Vase with lug handles and hanging stick, white Shino glaze. By Sachiko Furuya, Honolulu, HI. H. 8.75"(22.25cm) x Dia. 4.5"(11.5cm.) Length of bamboo handle is 22"(56cm) and may need removal if item is shipped.
Sachiko Furuya hails from Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. There, she studied pottery with Yukio Matsuura, making primarily tea wares for practitioners of the Omotesenke School of Tea...
Large, totemic Shigaraki vase by veteran master craftsman, Tani Seiuemon I. This impressive and well fired Shigaraki hanaire was thrown in two sections and joined to create the vase and foot of this pot made out of wonderful kinose clay from the region.
This vase measures 12.75" x 5" and is in perfect, original condition with tea cloth and original signed box.
Large Oribe style covered jar with kushime slip decoration and ring knob lid.
Stoneware, slip and glazes
13" x 7"
Generous Oribe style covered jar with impressed decoration around the body of the pot. Please note, the lid was fired on a wad that was later ground off resulting in the area you see on the bottom of the lid, it is not sharp and smooth to the touch.
Stoneware and glazes
9.25" x 7.5"
Generous stoneware yunomi with combed fence pattern, kushime decoration under a rich Oribe glaze.
Stoneware and glazes
4" x 3.75"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Large iron yellow glazed teabowl with heavily textured sudare-zu surface. The chawan is ovoid in form and the foot was hand cut to compliment the form.
Stoneware and glazes
6.25" x 5.5" x 3.5"
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".
Lyrical Toruko-ao Persian style chawan with underglaze decoration of birds and flora around the outside of the bowl with a gold decorated lip and clear glazed interior. This chawan was made by Koizumi Zoho at his family kiln which he claims to go back over 650 years. It is a nice Persian bowl with a Kyoto-yaki style feel to it.
This chawan measures5.5" x 2.75" and comes complete with its original signed box...
Zenga style conical summer teabowl with a attractive Jun glaze over stoneware with calligraphy on the exterior of the bowl; SEI DAI JI and then in a column, DAI Chawan (great chawan). This chawan was made at the Seidaiji temple and is reminiscent of earlier Chinese temmoku and yuteki chawan in form with a Jun glaze that has a visually soft and appealing appearance.
This chawan is stamped as well as signed and is in fine condition with out a box and measures 5.5" x 2.5".
Large kaku-gata squared teabowl form with a tetsu-yu over a temmoku glaze. The form and foot are both cut square to compliment each other.
Stoneware and glazes
This teabowl measures 4.75 across the face, 6" diagonally and 3.8" tall
Functional, decorative and food safe
Kaku-gata, squared teabowl form with combed kushime slip decoration and haiyu and temmoku glazes over. The small, pedestal foot is cut square to compliment the form.
Stoneware, slip and glazes
This teabowl measures 4.75 across the face, 5.75" diagonally and 4" tall
Functional, decorative and food safe
Wangata style stoneware neiage teabowl with looping "slinga" pattern with a alkaline clear and my saffron glaze over. The bowl sits on a pedestal style notched foot.
Stoneware and glazes
5.25" x 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Broad, high walled teabowl glazed in temmoku with panels of my saffron and tetsu-yu glazes all over hakeme slip
Stoneware, slip and glazes
5.6" X 4.2"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Elegant Shino lugged vase by veteran potter, Ando Hidetake (b. 1938). Thrown and then paddled ovoid, this simple tea ceremony vase was made of Mino mogusa clay and once stiff, the foot was hand carved to produce a fitting oval foot to compliment the form. There are wispy traces of iron under the crisp white Shino glaze meant to insinuate grasses and stemmed flowers in an ethereal Momoyama ink painting inspired manner...
Double gourd form tokkuri, bottle with rich temmoku and tetsu-yu glazes. The foot is glazed and the remains of wad impressions are present on the foot, but smooth to the touch.
Stoneware and glazes
7.25" x 4.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Wood-fired Buddha Seated in Prayer Sculpture by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. H.6.625"(16.75cm) x W.7.25"(18.5cm) x D.4"(10cm.)
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...
Wood-fired Plate, Shino & Ash Glazes, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. H.2.375"(6cm) x Dia.14"(35.5cm.)
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...
Wood-fired plate by George Gledhill; Payette, ID.
Ash glaze, H.2.5"(6.25cm) x Dia.11.375"(29cm.)
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...
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...
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...
Wood-fired Tea Bowl by George Gledhill; Payette, ID.
H.3"(7.5cm) x Dia.4.75"(12cm.) Shino & Ash glaze.
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...
Wood-fired Tea Bowl by George Gledhill; Payette, ID.
H.3.125"(8cm) x Dia.4.25"(11cm.) Shino glaze.
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...
Wood-fired Tea Bowl by George Gledhill; Payette, ID.
H.2.75"(7cm) x Dia.5"(12.5cm.) Shino, iron glaze.
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. Their introduction to the world of Tea Ceremony has helped to...
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
Saffron hakeme yellow iron glazed double gourd bottle vase with subtle raked slip under the glaze
Stoneware, slip and glazes
9.75" x 5.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Charcol fired, yakishime tsubo with "hana", flower designs incised on the pot by Otani (Yano) Shin-ichi
27 x 24cm
In perfect condition with original signed box and stamped cloth
Large, robust E-Shino chawan with painted underglaze iron landscape by (Shino) Yaichiro. Prominently signed; YA. Wonderful, velvety Shino glaze surface.
13.7 x 9cm
Perfect condition, NO BOX. Appears to by unused.
High sided teabowl with excised chatter design inlaid in a dark contrasting slip under an iron yellow saffron glaze
Stoneware, slips and glazes
5.25" x 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Broad, formal style teabowl with TOL, tree of life design under a saffron iron yellow glaze
Stoneware, slips and glazes
5.5" x 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Large temmoku and medieval green wall bowl with a spirali e tagli pattern design across the face of the bowl. There are areas of oilspoting and other affects across the surface. This piece is made so that you have the option to hand it on the wall.
Stoneware and glazes
14.75" x 2.75"
Functional, decorative and food safe
I apologize for the poor pictures, I am a potter, not a photographer and the size and contrast made it difficult to photograph.
Large temmoku and medieval green wall bowl with a weave pattern design across the face of the bowl. There are areas of oilspoting and other affects across the surface. This piece is made so that you have the option to hang it on the wall.
Stoneware and glazes
14.5" x 2.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
I apologize for the poor pictures, I am a potter, not a photographer and the size and contrast made it difficult to photograph.
Rotund temmoku bottle, vase or tokkuri with a carved "grasses" design around the form
Stoneware and glaze
6.5" x 6"
Functional, decorative and food safe
High walled porcelain teabowl with "cogito" underglaze black and red decoration and sgraffito under a clear glaze
Porcelain, underglazes and clear glaze
4.7" x 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Pedestal style lobed and stamped teabowl with temmoku glaze (the glaze appears more like an amber glaze as it is on porcelain)
Porcelain and glaze
5.5" x 3.85"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Ido-gata Hagi chawan made to resemble a katakuchi pouring vessel. Glazed in a milky, creamy pink to beige tinged Hagi glaze, this chawan has a “ceremonial” spout applied, harkening back to the early days of chanoyu when found objects played the essential role in the ceremony. This form is common in Hagi-yaki and was made by a number of the veteran Hagi potters, including Hatano Shigetsu.
This kata-kuchi chawan was made by Hatano Shigetsu, a veteran potter in Hagi and was most likely ma...
Large oviod teabowl in Oribe style with medieval green glaze over hakeme slip decoration
Stoneware, slip and glazes
5.8" x 4.75" x 4.2"
Functional, decorative and food safe
