A huge pottery bowl splashed with color by Shimizu Yasutaka enclosed in the original signed wooden box inscribed as having been displayed at the Nihon Dento Kogei Ten Traditional Crafts Exhibition. The basin is 17 inches (44 cm) diameter, 7-1/2 inches (19 cm) tall and in fine condition. Yasutaka was born into the pottery household of future Living National Treasure Shimizu Uichi in 1947...

A very fine ash glazed Haiyu-Shino chawan by Heian Seijiro. This ash glazed, Haiyu, boxed chawan measures 5.4” X 3.2” and is in excellent condition. The surface of the piece is very luminescent and is wonderful crazed resembling kanyu (double refractory) style celadons

Oburi, robust Karatsu style kutsu-gata influenced chawan with "shono-kushime" combed slip under temmoku and haiyu glazes

Stoneware, slip and glazes

6" X 4.75" X 4"

Striking black flashes of oil-spot glaze surface on this Tetsu-yu Tessai Tsubo by Shimizu Yasutaka enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The speckeled Rust red-orange body is like looking on fire or smoldering coals from a distance. The pot is 14 inches (35 cm) tall, 12 inches (30 cm) diameter and in fine condition, purchased at the Mitsukoshi Department Store Gallery Exhibition in 2006...

Large Oribe style kutsu-gata chawan with mentori, facets around the form

Stoneware and glazes

5.65" x 3.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A slight deviation from the norm, here is a scroll depicting the character Tsubo by Shigaraki artist Koie Ryoji in liquid strokes, the outer lines dissipating into the paper canvas. Ink on paper in a dark cloth border and unusual metal glazed ceramic rollers. It measures 19 1/2 by 42 inches (49, 5 x 107 cm) and is in fine condition.

This is a GUINOMI of HAGI WARE by DEISHI SHIBUYA. He is famous for HAGI WARE. HAGI is the pottery of YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURE in JAPAN. Very good white glaze like thick cream. The box is original, made for this item and has the artist's signature. Please enjoy delicious SAKE with this wonderful work of Mr. SHIBUYA.Condition: Very good. Width: 2.4". Height: 2.1". Weight: 170 gr.

Robust Oribe style teabowl with kushime combed decoration over faceted planes around the bowl. The interior shows a wonderful texture created by the pooling glaze and intermingling of copper and iron in the glazes. The base of the bowl is my own temmoku glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.6" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A large Hidasuki Bizen Table by Shibaoka Nobuyoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Two large circles beyond the burnt-straw remains gives the effect of the moon reflecting off water viewed through a rush of bamboo. The table is 17-1/2 by 9-1/2 by 4 inches (44 x 24.5 x 10 cm) and is in excellent condition. Nobuyoshi was born in 1950, the son of Ikkai...

Ao glazed teabowl with kushime combed slip decoration on faceted panels around the bowl

Stoneware, slip and glazes

4.7" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Rich temmoku glazed yunomi, teacup with impressed designs around the body. The impressed designs are high lighted with an ash glaze

Stoneware and glazes

4.2" X 3.85"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Faceted, mentori serving bowl with medieval green and temmoku glazes

Stoneware and glazes

8.5" X 3.8"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Lg. faceted mentori teabowl with temmoku and medieval green glazes. The surface of the glaze is streaked with iridescence

Stoneware and glazes

5.7" X 3.65"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large hakeme chawan with aka-e decoration around the bowl. In vivid red, a full moon style enso together with the expression; not one moon.

*** Please note, the actual color of the decoration is a vivid red, not the orange toned red shown in the pictures***

Stoneware, glaze and painted enamel

5.2" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

This bowl is not recommended for microwave use and should be hand washed

Rich and bold yuteki-temmoku chawan with phenomenal color and contrasting "partridge feather style oilspots. The exterior at the foot features a wonderful glaze roll that is caught forever in motion.

This bowl is in excellent condition,comes with an unsigned box, measures 5" X 3" and is unmarked. Though unmarked, this bowl is of very excellent quality and is most likely by Kimura Morikazu or Kamada Koji

Large Ido style Hagi chawan with original signed box by Hayashi Koyo. This chawan has a great ido influenced form and a wonderful hagi "landscape" with various tones of blush and spotting.

This chawan is in excellent condition and measures 5.5" X 3.6"

Very nice catalogue of the works of Tomimoto kenkichi, Ningen Kokuho. Tomimoto was Living National Treasure of Japan for his meticulously painted enamel porcelains...

A very large Kutani Vase decorated by eccentric Zen Priest and painter Shimizu Kosho enclosed in the original sgned wooden box. The outer surfaceis covered in genuine gold, overwhich has been brushed the decorative calligraphy reading……Hana mushin Maneku chocho, mushin tazuneru shin. The box lid is attributed within to having been fired at the Kutani Shoryu kiln by Kosho himself, and the pot is signed on the base Ryu...