AUCTIONS (2)
 | Fine quality Ohi Ware Macha bowl by Yoshio Iwamura |
 | Antique Tibetan painted wood image of Green Tara Bodhisattva |
 | Takeuchi Kouzo 2009, unique piece ‘Modern Remains’ series. |
 | Signed Handwrought Hammered Copper Sterling Necklace 2p |
SALE PRICED
 | An Ido Hagi Chawan by Hatano Zenzo |
 | Neriage Tsubo by LNT Kosei Matsui |
Albedo 3 Studio
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Large oviod teabowl in Oribe style with medieval green glaze over hakeme slip decoration
Stoneware, slip and glazes
5.8" x 4.75" x 4.2"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Japanese Art Treasures
$190.00
$190.00
A stunning pair of sake cups depicting mice by the famous Kutani potter Matsumoto Saiichi 松本佐一 (b...
A Mizusashi Water Jar for use in the Japanese Tea Ceremony by Otani Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The artist has chosen to rely solely on the flavor of the clay, truly barren earth colored only with shadow and light resulting from the flame and kiln position. This beautifully showcases the nature of the distinct Shiseki filled Shigaraki clay. Top an austere black lacquered wooden lid like a pool of dark shadow...
Momoyama Gallery
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From our family collection of Japanese art from Living National Treasures: perfectly shaped Bizen Chawan from legendary Kaneshige Toyo (1896 - 1967)...
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Here are two especial sculptural Shino shell forms by Goto Hideki enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes and date to 2019.
Size, Katakuchi D 13.4 cm x 20.7 cm H 11.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Goto was born in 1973 in Miyazaki in Kyushu and graduated from the Tajimi Technical High School. He has exhibited at many of Japans top galleries as well in the National Traditional Crafts Exhibition...
Size, Katakuchi D 13.4 cm x 20.7 cm H 11.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Goto was born in 1973 in Miyazaki in Kyushu and graduated from the Tajimi Technical High School. He has exhibited at many of Japans top galleries as well in the National Traditional Crafts Exhibition...
Quality Chadogu
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This very liquid form seems already imbibed with rice wine, the base stable while the sides tilt slightly, sagging on the stool, a superb work by Abe Anjin. It comes wrapped with the original stamped wrapping cloth enclosed in the original wooden box titled Bizen Shuki and in turn enclosed in a black lacquered wooden box also stamped by the artist. Obviously, he felt this was deserved of greatness...
Albedo 3 Studio
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Ao glazed tea ceremony set (Kaigu)including a matched teabowl all in the Jovian Storms neriage pattern. Mizusashi complete with custom lacquer lid
Porcelain and glazes
Mizusashi 7.25" X 5.5"
Kensui 5.5" X 3.2"
Shakutate 6.8" X 3.45"
Futaoki 3" X 2.4"
Chawan 5" X 4"
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
$765.00
$765.00
This piece is described on the box as a Hikidashi Kuro Chawan. In Japanese hikidashi means “a pull-out drawer” and the term first came into use at Mino kilns in the 16th century to describe individual pieces that were pulled out of the wood kiln at the peak of firing to gauge if the batch was ready. The rapid cooling of such pieces often creates dramatic effects, with the most noted being rich varieties of deep black...
Albedo 3 Studio
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Casually thrown and slightly altered Momoyama inspired Oni-Shino mizusashi by Kajiura Soshu (b. 1916). Showing a wide array of surface variations including a thick Shino with large areas of an iron red and the bulk of the pot covered in deposited ash from an intense wood firing where the ash and Shino have fused together a rich jade green surface prevails both inside and out of the mizusashi...
Hanging Vase, Kakehanaire, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. H. 4"(10cm) x Dia. 4"(10cm,) mouth opening 1.75" (4.5cm.) Iron, White, Bamboo Ash glazes. Braided raffia hanging string. THe shape of the pot is reminiscent of "tako tsubo," pots used for catching octopus. 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...
A beautiful Shigaraki Chaire Tea urn by Matsuo Takaaki enclosed in the original signed wooden box measuring 5.5 cm (2 inches) diameter, 8 cm (3 inches) tall in excellent condition. Matsuo Takaaki was born in Yokohama in 1938. He began studies under Tsuji Seimei at Renkoji in 1960 where he trained for over 15 years. He became independent in 1975 and built a climbing kiln in Tama. Since he has been exhibited with the Issuikai but mainly focuses on the intimacy of private exhibitions.
Albedo 3 Studio
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Paddled teabowl with poured slip decoration under my saffron glaze. The interior shows wonderful running and pooling of the iron yellow glaze.
Stoneware, slips and glaze
5.25" x 4.15"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Albedo 3 Studio
$46.50
$46.50
High sided teabowl with excised chatter design inlaid in a dark contrasting slip under an iron yellow saffron glaze
Stoneware, slips and glazes
5.25" x 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
A vibrant double vase covered in signature naïve designs by Yamashita Moe enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Morinoyoru (Night in the forest). It is 12 x 24.5 x 27 cm (5 x 10 x 11 inches) and is in excellent condition. Her work is filled with joie de vie, and one cannot escape a smile when viewing it. Even the box is painted with a bright green silhouette of the vase, titled and signed in pink!
Yamashita Moe graduated the Kyoto Zokei University of Art in 2004...
Yamashita Moe graduated the Kyoto Zokei University of Art in 2004...
Splendid Keshiki, it is difficult to describe this stunning square platter by Bizen master Kakurezaki Ryuichi (b. 1950) which comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The massive dish is torn and scraped from a single thick slab of clay. Spattered with natural ash glaze, it is a true masterpiece by this most sought after artist. The piece is 16-1/2 inches (42 cm) square and in excellent condition...
Treasures of Old Times
$600.00
$600.00
Oribe Style Dish by renowned Koie Ryoji (1938-2020)
Size
Width 23.2cm
Height 6cm
In excellent condition
Supplied with signed wooden box
Koie Ryoji
Born in the historic city of Tokoname, Japan, in 1938, Koie Ryoji emerged as a prominent figure in the world of ceramics. Tokoname, renowned for its rich ceramic heritage, served as an ideal backdrop for Koie's artistic journey...
Size
Width 23.2cm
Height 6cm
In excellent condition
Supplied with signed wooden box
Koie Ryoji
Born in the historic city of Tokoname, Japan, in 1938, Koie Ryoji emerged as a prominent figure in the world of ceramics. Tokoname, renowned for its rich ceramic heritage, served as an ideal backdrop for Koie's artistic journey...
A stunning large Vase by important Hagi artist Yamato Yasuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Ensai Henko (Flattened Hagi Vase in Flame Color). The top is raw earth burnt red by the flame, Below dark iron turns to ocher then the soft earthen beige of hagi, which gives way to pink, then cream before turning dark gray. It is 36.5 x 13 x 35 cm (14-1/2 x 5 x 14 inches) and is in excellent condition.
It is likely no collector of Hagi will need an introduction to this inn...
It is likely no collector of Hagi will need an introduction to this inn...
A stunning work by Shigaraki Legend Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box inside the lid of which is scrawled a nude figure and the epitaph NY 5/24/06. It is known that when in New York at an exhibition in 2006 the artist was entertained at a gentlemen’s club and was purported to have had a very good time. This is likely a reference to that event. The vessel is 14 inches (35 cm) tall, 12-1/2 inches (32 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Tsujimura Shiro was born i...
Quality Chadogu
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Layers of irregular bands of colored clay, peach-colored top lid to a lavender and green like the climbing mountains surrounding Kyoto rise up the sides of this majestic work by Miyashita Zenji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sai-dei Koro Gen-fu Kaze ( Mad Colors Phantasmic Wind Incense Burner and date to 1993. It is an excellent example of this artist.
Size, D 8.8 cm H 13.6 x 19.8 cm (including the lid)
Condition: Excellent
Miyashita Zenji (1939-2012) w...
Size, D 8.8 cm H 13.6 x 19.8 cm (including the lid)
Condition: Excellent
Miyashita Zenji (1939-2012) w...
