Wood-fired Tokkuri, Sake Decanter, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Natural Ash Glaze. H. 6.75"(17.25cm) x Dia. 4.25"(11cm.) Shell wadding remains on body. John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln...

Abstrakt resist terra cotta Façade bottle vase

Terra cotta, slips and glaze

11.75" x 12.75" x 3.75"

Resist design crane neck style vase with slips and Harmony pattern under a lustrous glaze

Stoneware, slips and several glazes

10.25" X 5.6"

Traditional style jug or pitcher with deep rich temmoku glaze and impressed waffle designs as a repeated motif

Stoneware and glaze

11" X 6.8"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Baluster style vase glazed in a rich partridge feather iron and temmoku glazes

Stoneware and glazes

13.75" x 6.6"

Tall covered jar with thick combed slip decoration under my gosu style Ao+glaze.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13" x 5.6"

Saffron hakeme yellow iron glazed wasp-waisted covered jar with subtle raked slip under the glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

12.25" x 7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust Oribe style ovoid jar with hakeme slip decoration under my medieval green and temmoku glazes. The lip is glazed in a rich temmoku glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

10.25" X 7"

Large Oribe glazed tsubo with hakeme slip decoration and a broad, flared lip.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

11.5" x 8.5"

Robust temmoku glazed vase form with vivid masame patterned texture through out the body of the vase

Stoneware and temmoku glaze

9.8" X 6.4"

Medieval styled jug form with a rich and lusterous temmoku glaze and haiyu ash accent decoration

Stoneware and glazes

10.8" X 7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Rozome style covered jar with the repeated resist designs of the character, Mu. Mu means "nothingness" in Zen Buddhism, think of the possibilities for such a jar! The green overglaze is very reminiscent of Japanese Fujina style glazes and is very rich in person

Stoneware, slips and glazes

9" X 7.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe!

Volumous temmoku covered jar with three rings around the circumference of the piece with impressed stamp decoration. Picture #5 shows the actual color and quality of the glaze very well

Stoneware and glaze

10.5" X 8.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust stamped capjar with an overall keyfret style design under an Ao glaze and the lid and foot in clear glaze accents

Stoneware and glazes

10.5" X 6.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Tall covered jar with thick combed slip decoration under an Oribe style glaze with iron flows about the surface.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13" x 6" max.

XO tebori façade bottle vase

Terra cotta, slip and glaze

10" x 12.5" x 3.65"

Hand hammered and Made in America this pair of 14K Gold Fill drop earrings, designed and hand crafted in USA with Turquoise and Faceted Red Garnets gemstones from other lands. Perfect resort cruise wear fashion colors in all year round wear. Stabilized turquoise are 15 X 10mm while the faceted red garnet rhondelles are 5 X 3mm.
2 1/4" North to South at a comfortable wear...

This compote has also modern sense with Japanese traditional pottery technique to fire pine fire wood in Karatsu that is famous pottery area in Japan. Dohei is one of famous masters in Karatsu. This plate is suitable for not only Japanese cuisine but also western cuisine. Size: 20.0cm(square) 3.0cm(height)

Large ships bottle form decanter with ameyu and gosu glazes (Not intended for use with hot liquids)

Stoneware, glaze and overglaze

10.25" X 8.8"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Generous Oribe style covered jar with impressed decoration around the body of the pot. Please note, the lid was fired on a wad that was later ground off resulting in the area you see on the bottom of the lid, it is not sharp and smooth to the touch.

Stoneware and glazes

9.25" x 7.5"

Lidded storage jar with ameyu, amber glaze and a copper luster rain pattern

Stoneware and glazes

11" X 8"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large temmoku and haiyu ash glazed kinuta mallet vase with lobed indents around the body of the vase. The ash glaze streaks and runs down the vase neck and boils in activity on the shoulder

Stoneware and glazes

13.75" X 6.25

JUNRI HAMADA is one of the high-skilled pottery artist in Mino famous pottery production center. Especially focused on KISETO (yellow&green glaze). This piece is created with kuro-oribe glaze that the great tea master Oribe Furuta was fond of. It is small size so it would be easy to use at not only for matcha but also for green tea. SIZE:9.5cm(D)/6.8cm(H)

A very cute small Chinese white glazed turtle attributed to North Carolina potter Virginia Shelton of J.B. Cole Pottery. On the base bottom there is an indication that there are some initials, but they are almost completely mostly obliterated by the glaze. In excellent condition, this little guy would make for a perfect and fun paperweight and a great piece for the collector. Measures 1.75" high, 2.5" diameter.

Tall Oribe style bottle vase which was thrown round and paddled square with a texture about the surface and a band of black and white herringbone design near the top. The bottom shows where the wads were ground off and this area is smooth to the touch.

Stoneware, slips and glazes

12.35" x 6.5"

Mingei influenced stark white slipped bottle vase with dramatic hakame executed with a stiff boar's fur brush. This shape is a bit reminescent of Scandanavian form of the 1950's

Stoneware, slip and glaze

10.2" X 5.5"

Rich glazed hakeme (hakame) waisted vase with lustrous Oribe glaze on the exterior and complex temmoku on the interior

Stoneware, slip and glazes

10" X 6"

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

Temmoku glazed covered cap jar with repeated impressed designs around the body of the full jar

Stoneware and glaze

10" X 7.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large cylindrical vase with vivid impressed wood texture and glazed in my Ao glaze

Stoneware and glazes

11" X 6"

Rich rozome style designs wrapped around the jug under a Fujina influenced medieval green glaze. This glaze is very reminiscent of Old English or Fujina lead glazes without any lead!

Stoneware, slips and glazes

10.2" X 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust covered cap jar in a deep temmoku glaze with a band of my medieval green over a kushime combed slip decoration

Stoneware, slip and glazes

11.25" X 7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Oribe style mizusashi, water jar with hakeme (hakame) slip decoration under the lustrous glaze

Stoneware, slip and traditional Oribe glaze

6.25" X 6.25"

Richly glazed cap jar with rozome ideogram style designs around the jar and on the lid. This glaze is very reminiscent of Old English or Fujina lead glazes without any lead!

Stoneware, slips and glazes

8" X 7"

Oval combed slip covered serving piece with Ao glaze and red, yellow and green overglaze emamels. The foot was glazed and fired on wads just for the effect it presents.

Stoneware, slip, glaze and enamels

12.5" X 6.25" X 7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ao glazed cap jar with "Orbis", rings design

Stoneware, slips and glazes

8.25" X 8.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe