Like a fossilized ammonite excavated from some dry desert pit, dry green glass leaves off to arid cracked earth on this swirling vessel by Atarashi Kanji enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is a powerful work with sensational textures. 26 cm (10 inches) diameter, rising from 7 to 11 cm (3 to 4-1/2 inches) high at the shoulder. Due to the convoluted shape and extreme temperatures there are stress fractures born from the firing process...

A striking Tokkuri and Guinomi sake set by Ichikawa Toru enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Liberalism respectively and date to 2018. These display his famed glazes, which not only display remarkable color variations, but also textures, creating a pleasurable experience for both the eyes and the hands.
Size,(Tokkuri) : D 7.6 cm H 17.8 cm
Size,(Guinomi) : D 7.4 cm H 7.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Ichikawa Toru was born in Tokyo in 1973...

A museum quality Chawan by Kondo Takahiro enclosed in the original wooden box titled Gin-teki Wan. This is from his Silver Mist Tea Bowls series (2014-2016), undoubtedly one of his most popular motifs.
Size, D 15.9 cm H 8.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kondo Takahiro (b. 1958) was born the grandson of Living National Treasure Kondo Yuzo. However he graduated Hosei University not with a degree in sculpture or crafts, but in Literature...

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...

A deep bowl decorates with an assortment of colors in dashes, dots and draperies by Kawabata Kentaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Chawan. Consistent with this artitsts repertoire, the varying aspects are difficult to surmise in few words, raw clay, torn, cut, molded, squeezed and decorated with color in a variety of styles with glass beads. A playful work to represent his eclectic style...

As if dragged from the ocean floor, the calcified form of this star shaped shell chawan with beautiful white color capturing the sand of the sea from which it came. A superlative bowl by Koike Shoko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shiro-Wan.
Size, D 14.6 cm H 9.8 cm
Condition, Excellent
Born in 1943, Shoko graduated Japan’s top art school (the Tokyo University of Art) in 1969...

A powerful vase in dark wet clay by Abe Anjin enclosed in the original signed double-wooden box titled Bizen Hanaire. Once again Abe Anjin has proven his mastery of tradition with this superb rendition. Impurities in the clay mar the surface and pale ash dusts. In the top clay hints of yellow flash where flame has licked the body,and the base is like textured stone, showing the extreme temperature with which it was fired...

A very unusual Sake Set by Hamada Shoji enclosed in a wooden box annotated by his son Hamada Shinsaku and titled Namako-yu Shuki (Synallactida-glaze Sake Set). Although the shape is certainly among this famous artist’s repertoire, the combination of rust colored browns on black with Mediterranean blueis quite striking...

This is everything we could hope for in a bowl by this esteemed artist, Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Chawan . It has a superb organic form, texture and the imperfectly torn sides coated. Blue-gray ash separated from the raw dark clay by a thin bead of pale brown color. The wide base and low stance create a very powerful presence. This is a great opportunity to acquire a very special piece by this artist...

A spectacular sculpted vase by legendary potter Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Shinogi Kaki and date to 2016. A very complicated form and amazing firing,something which challenges the senses as we have come to expect from this experimental artist...

Iron infuses the draperies of crystlized Shino glaze covering this traditional bottle shaped vase by Tsukigata Nahiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oni-Shino Ko-Tsubo (Small Vase). A fold in the side adds asymmetry and a sense of immediacy to the piece, taking away the sense of creation and putting it firmly in the natural world where nothing is perfect (except perhaps the scent of a plum blossom!)...

A spectacular Vessel covered n a torrent of color by Kishimoto Kennin enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Shiho Mimitsuki Hanaire(Four Sides Iga Vase with Ears).Here is a piece with attitude! A proud Iga vase with two “ears” like elbows on its hips...

Ash glaze splatters seemingly haphazard across this superbly crafted tea bowl by Kishimoto Kennin enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Chawan. The glaze has pummeled the side and run in just enough to create a large green pool in the center, thick green running in a stream to connect it to the rim. About the base clings charred ash deposits, and one side is severely blasted, opposite raw shiseki-pocked clay...

White and blue polka dots on the black background fram on this six sides multi-colored Vase by Miyashita Zenji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sai-dei In Ka Rokaku Hanaire and date to 2010. It is an excellent example of this artist, at a size which makes it easily collectable.
Size, D 12.1 cm H 16.2 cm
Condition: Excellent
Miyashita Zenji (1939-2012) was born into the family of potter Miyashita Zenju, and graduated the Kyoto Municipal University of A...

Yoshitaka Hasu was born in 1949 in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. After earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering from National College of Technology and working for several years in development of telecommunication, he chose instead to pursue a career in ceramics. In 1975, he started an apprenticeship with ceramist Shiro Banura (1941-2001) in Iga. Banura was strongly inspired by Rozanjin (1883-1959), a famed ceramist and novelist with a discriminating taste, who advocated living with art through...

Black splashes over spattered white slip draw the eye into the window in the darkenss on the side of this exquisite playful baluster form vase by Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled understatedly Tsubo. The title is the only thing simple about this complex combination of contemporary clay, glaze, tradition, form, function, past and future. A simply stunning work by this important artist.
Size, D 27.6 cm H 28.8 cm and quite heavy
Condition, Excellent

A Museum Quality piece by legendary Abe Anjin in the artists most sought after style of saishoku colors. It has the original wooden signed box, titled Bizen Saishoku Mizusashi,the Original lacquered wooden box also stamped by him,Artists history and wrapping cloth. This is a superlative work by the artist, and one I am very proud to be able to offer.
Size, D 19.2 cm H 22.7 cm
Condition, Excellent
Born in Osaka in 1938, the mysterious recluse began his artistic carreer a...

A blue graffit on the white Hakuji form on this Tokkuri and a Celadon platter by Yoshikawa Masamichi enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes and comes with an exhibition pamphlet from 2005 advertising a similar works,likely they are was shown there. The platter made to either sit or hang.
Size,Platter D 33.8 cm H 2.8 cm (Pending)
Size,Tokkuri D 8.1 cm H 18.2 cm (Pending)
Condition, Excellent
Yoshikawa Masamichi was born in Kanagawa in 1946, and graduated...