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Size, Katakuchi D 17.2 cm H 11.4 cm
Size, Guinomi D 6.1 cm H 9.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kakurezaki Ryuichi is one of the most well known of Bizen potters, he is interestingly originally not from Bizen but far off Nagasaki, which seems to have gifted him with the ability to see the clays potential beyond conventional form. He graduated the Osaka University of Fine Arts, then enjoyed a long apprenticeship under Bizen Living National Treasure Isezaki Jun before opening his own kiln...
Size, Guinomi D 6.1 cm H 9.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kakurezaki Ryuichi is one of the most well known of Bizen potters, he is interestingly originally not from Bizen but far off Nagasaki, which seems to have gifted him with the ability to see the clays potential beyond conventional form. He graduated the Osaka University of Fine Arts, then enjoyed a long apprenticeship under Bizen Living National Treasure Isezaki Jun before opening his own kiln...
Kakehanaire (Hanging Flower Vase,) by George Gledhill; Payett, ID. Wood fired, ash glaze, with copper ring attached in back for hanging on a wall or post. H>6.25"(16cm) x W.3.125"(8cm.) 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 p...
Quality Chadogu
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Like a curtain from the five lobed rim of this exquisitely formed Chawan by legendary artist Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Beikoku-te (American Style) Hikidashi-guro Chawan. Thick pale grey covers the perfect white with splashes and dripping black glaze. This is a superlative work by the artist, and one I am very proud to be able to offer.
Size, D 13.4 cm H 9.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Born in Tokoname, 1938, Koie Ryoji graduated the Tokon...
Size, D 13.4 cm H 9.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Born in Tokoname, 1938, Koie Ryoji graduated the Tokon...
Albedo 3 Studio
$42.50
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Elegant cylindrical neriage chawan in the Jovian Storms pattern with impressed design at four points of the circumferance, the tones run from grey, charcol, black and white, the interior is mostly muted charcol gray
Porcelain and glaze
5.3" X 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Plates : Contemporary
item #1176578
(stock #HN-20, HN-21)
Triangle-shaped Dishes (2) with blue cross-hatch design, Mukozuke or dessert/salad dishes, by Hanako Nakazato; Union, Maine and Karatsu, Japan. These dishes are appropriate for most any savory or sweet food and are an excellent size for use as a mukozuke dish used in Japanese cuisine.
Hanako Nakazato is a 14th generation potter from Japan. The Nakazato family is a well-known pottery family in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, with the 12th generation Nakazato Taroemon being designated a National Livi...
Kaneshige Toyo is no doubt one of the most important Japanese potters in 20 century and the first Bizen artist to be awarded with Living National Treasure title in 1956.
He is considered as the founder of modern Bizen pottery and at the same time he is known for successfully recreating the sheen of Momoyama Bizen pottery.
Width 5.7cm
Height 5.05cm
Weight 78g
In excellent condition. Supplied with original wooden box with leaflet.
He is considered as the founder of modern Bizen pottery and at the same time he is known for successfully recreating the sheen of Momoyama Bizen pottery.
Width 5.7cm
Height 5.05cm
Weight 78g
In excellent condition. Supplied with original wooden box with leaflet.
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A very rare boxed set of 3 cups by potters of several ancient kiln areas: Bizen by Kakurezaki Ryuichi, Hagi by Miwa Kazuhiko and Ki-Seto by Suzuki Goro. What great fun to break out this set on a night with friends, sharing tastes of various sake from the hands of some of Japans top potters in various traditions. Something not simply to be seen or collected, but used and experienced. It comes enclosed in the original wooden box signed by the artists.
Size, D cm (inches) H cm (inche...
Size, D cm (inches) H cm (inche...
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
$2,025.00
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Sugimoto Sadamitsu (b. 1935) is one of the most important Shigaraki potters alive today and continues to create master works into his old age. Originally a resident of Tokyo, at the age of 33 he moved to Shigaraki and started creating high-quality tea-ware implements, most notably, fine tea bowls in the style of early Raku masters. A devotee of Zen and a lover of tea, Sugimoto is able to create tea bowls that are not just attractive, pleasant to hold in the hand, and a joy to drink from; but tha...
Albedo 3 Studio
$67.50
$67.50
Large, robust E-Shino chawan with painted underglaze iron landscape by (Shino) Yaichiro. Prominently signed; YA. Wonderful, velvety Shino glaze surface.
