Bee hive shaped flower Vase by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. Shino and Bamboo Ash Glazes. Some serendipitous pink coloring has occurred due to smoking in the kiln. H. 6.375"(16.25cm) x Dia. 5.875"(15cm.) 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...

White porcelain cups ideal for sipping sake or whiskey, by Hanako Nakazato of Union, Maine and Karatsu, Japan. H. 2.25"(5.75cm) x Dia. 1.75"(4.5cm.) Hanako Nakazato is a 14th generation potter from Japan. The Nakazato family is a well-known pottery family in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, with the 12th generation Nakazato Taroemon being designated a National Living Treasure for Karatsu ceramics. Hanako moved to the US at age 16 to pursue her education...

Porcelain cups with blue-green glaze ideal for high-grade tea (gyokuro, sencha, oolong,) sake, or whiskey. White porcelain with a rich blue-green glaze Nakazato calls "peppermint." H. 2.875"(7.25cm) x Dia. 2.375"(6cm.) Hanako Nakazato is a 14th generation potter from Japan. The Nakazato family is a well-known pottery family in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, with the 12th generation Nakazato Taroemon being designated a National Living Treasure for Karatsu ceramics...

Shinogi (faceted) Guinomi (sake cup) in white porcelain, by Hanako Nakazato of Union, Maine and Karatsu, Japan. H. 1.75"(4.5cm) x Dia. 2.75"(7cm.) Hanako Nakazato is a 14th generation potter from Japan. The Nakazato family is a well-known pottery family in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, with the 12th generation Nakazato Taroemon being designated a National Living Treasure for Karatsu ceramics. Hanako moved to the US at age 16 to pursue her education...

White Porcelain Mug by Hanako Nakazato; Union, Maine & Karatsu, Japan. H. 3"(7.5cm) x Dia. 3.25"(8.5cm). The node around the shoulder led Nakazato to name this a "Bamboo Mug." It is well-balanced and light enough to not feel heavy when filled with a beverage and exhibits and elegantly thrown handle. Hanako Nakazato is a 14th generation potter from Japan...

Porcelain tea cups with blue/green ("peppermint") glaze by Hanako Nakazato of Union, Maine and Karatsu, Japan. The zig zag ribbing of the cup and the blue-green glaze led Nakazato to call this a "giza giza (zig zag) peppermint" cup. H. 3.125"(8cm) x Dia. 3.125"(8cm.) Wonderfully balanced and easy to hold. Hanako Nakazato is a 14th generation potter from Japan...

Shinogi (faceted) Dessert Bowls, White Porcelain, by Hanako Nakazato; Union, Maine & Karatsu, Japan. H. 2.625"(6.5cm) x Dia. 4"(10cm.) Hanako Nakazato is a 14th generation potter from Japan. The Nakazato family is a well-known pottery family in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, with the 12th generation Nakazato Taroemon being designated a National Living Treasure for Karatsu ceramics. Hanako moved to the US at age 16 to pursue her education...

This classic mizusashi has everything one could want from Karatsu; a timeless form, a perfect nuka surface and exceptional E-Garatsu style iron underglaze painting by a master potter and arguably the greatest living Karatsu artist...

Large and impressive take-no-zu style bamboo vase by Mino veteran and Oribe specialist; Sato Kazuji. Exceptional throwing, modeling and spatula work define this dynamic vase and what the photos fail to capture is the beautiful surface iridescence about the rich green Oribe glaze.

This vase measures 11.5" x 5" and is in perfect condition with the original signed box.

A tower of geometric in silver and red by Kawano Eichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The pebble textured surface and straight lines of the side are juxtaposed by the irregular and angular patterns of silver, like the outline of stones leading to a temple cast in shadow across the sides. The vase is 13 inches (33.5 cm) tall, 4 inches (10 cm) square and in fine condition.
Eichi was born in Osaka, 1943, and was raised in the post-war era of huge change. He studied in the p...

Ame-yu, amber glazed porcelain teabowl with carved design of fish around the form, "upriver" pattern.

Porcelain and glaze

5.15" x 3.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large Oribe style vase with sprigged, attached decoration of impressed devices around the body of the pot with large ring lugs and trumpet style neck.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

14.5" x 7.5"

Large oval teabowl with all over paddled texture and poured slip under a rich Oribe glaze.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

6" x 5.25" x 3.75'

Functional, decorative and food safe

A superb Uzukumaru tsubo by Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Shell marks, kutsuki, ash blasting. The piece is 7-3/4 inches (19.5 cm) tall, 6 inches (15.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Tsujimura Shiro was born in Nara in 1947, and began his steps into the art world as an oil painter. While living at a Buddhist temple he experienced a profound connection with a Korean Tea Bowl, and began potting. He is highly acclaimed and somewhat reclusive, avoidin...

White dots pattern the scalloped swirling form of this vase by Kitamura Junko enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The vase is 7-1/2 inches (19 cm) tall, 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Kitamura Junko learned under the tutelage of Suzuki Osamu and Kondo Yutaka of the influential Sodeisha. Like Mashiko artist Shimaoka Tatsuzo, her work is influenced by Jomon pottery, however her approach is very different. After impressing patterns into the clay with bam...

Large, noble exhibited lobed rinka bowl by internationally recognized celadon master; Uraguchi Masayuki. Please see illustration of this exact bowl in the exhibit catalogue.

Uraguchi is practically a household name when it comes to a plethora of celadon styles, he was fortunate to be the singular student of the late Ningen Kokuho, Miura Koheiji and his works are part Miura, part Okabe Mineo and yet entirely his own idiom. His creations of both classic traditionalism and architectonic sculp...

Large and very impressive yuteki oilspot tsubo by Kimura Yoshihiro, son of the legendary Kimura Morikazu and inheritor of the oil spot dynasty of his father and uncles; Moriyasu and Morinobu. This large tsubo is made in a classic, Chinese inspired form with a rich black background covered with oilspots from which silvery feathered tendrils trail down the surface of the pot. The application of the glaze, skillfully handled, creates a magnificent visage like looking at the stars in the sky only in...

Large temmoku and iron glazed teabowl creating a matsukawa, pine bark, effect diagonally around the teabowl. The chawan is ovoid in form and the foot was hand cut to compliment the form.

Stoneware and glazes

6" x 5.5" x 3.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe