Like most Shigaraki-wares, this piece has a somewhat primal feeling to it, as though it belongs to a previous geological era in time. Rivulets of vitrified green, grey, and yellow ash stand against a background gradient of soft to intense ochres of the clay body. The intense firing process of this type of pottery for days in an anagama kiln results in a beautiful ashen glaze with a warm, soft, yet vibrant glow when set in the light...

An incredible organic shape by Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Bizen-Chawan.  The tea bowl looks as if it were sculpted with the fire, perhaps poured molten out of the flames and solidified naturally into this form.  About it clings a thick palet of ash, like lichen on a stone glistening under the melted frost.  Folds in the clay and flaws under the heavy ash deposit create tension and explore themes of nature and age and a powerful order beyond hu...

Here is a superb example of the work of Matsui Koyo,enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Muku Haiyu Neriage Ruy-hai Mon Tsubo. A magnificent and voluminous Tsubo covered in colors of dawn, Cream, Brown, warm Yellow and light Orange glazes, which not only display remarkable color variations, but also the textures is smooth like Marble, creating a pleasurable experience for both the eyes and the hands. It is a large work and certainly worthy of a prominent place in your collection...

Cold Sake Decanter, Reishuki. A spouted bowl used for serving cold or room temperature sake. Also appropriate for serving sauces, as a food bowl, or for flowers. Shino and Bamboo Ash glazes. H. 3"(7.5cm) x W. 6.25"(16cm.) "Mimi tsuki," (with attached "ears" on sides.) By Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. 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...

Matcha Chawan, Tea Bowl, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Red Shino glaze. H.2.75"(7cm) x Dia.4.625"(13cm.) John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school...

This highly animated and perfection in porcelain vase was made by Hokkaido native; Ono Kotaro. The deeply carved seiji vase is actually has a very pale yellow crazed glaze which collects on the ridges and further accentuates the cyclone like movement of this pot. As you look around the vase, the deep ridges bring the eye up the pot and it actually appears to be in motion...

Manga make a play on the traditional Oribe orange base-glaze, in this fantastic tea bowl by one of the most popular ceramic artist in Japan today Fukami Fuminori enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Manga Oribe Chawan.Inside the lid it has been given a name,Tayu(Orian) a tribute to the high regard with which the artist viewed this result.
Size, D 13.1 cm H 8.9 cm
Condition, Excellent
Fukami Fuminori is a potter and an illustrator, and a rising star...

This young guy’s stuff is very chic; a sake set by Kato Yoshiyasu in purest white and darkest black, everything a dialog between shadow and form. Here the artist has used a combination of his repertoire. The cup is pure white dipped into black, the black then chiseled away in divots creating a beautiful pattern for the eyes and texture for fingers. The Ozabu (Pillow shaped Daiza saucer) is a flattened ball, dimpled to receive the cup, then pierced with various sized holes...

Broad and elegant notched foot hagi chawan by second generation hagi potter; Tanomura Shogetsu II. Having inherited his style from his father, Shogetsu I, this chawan has a variety of subtle tones running through the glaze exterior and interior.

The bowl measures 5.4" x 3.35" and is in perfect, unused condition and comes complete with the original signed box.

Generous stoneware yunomi with combed fence pattern, kushime decoration under a rich Oribe glaze.

Stoneware and glazes

4" x 3.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A massive (almost 2 kg) Shigaraki Vase by famous Rakusai Takahashi III, enclosed in its originally signed wood box.

The tsubo displays the landscape of fire color (hi-iro), scorch (koge) and burst rocks (ishihaze).

Rakusai (1900 - 1976) was considered as one of the true masters of Shigaraki and Iga-yaki, along with Naokata and later Michio...

Enigmatic designs intimating floral motifs mingled with splashes and dashes decorate the white textured surface of this Tsubo by Living national Treasure Fujimoto Yoshimichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Aka-e Mentori Kabin.  The surface is shot through with su-ana pinholes, creating a rich texture which contrasts with the crisp, smooth rust of the rim.  Russet reds, green, black and brick intermingle to create a feast for the eyes, while the texture offers the same pleasur...

A beautiful half orb in shimmering silver with matte Caribbean blue by Morino Taimei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ginsai Hai. It is 6.5 cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter and in excellent condition.
Morino Taimei was born in Kyoto in 1934, and was first accepted into the Nitten National Exhibition at a relatively young age in 1957 (a year before graduating the Kyoto Municipal University of Fine Art!)...

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

A spectacular Oribe Tsubo covered in thick emerald glaze by Yamaguchi Makoto enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Kaki. The undulating rim calls to mind ancient firing traditions, the intense heat of the kiln warping the forms as they turn near molten.
Size, D 23.6 cm H 24.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
A rising star in the pottery world, Yamaguchi Makoto was born in Seto, Aichi prefecture in 1978...

The size of Box: 4 1/4" Square x 2 3/8", Medallion size: 2 5/8" Dia x 1/4" High dome shape The size of Presentation Box: 9 7/8" Long x 7" Wide x 3 1/4" High. The title of work: Melancholy...

An exquisite chawan tea bowl by Uraguchi Masayuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seiji Hyosai Chawan (Shattered Ice Celadon Tea Bowl). It is 13 cm (5 inches) diameter, 8.5 cm (3-1/2 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Uraguchi Masayuki (b. 1964) discovered pottery while attending the Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music and his world turned when he was introduced to a Song Dynasty Seiji Vase" at the Tokyo National Museum designated a National Treasure dur...

This piece was grilled with burning red pine fire woods for 10days in "Anagama" kiln. This shape of vase is called "Kinuta" that means a hammer of beating straw. The surface of body is seemed as a natural rock. Size 10.5cm(W) 18.0cm(H) Accessary wooden box with signature YouTube movie "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjMPlV6b2hI"