Persian blue glazed sake cups, whiskey cups, tea cups with black and white slip decorations underneath

Terra cotta, slip and glaze

Left; 3.25" X 2.85" Right; 3" X 3.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Elegant Karatsu influenced bottle, vase or tokkuri glazed in temmoku and haiyu glazes with a very nice visual texture on the shoulder

Stoneware and glazes

9" X 4.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust high walled Toruko-ao Persian blue vellum teabowl over a suminagashi style neriage pattern

Porcelain and glaze

5.5" X 4.25"

Due to the vellum nature of this glaze, it is not recommended for daily use

Large iron and hakuji glazed chawan by Mashiko potter; Nishida Shinya. Boldly glazed chawan with vivid deep crimson and plum flashes running through the glaze all on a earth tone stoneware clay body.

This chawan is in perfect condition and measures 5.75" X 3" and comes complete with its signed box...

Kim Young Mi, Wood-Fired Unglazed Porcelain Two. Kim Young Mi subjects these pieces to eight wood-firings, until the ash from the firing has performed all of its organic magic on the surfaces of these living, breathing works of art, giving incomparable texture and color to her nature-loving forms. Kim Young Mi renews the pristine artistic intention of humanity...

Kim Young Mi, Wood-Fired Unglazed Porcelain One. Kim Young Mi subjects these pieces to eight wood-firings, until the ash from the firing has performed all of its organic magic on the surfaces of these living, breathing works of art, giving incomparable texture and color to her nature-loving forms. Kim Young Mi renews the pristine artistic intention of humanity...

Cylindrical vase with tapered mouth, decorated in a katazome influenced design of three bloesem panels under my Ao glaze

Stoneware, slips and glazes

9.6" X 5"

Ameyu glazed lobed serving bowl with rich mossy like copper effects in a trellis pattern

Stoneware, glaze and overglaze

8" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Graceful porcelain teabowl with a Persian vellum glaze over an iron "intersection" design reminiscent of 50's atomic age pottery

Porcelain, slip and glazes

4.75" X 4"

Because of the nature of this vellum glaze, it is not intended for daily use

Rich and elegant kannyu, crackled layer, seiji celadon by Furukawa Toshio. This chawan, very much in the style of Shimizu Uichi has a beautiful seiji glaze over a perfectly thrown iron clay body.

Furukawa Toshio (b. 1949) is well known for his celadon and copper red pottery and he has been widely exhibited and illustrated both in and outside of Japan.

This chawan measures 5.7" X 2.75" and is in perfect condition and comes with its original artist signed box.

Large, oburi style Shiro-Hagi chawan with notched wari-kodai and profuse crackling around the bowl. I have no idea who made this large chawan as I can not read the seal, partially covered with glaze.

The are a few small spots of glaze loss as can be seen in the pictures, but all in all, this is a very handsome and strong chawan that looks great on a shelf. No box.

5.5" x 4"

Broad, Chinese influenced conical chawan with red and green enamel floral and circular decoration. This chawan is an early piece by enamel and Oribe artist Kuroiwa Takumi. He is widely exhibited and published for his pottery.

This chawan is in excellent condition and does not come with a box.

5.7" X 2.75"

Pleasant crackle style chawan with Rimpa influenced design under and over the glaze. This chawan was made by veteran Kyoto native potter, Suzuki Soji who was a student of Tomimoto Kenkichi. Suzuki's chawan now days can cost 200,000 yen and more.

This chawan is in excellent condition and does not have a box.

4.6" X 3.2"

Elegant Hagi chawan with white to faint lavender ash glaze over slip and daido clay body. Classic turned foot, kodai with cut notch and impressed seal.

Though marked, I have been unable to read the seal and identify the potter. What I can say is this chawan is definitely post-war, circa 1960 -1970 and very much resembles the works of Sakakura Shinbei XII and Saka Koraizaemon XII from that time period.

This bowl measures 5" X 3.25" and is in great condition. No Box.

Rich Oribe serving piece, an Ogi-hachi, fan shaped tray for tea ceremony, kaiseki. This piece is made of stoneware and was made by veteran Oribe potter, Kato Sakusuke. His works are widely exhibited and published and his touch for making Oribe pottery is wonderful.

This piece is in great condition with its signed box and measures 12.5" by 9"

Rich Oribe square serving piece, with pierced and linen decoration for tea ceremony, kaiseki. This piece is made of stoneware and was made by veteran Oribe potter, Kato Sakusuke. His works are widely exhibited and published and his touch for making Oribe pottery is wonderful.

This piece is in great condition with its signed box and measures 7.5" by 3" at its widest

Wonderful Oribe set of iron decorated plates by veteran potter, Yamaguchi Jusetsu. Vivid green Oribe glaze and whispy iron decoration make this set very usable across a wide variety of uses including tea ceremony. Yamaguchi's works are widely exhibited and published in Japan and abroad.

These plates are all in great condition and measure approximately 5.75" x .5" each and come with their original signed box.

Very nice set of small kaiseki or sushi plates from the Bishu-gama kiln made by Bizen potter Yamamoto Soshu (Munehide).

Each small plate is in perfect condition, measures 3.75" x .75" and is cleared marked on the reverse and has a bota-mochi style decoration on the face of each piece. No box.