A flagrant barrage of color gets in your face with this futuristic vessel by Yanagihara Mutsuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Saimon Kabin (Colored Vase). Over the crackled sunshine yellow gleams platinum on lightning strikes of red, completely juxtaposed to the cool blue of the interior. Very much an iconic work by this eclectic artist. It is 17.5 cm (7 inches) diameter, 15 cm (6 inches) tall and in perfect condition...

Here is a classic Abe Anjin Tokkuri proved his mastery of traditional form with this superb rendition of Momoyama style firing. Dark and awe inspiring, it shows to dramatic effect the path of flame in the kiln through the streaks of crusted ash and hi-iro on the sides interspersed with Shiso-iro gray-purple clay...

A set of ten sake cups by Takegoshi Jun depicting Umi-no-sachi (treasures of the sea) in aka-e and overglaze enamels enclosed in the original compartmentalized wooden box. Each cup is uniquely decorated with a delicacy in the raw, Shrimp, Red Snapper, blow fish et al. Each cup is 8 cm (roughly 3 inches) diameter and in excellent condition...

Timeless Ko-Iga style Shingama chawan by veteran potter, Kojima Kenji made back in the 1990s. This bowl has good size, posture and feel, being rather purposeful and practical in form which has a visual rhythm contained within the mouth and transition area to the foot with nice, crisp throwing marks adding to the movement of the bowl...

Glaze Bidoro sweep upwards toward one red eye on this amazing tsubo by Yukuyoshi Manabe enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Yohen Tsubo. It is 11 inches (28 cm) diameter, 10-1/4 inches (26 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Yukuyoshi Manabu was born in Kagatonishi near the heart of Bizen country in 1941. After working in Osaka as a young man, he returned to Bizen to assist the family building supply company...

A very rare Tokumura Kyoko sake set, the Katakuchi was made on request especially for us last mount. It comes enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled Hakuji Ryuhimon (White Dragon-skin) Katakuchi and Guinomi respectively and dating to 2020. Her spiky lances and unfurling fronds forming are fantastical. The artist begins with slabs of clay and then constructs them to create work rooted in existential explorations...

A Spectacular Bizen Tsubo dripping with ash glaze by Yukuyoshi Manabu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Yohen Tsubo (Kiln altered). The rim is covered in built up black ash, which grows more liquid as it enters the burning embers on the side, and is blasted around in rivulets to the back where it has created two shadows of raw earth where another pot was in close proximity. It is 23 cm (9 inches) diameter, 21.5 cm (8-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition...

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Size, D 12.2 cm H 10.6 cm
Condition, Excellent

A deep pool of rice wine awaits the drinker in this stately form by Miwa Kazuhiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Cup of Deep Abundance (Fuchifuchi-hai). The name comes from the deep part of a river (fuchi) where fish tend to gather. Outside this white glaze crawls and plays over the slightly blue tinged glaze beneath it, which covers the rough Hagi clay.
Size, D 9.6 cm H 6.7 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kazuhiko likely needs no introduction...

Lavender clouds like rain threatening on a foggy landscape form on the surface of this cool Sake set by Kaneta Masanao enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Hagi Haku-yu Yohen Kurinuki Chuki and Hagi Kurinuki Guinomi. The white glazing has altered to soft lavender in the firing process, creating a feeling of opulence over the organic vessel...

A spectacular Oribe Tsubo covered in thick emerald glaze by Yamaguchi Makoto enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Kaki and date to 2019. The undulating rim calls to mind ancient firing traditions, the intense heat of the kiln warping the forms as they turn near molten...

A striking sake set by Sawada Hayato enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes and date to 2020. We see the gamut of this artists work, unique design, form, the sharp lines, colors and texure. An excellent example of this popular artists.
Size,Guinomi D 6.7 cm H 8.4 cm
Size,Tokkuri D 6.8 cm H 16.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Sawada Hayato (b.1978) in Kasama. He studied at the Ryutsu Keizai University before establishing his own kiln in 2002...

Cloaked in a black textured surface with impressed, inlay decoration of stark and contrasting white across the surface of this bottle form Vase by Kondo Yutaka enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ko-hana bin (Small Flowers Bottle). Prototypical example of this artists most sought-after style and form.
Size, D 21.8 cm H 29.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kondo Yutaka (1932-1983) was born into a traditional pottery family in Kyoto...

Black white green and silver bands like a core sample of crustal layers from some fantastic planet decorate the brushed and impressed clay around the Mt...

A spectacular and large Tsubo by important Shigaraki artist Koyama Kiyoko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Mentori O-tsubo. The sides have been slabbed away, it offers a variety of kiln affects to the viewer, Hai-kaburi, Hi-iro, Tombo no me and a drippy blast of green glass.The shape is in the style which the artist is most famous for, and each side is unique, and there is never a dull moment.
Size, D 25.2 cm H 30.8 cm
Condition, Excelle...

A powerful work of Shino pottery by one of the veterans of Mino ceramics. Vibrant lines of white feldspar contrast sharply with the iron rich clay and glaze to bring out this abstract depiction of field grasses swaying in the breeze. The technique used to produce this work is over 400 years old and was nearly lost to the ages before being revived by several well-known artists in the mid-20th century.

Born in 1941 in Taijima, Tamaoki began his studies at a very early age; apprentici...

A superb example showing off his skills again with a superb chawan in green and pale earth-tones by Higashida Shigemasa enclosed in the original wooden box titled Oribe Chawan.
Size, D 15.6 cm H 9.8 cm
Condition, Excellent
Higashida Shigemasa was born in Hiroshima in 1955, and garnered a BA from the Shimonoseki Municipal University in 1978. Looking for an alternate path, he entered the Gifu Prefectural Technical School Ceramic Course in Tajimi in 1984, gradua...

Molten ash wraps its fingers around the organic form of this amazing Bizen Chawan by Oiwa Tomoyuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Wan and date to 2020. The plasticity of the glaze as it creeps around the surface, over raw clay, mountains of ash and spatters of lighter encrustations is truly a sight to appreciate. A masterpiece by this Young artist and every angle creates a new view.
Size, D 12.1x15.1 cm H 10.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Oiwa To...