Basket-shaped Vase or Serving Dish with braid handle, Shino and Bamboo Ash Glazes. By Sachiko Furuya, Honolulu, HI. H. 5.25"(13.25cm) x Dia. 9.375"(23.75cm.) 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...

Wonderful porcelain tsubo with exquisitely painted sparrow and foliage across the surface with vivid watercolor like effects calling to mind a scene right out of early autumn. The detail of the painting is rather intricate and obviously owes its inspiration to many of the Meiji era painters of which Watanabe Seitei (1851-1918) immediately springs to mind...

A hand-signed copy of "I Shock Myself", the autobiography of famous and notable American artist BEATRICE WOOD (1893-1998). This is the hard cover by Dillingham Press, Ojai, California, and likely the first edition. There is no dust jacket; cover shows some, but very minimal, use. Wood famously lived to be 105 years of age, and her long life was very full. Born in San Francisco to wealth, the 1906 earthquake sent the family moving to New York...

Braid-handled Bowl with Pouring Spout, suitable for Sake, Flowers, Food; by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. White Shino and Bamboo Ash glaze. H. (Bowl only) 3.5"(9cm) [H. w/ Handle 5.5" (14cm)] x Dia. 7.5"(19cm) [Width with Spout 9" (23cm.)] 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...

JUNRI HAMADA is one of the high-skilled pottery artist in Mino famous pottery production center. Especially focused on KISETO (yellow&green glaze). This piece is created with the new clay found near by his kiln. SIZE:6.8cm(D)/4.6cm(H) ACCESSORY: wooden box with signature by the artist

Large ovoid baker form glazed in a classical Oribe pattern of "mon" gate devices. Thrown and altered with applied lug handles

Stoneware, slips and glazes

15.75" X 5.75" X 5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

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...

An early work by the important Shino potter Katō Yasukage XIV 14 代加藤康景 (1964-2012), made as Katō Masaharu 加藤正治, a name he used before ascending to a family name in 2001. A twelve petal chrysanthemum is depicted on the lid. Titled Shino Incense Container (Shino kōgō 志野香合), it is made of glazed stoneware, and is 3.4 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm. An illegible signature is on the bottom of the piece that dates to Heisei Period, mid 1990s...

Serving Bowl with sculpted leaves, grapes, and vines, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. White, Bamboo Ash, Iron glazes. H. 3.125"(8cm) x Dia. 9.75"(25cm.) 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...

Serving Dish, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. White, Bamboo Ash, Iron glazes. H. 2.375"(6cm) x Dia. 11.125"(28.5cm.) 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara Fine Arts Academy (Tokyo,) and has a Studio Art degree from Clark College in Dubuque, Iowa...

Matcha Chawan, Tea Bowl, by Sachiko Furya; Honolulu, HI. Ido-gata (Well-Shaped,) Bamboo Ash and White Shino Glazes. H. 3.75"(9.5cm) x Dia. 6.25"(16cm,) Foot Ring 2.0" (5cm.) 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara Fine Arts Academy (Tokyo,) and has a Studio Art degree from Clark Co...

Vase, Hanaire, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. 8-sided body with round neck and lip. Deep black Temmoku glaze. H.7.5"(19.5cm) x Dia.2.75"(7cm.) Ideal for placement in tokonoma. Tagami Munetoshi (b. 1972) is the son of Tagami Isamu and grandson of Sudo Takeo. He is the 5th generation of potters in Mashiko’s Hinatagama (Hinata Kiln) founded during the Meiji Period (1868-1912) by Sudo Yujiro. At the age of 16, he started his apprenticeship under his grandfather and then right after high schoo...

Matcha Chawan, Tea Bowl, by Sachiko Furya; Honolulu, HI. Ido-gata (Well-Shaped,) Bamboo Ash and White Shino Glazes. H. 3.125"(8cm) x Dia. 6.0"(15.5cm,) Foot Ring 2.0" (5cm.) 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara Fine Arts Academy (Tokyo,) and has a Studio Art degree from Clark Co...

Kushime, combed mizusashi and chawan set in a rich Ao glaze with clear accents

Stoneware, slip and glazes

Mizusashi 6.75" X 6.4"

Chawan 4" X 5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large, ovoid tsubo, jar with kushime combing under haiyu and temmoku glazes. It is larger than the dimensions imply.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

12.25" X 8.5"

Modern inspired chawan and mizusashi set with impressed decoration under temmoku and partridge feather glazes. The mizusashi comes with two lids; one just temmoku and the other glazed in temmoku with partridge feather accents.

Stoneware and glazes

Chawan; 4.75" X 4.25"
Mizusashi; 6.75" x 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Thrown, altered and assembled Oribe vase based on a traditional Japanese Dotaku, bell form. Traditional Oribe glaze and panels of white and black stripes on either side

Stoneware, slips and glazes

8.75" X 5.75" X 7.25"

Large wasp waisted vase with chimney style neck glazed in a rich temmoku and tetsu0yu combination with large ring lugs flanking the neck.

Stoneware and glazes

15.75" x 7.5"