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Fissured Jar, Wood-Fired, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Natural Clay, & Natural Ash Glazing caused by 3 days of Wood-firing in the fire box of George's Anagama Kiln in 2005. A large fissure had occurred in firing which turned out to be a serendipitous accident. H. 15"(38cm) x Dia. 11.5"(29cm.) The beauty of this piece is dynamic in depicting the force of the kiln fire, yet still quiet in its naturalness. It is truly a one-of-kind piece that demonstrates the spirit of Zen...

Robust Oribe style covered jar with kushime slip decoration and angular knob. Though not necessarily intended as a mizusashi, it sits well next to a Shigaraki chawan in photo #6. ***I should also mention there is a fine crack where the knob meets the lid that is not sharp and does not effect the use and function of this piece.

Stoneware, slip and glaze

7.65 x 6.8"

Robust stamped capjar with an overall keyfret style design under an Ao glaze and the lid and foot in clear glaze accents

Stoneware and glazes

10.5" X 6.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Temmoku glazed covered cap jar with repeated impressed designs around the body of the full jar

Stoneware and glaze

10" X 7.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Wood-fired Jar, tsubo, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Ash glaze. H.8"(20cm) x Dia.8"(20cm.) 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. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares...