Encrusted in blue glass, this Iga Tokkuri by Furutani Kazuya is a pleasure to see and hold. It is 5 inches (12. Cm) tall, 3 inches (8.5 cm) diameter and in perfect condition, enclosed in the original signed wooden box.
Kazuya (b. 1976) is one of Japan’s most promising young stars. He graduated the Yamaguchi College of Art in 1997, and spent a year at the ceramics research facility in Kyoto before returning to work under his father, Furutani Michio, in Shigaraki...

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!

Mizusashi, Fresh Water Jar used in Chanoyu, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Wood fired with Shino Glaze, ca. 2009. H. 5.75"(14.5cm) x Dia. 8"(20.25cm.) Mouth opening 4.125"(10.5cm.) Volume = 88oz (2,750cc.) 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...

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...

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

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".

Lush wasp jar with my Ao glaze over hakeme slip with stinger style lid knob

Stoneware, slip and glazes

8.8" X 6.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Like some giant medieval Lug, this solid form displays strength of purpose and somehow a devotion to all those Mizuashi that came before it; by Harada Shuroku and comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled very simply Bizen Mizusashi. 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...

Large, saffron, iron yellow covered jar with pierced ring knob with a banded, kushime decoration of slip under the glaze.

Stoneware, slips and glazes

13" x 9"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A dramatic work by Ikeda Shogo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Tsubo. If you get tired of looking at it, just turn the vase 30 degrees for an entirely new vantage. A vase which would be hard to grow tired of....

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"

A charred Ash Glazed Mizusashi water container by Kumano Kurouemon enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Glaze is crisp but grows quite liquid as it drips down the molten form. On the side in bold strokes is written "Sonomamani", or "Just as it is".
A ceramic madman, oil painter and recluse, Kuroemon is as eccentric as his pottery predicts...

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

A very unusual Sake Set by Hamada Shoji enclosed in a wooden box annotated by his son Hamada Shinsaku and titled Namako-yu Shuki (Synallactida-glaze Sake Set). Although the shape is certainly among this famous artist’s repertoire, the combination of rust colored browns on black with Mediterranean blueis quite striking...

Elegant cap jar glazed in my temmoku with a runny iron tetsu partridge feather glaze. This cap jar resembles some Tamba and karatsu works and has a rich variety of iron, green and grey-black tones to the runny overglaze.

Stoneware and glazes

10.5" x 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Thick ash covers the squat form of this exquisite traditionally shaped tsubo by Sugimoto Sadamitsu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Tsubo. It is amorphic, clothed in such a thickness of ash and coal that it appears to have formed that way over a millennia. Like some cave formation millions of years old. It shows the true mastery of Sadamitsu over kiln placement and firing technique...

A beautiful and elegant pure white porcelain by challenging female artist Takahashi Nami enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled Minoru (Bear Fruit). The lines and mouths of the slip-cast vessels are modified manually, making each form unique. The uniformly white bodies show a myriad of different faces depending on the viewing angle and the shadows cast by surface shapes, contributing to the unique appeal of her work...

Saturn rings inspired covered jar with amber ameyu glaze and rich gosu cobalt blue decoration.

Stoneware

7.5" X 7.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe!