A black Porcelain vessel from the Divergence series which the artist says “can be used to serve sake or tea” titled Kuro Jiki Tsugiguchi (Black porcelain pourer). It is 9 x 15 x 6 cm (3-1/2 x 6 x 2-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition, from the artist late last year. Matsumura Jun was born in Chiba Prefecture on the outskirts of Tokyo in 1986...

Thick pale green covers the perfect white clay of this deep Tea Bowl by Kato Tsubusa created with his New Zealand Calium and enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seihakuji Chawan (White Celadon Tea Bowl ). The sides have been slabbed away, the angular form then dipped in thick transparent green which has fissured in the heat, and beaded like a jade necklace around the base...

A fantastic Tea Bowl by rising star Furutani Kazuya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Chawan. Ash-glaze blasted with fire color of foggy green and yellow shizen yu glaze, shell props on the side, allowing us a view into the firing as it lay on its side in the kiln, the molten ash building up on the opposite side and following gravity down in streams. A sumptuous work exploiting the best Shigaraki pottery has to offer...

A meoto, his and hers, yunomi pair cups in silver and gold covered with smooth and shiny yellow and lavender by rising star Ichikawa Toru enclosed in the original signed wood box.
Size, D 8.1 and 8.2 cm H 11.1 and 11.8 cm
Condition, Excellent
Ichikawa Toru was born in Tokyo in 1973. He was apprenticed to the Bizen master Kakurezaki Ryuichi for five years before establishing his own kiln in 2015 in Okayama...

Ash is blasted around the majestic form of this fantastic Iga vase by Tanimoto Kei enclosed in the original wooden box titled Iga Kokumon Chaki and date to 2016. The shape is organic with a clefted-mesa likening to a Japanese garden stone. Rather than a simple round rim, the artist has chosen an unusual and absorbing cuts which adds a sense of the natural world, God does not work in straight lines so they say, and neither does Tanimoto sensei ...

A fantastic sculptured vase by the outlandish Fujioka Shuhei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Hanaire. A frenzied stack of rugged corners like the fallen away sides of a mountain revealing the earth’s structure beneath a layer of green. It is likely Fujiokasan is inspired by the brawny, rain drenched and forested mountains surrounding the town of Iga, where the Mountains formed a natural line of defense for the secret clans of Ninja who called the valley their home...

A heavily encrusted glossy sake flask by Tanimoto Kei compliments a Guinomi displaying a rustic matte finish by his son Tanimoto Takeshi enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Iga Tokkuri and Iga Guinomi respectively. Bīdoro glaze (a type of natural wood ash glaze formed by firing, named from vidro, the Portuguese word for glass) coalesces into a yellow crystal rivulet on one side of the Tokkuri, opposite is a shadow of gray ash...

A black cloak is draped from the shoulders of this mysterious character lurking in the shadows of the tea room by legendary potter Yamada Kazu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seto-guro Hanaire.
Size, D 10.2 cm H 25.8 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kazu was born in Tokoname cityin 1954, one of Japans ancient kiln areas, into a line of potters...

A stunning piece by the famous Kutani potter Matsumoto Saiichi 松本佐一 (b. 1930), using his signature technique, porcelain with underglaze gold leaf. Lobed kōro is decorated with stylized flowers and geometric design...

Wow! Here is a radical piece from deep in the embers of Sugimoto Sadamitsu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Iga Hanaire. It is utterly simplistic in form with dramatic and complex kiln effect born from placement and the inferno. The vase is 26.5 cm (10-1/2 inches) tall, 12.5 cm (5 inches) diameter and in excellent condition.
Sugimoto Sadamitsu was born in Tokyo in 1935...

18 stunning Oribe works from Higashida Shigemasa, including,Tea Bowls,Vase,Sake Cups Sake Bottles and Incense Burner,available for purchase...

A fantastic Tea Bowl by rising star Furutani Kazuya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Chawan. Ash-glaze blasted with fire color of foggy green and yellow shizen yu glaze, shell props on the side, allowing us a view into the firing as it lay on its side in the kiln, the molten ash building up on the opposite side and following gravity down in streams. A sumptuous work exploiting the best Shigaraki pottery has to offer...

A multi faceted chawan by Hamada Tomoo coated in swipes of blue-salt glaze enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The glaze has crawled and settled into lights and shadows, capturing that effect so sought in salt glazes, with the added feature of the comb marks in the clay, which add a sensory dimension not restricted to vision...

18 stunning Oribe works from Higashida Shigemasa, including,Tea Bowls,Vase,Sake Cups Sake Bottles and Incense Burner,available for purchase...

Rivulets of ash dribble down the red earth sides of this vase by Nishiura Takeshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Echizen Henko. Positioning in the kiln, with one shoulder angled toward the flame, ensure the lip and one rounded corner are charred in that distinct ocher inidicative of the region. Elsewhere the ash is molten green. A great example of this lesser known ancient kiln site. The vessel is 18 x 13 x 17.5 cm (7-1/2 x 5 x 7-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition. ...

A Beautiful wide and low porcelain chawan covers in deep rice blue clay by Kimura Yoshihiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hekiyu Chawan.
Size, D 16.4 cm H 6.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Born in 1946, after more than a year of travelling around the world , he built his kiln in Hiroshima and began his pottery career. Eschewing the world of public Exhibition, Yoshihiro has concentrated on private venues and museums. His list of exhibitions both within J...

Ripples cover the archaic surface of this flattened vessel by Sakata Jinnai enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hakudeisai Hajomon Henko (White Clay Wave Patterned Henko) It is 11 x 23 x 32 cm (4 x 9 x 13 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Sakata Jinnai was born in Tokyo in 1943, and began as an apprentice under the legendary Kamoda Shoji in 1964, establishing his first kiln in 1966. His work was selected for display at the Nihon Dento Kogei Shinsaku Ten (National Tradit...

A playful work with a dancing rim and lively colors like the yukata clad dancers at traditional Bon-Odori dance festivals of August by Tanimoto Kei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Chawan.  In the glaze rising up are tendrils of smoke, like the wispy veils rising from burning Incense coils.  Inside is entirely coated in thin green ash.  A wonderful work. 
Size, D 13.2 cm H   cm 9.2 
Condition, Excellent 
Tanimoto Kei was born the son of Iga artist...