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. |
 | Karatsu ashes covered "GARAN KOGO" incense container Dohei Fujinoki |
SALE PRICED
 | A Small Flower Vase with Gold Repairs by Takashi Nakazato |
 | A Tokkuri with Enso by Tsujimura Yui |
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Kohiki is simple elegance, one of the styles most befitting the humble confines of the tea room, and its ghostly white glows softly like the moon in the shadows. This sublime example by Tsujimura Shiro once again shows his mastery of the craft and expresses an inner confidence and yet unassuming nature of the artist himself, one who has mastered the tenets of the Way of Tea. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kohiki Chawan...
Gallery Rex
$330.00
$330.00
Moriwaki Masatada has been creating potteries mainly the wares for tea ceremony at Seto the most famous producing area in Japan.
He was born in 1948, and apprenticed to Shuntei the second
at 19 years old.
And then he has become one of the leaders in Seto pottery scene.
Shino glaze has been very popular from the Momoyama period early 17th century.
YouTube movie"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAIhGqiyi7E"
Size:13.0cm(D)/ 8.5cm(H)
Accessory:wooden box with signature by the artist
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An exquisite globular Seiji vessel with carved undulating ridged body by Ono Kotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled, Seiji Koshi Bachi(Celadon carving bowl).A stunning example of Kotaro works.
Size, D 22.8 cm H 18.1 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kotaro (1953-) list of exhibitions and awards has been amazing,including the 4th Mashiko Ceramics Competition Hamada Shoji Prize, Grand Prize, the 6th Pottery for Sake vessel Exhibition, Gold Prize, the 1st Modern Ceramics...
Size, D 22.8 cm H 18.1 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kotaro (1953-) list of exhibitions and awards has been amazing,including the 4th Mashiko Ceramics Competition Hamada Shoji Prize, Grand Prize, the 6th Pottery for Sake vessel Exhibition, Gold Prize, the 1st Modern Ceramics...
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This is everything we could hope for in a bowl by this esteemed artist, Kumano Kuroemon enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuma Shino Chawan. Like the potter himself, this bowl is large and stable, seemingly welded to the floor by its own weight and presence. On the side of the box is written in a single bold brush stroke a Zen circle...
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Ash is blasted around the stately form of this tall vase by legendary potter Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original wooden box titled Iga Mimitsuki Hanaire (Iga Vase with Ears)and signed by the artist in the lower left corner. This piece was exhibited at a solo exhibition in Umeda Hankyu Department Store in 1989 and is featured in the catalog image number 10...
Albedo 3 Studio
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Large ovoid teabowl with random paddling around the form with an iron yellow glaze over a clear glaze. Hand tooled oval foot compliments the form.
Stoneware and glazes
6" x 5" x 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
A massive sculptural vase by Kyotos Inoue Yoshihisa (b. 1947) in the form of a crowing cock. This piece was featured in the Nitten in 1973 and is visible in the catalog for that year. Yoshihisa studied ceramics under Kiyomizu Rokube VI, certainly one reason for his emphasis on sculptural concerns. His work has often been accepted to the Nitten National Exhibition, as well as the All Japan New Crafts Exhibition where he received the Members prize, and the Kofukai-ten...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$550.00
$550.00
A quintessential Mimitsuki Mizusashi with loop handles by die hard Takahashi Rakusai enclosed in the original signed wooden box. This is a superb example of the form by master of the tradition. It retains both the original pottery lid and custom made black lacquered wood Kae-buta lid. The vessel is 16.5 cm (6-1/2 inches) diameter, 17.5 cm (7 inches) tall and in excellent condition...
Albedo 3 Studio
$22.50
$22.50
Amber and haiyu glazed yunomi with hakeme decoration on the exterior
Stoneware, slip and glazes
3.25" X 3.75"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Albedo 3 Studio
$36.00
$36.00
Ame glazed yunomi (unomi), teacup with rozome style cobalt decoration of spirals
Stoneware, glaze and overglaze
4" X 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
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A morphic vessel of rough outer form like a fossilized egg or bowl of coral covered from the rim within by slick blue, a quintessential work by Tanoue Shinya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kara-wan (Empty Shell) and date to 2018. It has a wide, rounded form which is surprisisngly pleasant to hold, and the smooth blue decorating the rim is pleasing to the lips...
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Viscuous charred feldspar clouded with stormy color adorns this superb cascading bowl by Kumano Kuroemon enclosed in the original highly decorated signed wooden box titled Kuma Shino Chawan. Like the potter himself, this bowl is large and stable, seemingly welded to the floor by its own weight and presence. Despite that the kodai foot is small and delicate, adding creating tension between form and the space around it. A sublime example of this popular artist’s work...
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Blasted and dripping Guinomi withe,a fantastic sculptured Tokkuri by Fujioka Shuhei enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Iga Tokkuri and Iga Guinomi respectively. Charred shadows under score the deep green glass pools on the surface, raw earth studded with inclusions burnt red.
Size, The Tokkuri: is D 9.2 cm H 17.6 cm
Guinomi: is D 6.6 cm H 6.5 cm
Condition, Excellent
Fujioka Shuhei was born in Ehime, on the Island of Shikoku in 1947...
Size, The Tokkuri: is D 9.2 cm H 17.6 cm
Guinomi: is D 6.6 cm H 6.5 cm
Condition, Excellent
Fujioka Shuhei was born in Ehime, on the Island of Shikoku in 1947...
An intriguing form by Takeuchi Shingo titled Zogan Hento (An Inlaid Strange Vase) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It measures 18 x 19 x 24.5 cm and is in fine condition, dating circa 2002.
Takeuchi Shingo(b.1955) hails from Seto city, one of the oldest ceramic production centers in Japan. He studied at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Research Facility until 1979, then under the great Kato Shuntei II before establishing his own kiln in 1982...
Takeuchi Shingo(b.1955) hails from Seto city, one of the oldest ceramic production centers in Japan. He studied at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Research Facility until 1979, then under the great Kato Shuntei II before establishing his own kiln in 1982...
A beautiful example of Shigaraki pottery—the result of techniques perfected over centuries by dedicated artisans residing in the provinces east of Kyoto. This piece, made by master potter Sugimoto Sadamitsu, achieves a kind of asymmetrical balance of both form and color, displaying classic Shigaraki markings of emerald green, red ochre, and pale ash.
Sugimoto (b. 1935) is one of the most important Shigaraki potters alive today and continues to create master works into his old age...
Sugimoto (b. 1935) is one of the most important Shigaraki potters alive today and continues to create master works into his old age...
Albedo 3 Studio
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Oribe tokkuri and guinomi with hakeme (hakame0 slip decoration under a rich and lustrous green glaze
Stoneware, slip and traditional Oribe glaze
Tokkuri/Sake bottle 6.75" X 5"
Guinomi/ sake cups 3.5" X 1.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
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Green ash has poured in a torrent around the form, huge eyelets create bulge from the surface on one side, evidence of how it rested on its side in the kiln. Full of the world today, contemporary, breathing, alive...
Momoyama Gallery
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
We proudly present an iridescent tea bowl with wonderful rainbow glaze by one of the greatest ceramic artists of our time, Hideaki Miyamura. It comes in mint condition with its signed and sealed wooden box...
An organic form by Ikegami Kazuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bitchu Obuje. It is 8-1/2 x 7-1/2 x 9 inches (21.5 x 19 x 23 cm) and is in fine condition.
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Columns rise in stages skyward on this unusual sculpture by Fujihira Shin enclosed in a wooden box titled Seki (barrier) and signed by his son Fujihira Yasushi. Reminiscent of the lone barriers along the silk road leasding thorugh western China, it is covered in his quintessential milk white glaze. The artists seal can be seen impressed into the base. This is a very rare opportunity to acquire such a large and important work by this artist, whose sculptures are highly sought.
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Waves of color belt this unusual form by Usui Kazunari enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 20 inches (50 cm) tall, roughly 8 inches (20 cm) diameter and in fine condition.
Usui Kazunari was born in Seto city, Aichi in 1954, and graduated the Nagoya University of Art, sculpture division in 1977. He immediately apprenticed under Kato Shuntei, where he remained until establishing his own kiln in 1983. He has been often displayed at the Nihon Dento Kogeiten and Nihon Togeiten...
Usui Kazunari was born in Seto city, Aichi in 1954, and graduated the Nagoya University of Art, sculpture division in 1977. He immediately apprenticed under Kato Shuntei, where he remained until establishing his own kiln in 1983. He has been often displayed at the Nihon Dento Kogeiten and Nihon Togeiten...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$450.00
$450.00
Black Bizen Guinimo and Tokkuri by Oiwa Tomoyuki enclosed respectively in their original signed wooden boxes. There is a wonderful dialog between the two pieces, the bottle blackened with dark dry ash buffeting the surface, while over the same darkness has been blasted molten ash on the cup, flowing around and beading on one side. The juxtaposition between the liquidity and dryness of the two, same colored, ash effects is delightful. The sake cup is 7 cm (2-3/4 inches) diameter, 5.5 cm tall, ...
Albedo 3 Studio
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Porcelain shallow teabowl with medieval green and temmoku glazes with a bloesem design on a graceful conical form
Porcelain and glazes
6.5" X 3"
Functional, decorative and food safe
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Hakuji, White Porcelain guinomi sake cups by Tokumaru Kyoko ,Tanaka Tomomi and Niisato Akio
All the cups are enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes, made recently and they are in new condition.
Size, D Tokumaru Kyoko 7.6 cm H 5.6 cm (SOLD)
Size, D Tanaka Tomomi 8.9 cm H 9.7 cm (SOLD)
Size, D Niisato Akio 6.6 cm H 5.4 cm (SOLD)
Size, D Niisato Akio 9.7 cm H 4.7 cm (SOLD)
All the cups are enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes, made recently and they are in new condition.
Size, D Tokumaru Kyoko 7.6 cm H 5.6 cm (SOLD)
Size, D Tanaka Tomomi 8.9 cm H 9.7 cm (SOLD)
Size, D Niisato Akio 6.6 cm H 5.4 cm (SOLD)
Size, D Niisato Akio 9.7 cm H 4.7 cm (SOLD)
Sake Cup, Guinomi, by Tagami Munetoshi of Hinata Kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture. Kaki-yu ("persimmon" glaze,) Nuki-e (wax resist design.) H.2"(5cm) x Dia.3.125"(8cm.)
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 school went to...
Albedo 3 Studio
$82.50
$82.50
Robust medieval style jug with impressed design under an Ao-glaze with frogskin qualities, great as a jug or vase
Stoneware and glazes
10.5" X 7"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Albedo 3 Studio
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Exceptional teadust style temmoku chawan by noted temmoku specialist, Kimura Moriyasu. This chawan is a very potent piece in excellent and unused condition and measures 4.75" X 2.65". This chawan comes with a wood storage box, though unsigned, it is guaranteed to be the work of Kimura Moriyasu.
Kimura Moriyasu is part of a family of glaze specialists which includes his brothers, Kimura Morikazu and Morinobu.
I will include a jpeg from a recent exhibition of Kimura Moriyasu's work whi...
Momoyama Gallery
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Here is a fascinating Chawan (tea bowl) made by Koie Ryoji, one of the best internationally known contemporary Japanese potters. It is another embodiment of the artist’s spirit, with a shape that remains free and moving, rough, unique and dynamic. Its colors and its rawness is reminiscent of a wild landscape. As with many works by the famous artist, this piece’s dynamism conveys pure energy and raw strength. Through its shiny glaze, rough texture and primitive markings, one gets the sense...
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This is a handful, great tactile qualities and entrancing to look at.
From his recent firing 2023.
Size, Each is roughly D 10.5 cm H 11.0 cm
Condition, all are in new condition.
Kodai Ujiie was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in 1990, and graduated advanced studies at the Tohoku University of Art and Design in 2015. He has been exhibited at some of Japan's top galleries as well as England, United States among others.
Size, Each is roughly D 10.5 cm H 11.0 cm
Condition, all are in new condition.
Kodai Ujiie was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in 1990, and graduated advanced studies at the Tohoku University of Art and Design in 2015. He has been exhibited at some of Japan's top galleries as well as England, United States among others.
A solid brick of Shigaraki clay sculpted and torn covered in natural ash glaze by Fujimoto Hide enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Katamari (Mass). It is 24 x 16.5 x 17.5 cm (9-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Fujimoto is inspired by the natural world around him, and the return to nature of the discarded and redundant remains of our civilization. He told me this piece was influenced by pier blocks he had seen covered in m...
Fujimoto is inspired by the natural world around him, and the return to nature of the discarded and redundant remains of our civilization. He told me this piece was influenced by pier blocks he had seen covered in m...
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A morphic vessel of rough outer form like a fossilized egg or bowl of coral covered from the rim within by slick blue, a quintessential work by Tanoue Shinya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kara-wan (Empty Shell). It has a wide, rounded form which is surprisisngly pleasant to hold, and the smooth blue decorating the rim is pleasing to the lips. The shape allows for a very stable silhouette, which seems to anchor itself to whatever surface it rests upon.
Size, D 15.4 ...
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Lim Moo Keun Korean Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture
The colors of the prism show through the thick crackled glaze blanketing this Guinomi, by Kodai Ujiie enclosed in the original signed wooden box. This is a handful, great tactile qualities and entrancing to look at. It is 9-10 cm diameter, 9 cm tall and in excellent condition, directly from a recent firing.
Kodai Ujiie was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in 1990, and graduated advanced studies at the Tohoku University of Art and Design in 2015. Since 2014, he has been hosted at more tha...
Kodai Ujiie was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in 1990, and graduated advanced studies at the Tohoku University of Art and Design in 2015. Since 2014, he has been hosted at more tha...
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
$2,475.00
$2,475.00
First born son to Living National Treasure Isezaki Jun, Koichiro (b. 1974) has quickly made a name for himself as an independent artist. Not content to rely solely on family reputation, he has set off on his own path, making innovations in clay and also in the ideas and principles surrounding his craft. With its well-proportioned ridged design, natural ash glaze, and coarse grade of Bizen clay still containing visible stones; the vessel seen here would be a good choice for someone looking for a ...
Decorated with only a single platinum thumbprint this Unmistakable Crimson bowl by Masatomo turns inward as it closes upon the mouth. It is 15 cm (6 inches) diameter, 8 cm (just more than 3 inches) tall and in perfect condition, enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Red Chawan and comes directly from the artist.
Masatomo Toi was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1992, and graduated the Design course at the Tajimi Ceramics Research Facility in 2019. Since he has been developing his s...
Masatomo Toi was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1992, and graduated the Design course at the Tajimi Ceramics Research Facility in 2019. Since he has been developing his s...
Kato Juemon (1894-1974) Aka Oribe Chawan with box signed by Sen Soshitsu XV Grand Master (Iemoto) of Urasenke Tea School (b.1923)
Fine Red Oribe Chawan for tea ceremony made by Kato Juemon (1894-1974).
Of irregular Kutsugata shape with unglazed foot ring.
The mark of the potter is stamped on the bottom.
Juemon Kato (1894 (Meiji 27 year) - 1974 (Showa 49year)) is a renowned Japanese ceramist. He was born in Kasahara-cho, Toki-gun, Gifu Prefecture (currently Tajimi Ci...
Fine Red Oribe Chawan for tea ceremony made by Kato Juemon (1894-1974).
Of irregular Kutsugata shape with unglazed foot ring.
The mark of the potter is stamped on the bottom.
Juemon Kato (1894 (Meiji 27 year) - 1974 (Showa 49year)) is a renowned Japanese ceramist. He was born in Kasahara-cho, Toki-gun, Gifu Prefecture (currently Tajimi Ci...