13.7 x 9cm
Perfect condition, NO BOX. Appears to by unused.
Gallery Rex
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Dohei Fujinoki is one of the most popular artist in contemporary KARATSU pottery scene.
Initially he aimed a western painter and then,when he met an old KARATSU pottery piece he had been fascinated.
He has studied at Karatsu and also MIno.
And while, he has studied in tea ceremony.
His repertoires are goods for tea ceremony, sake cup,
and tableware for Japanese cuisine.
This piece is a brand new work created with E-karatsu (painted) as sake cup.His sake cup is very popular.
SIZE: 7.7c...
Albedo 3 Studio
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Ao glazed teabowl with tataki paddled decoration around the bowl with a "mountain range" style lip
Stoneware and glazes
5.5" X 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
The potter who made this exquisite Oribe tea bowl came to be master of his craft in a rather unusual way. Born into a potting family and eventually taking over as the 6th generations head of the kiln. He carried on the family tradition while incorporating ancient potting techniques and methods from foreign lands. Here in this Oribe piece, you can detect a deeper than usual luster to the black glaze, a certain uniqueness in the style of painting, and a golden hue to the feldspar contrast medium, ...
Albedo 3 Studio
$525.00
$525.00
Exceptional stoneware vase that was subtly and expertly faceted, glazed in a rich nuka style glaze and decorated in Tale of Genji inspired partridges in platinum lustre. The presence and volume of the pot are hard to put in to perspective with the dimensions, 12" x 8.5" and a guinomi has been placed in the last photo to give a sense of the scale. Rich in concept and execution, this vase is an exemplary example of Showa era pottery made sometime around 1980.
This important vase, exhibited i...
A set of five Yunomi in pale glaze with green stripes by Koyama Fujio enclosed in the original wooden box titled Yunomi and signed Hananoki Gama. Each is 8 cm (3 inches) tall, 6 cm diameter and all are in excellent condition. The writing on the box is unmistakably that of Fujio.
Koyama Fujio was born in 1900 in Okayama Prefecture. From 1925 he studied under Mashimizu Zoroku and began making pottery in Kyoto. In 1941 he participated in a research trip to ancient kiln sites in China and...
Koyama Fujio was born in 1900 in Okayama Prefecture. From 1925 he studied under Mashimizu Zoroku and began making pottery in Kyoto. In 1941 he participated in a research trip to ancient kiln sites in China and...
A very unusual jar covered in crinkled metallic green glaze with a wooden lid covered with cloth wrapped in a net of orange chord made to hold tea leaves by Sugimoto Sadamitsu enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The appearance is deceptively large. Spectacular kiln effects live up to this artists reputation. It is 8 inches (20 cm) diameter, 8-1/2 inches (21.5 cm) tall plus lid. And in excellent condition.. This is the first and only tea leaf jar (Chatsubo) I have seen by this import...
Dragon's Pearl
$250.00
$250.00
A modern, tokkuri-shaped vase of heavily thrown Shino-ware with thick white, partly covering, glazed over which are powerful, brown splashes. The body with raised tapering bands that turn clock-wise. The piece was made by artist Tsukamoto Haruhiko (b. 1959).* Fully signed kiri-box with artist’s seal and signature. Made around 1980. H 15.5 cm. Condition: Perfect.
* Tsukamoto Haruhiko was born in Mino in 1959, and is now based in Gifu prefecture. Tsukamoto does not come from a traditional potte...
Lines of burnt straw scar the surface of this voluminous work by Yamamoto Yuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 17-1/2 inches (45 cm) tall, 9 x 10 inches (23 x 25.5 cm) at the base and in excellent condition.
Born the son of Living National Treasure Yamamoto Toshu, Yuichi was raised among the clay and kilns of Bizen, at a vital time when Bizen was devastated by the war economy, and the dramatic years of growth and research following. He began making pottery in 1959, at...
Born the son of Living National Treasure Yamamoto Toshu, Yuichi was raised among the clay and kilns of Bizen, at a vital time when Bizen was devastated by the war economy, and the dramatic years of growth and research following. He began making pottery in 1959, at...
