Burnt yellow glaze streaks down the body to form encrustations of glazz on the base of this organic looking vessel by Hori Ichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 10 inches (25.5 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Hori Ichiro (b. 1952) graduated the Tajimi School of Industrial Design and apprenticed under Kato Kozo...

An exquisite work by challenging artist Tanba Shigeyuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box The clear white glaze certainly is like moonlight, and something about the impact of the form into multiple forms calls to mind an asteroid strikeing ground. It is both calm and alive with movement at the same time.
Size, D 14.8 cm H 9.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1978...

A brilliantly colored bowl studded with shiseki and slashes of black by Banura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 14 cm diameter, 7 cm tall and in excellent condition.
Banura Shiro (1941-2001) was born the fourth son of influential Lacquer Artist Banura Shogo. His sensitivity to textures may stem from that exacting influence...

A black Raku Guinomi by Hashimoto Tomonari enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Raku Yaki Kohen Guinomi. It is 2-1/4 inches (6 cm) across, the same height and in excellent condition, directly from the artist this winter.
Hashimoto Tomonari was born the son of a sculptor and has felt comfortable with the processes of creation since childhood. He graduated with a masters from the Kanazawa University of Art in March 2017, then relocated to Shigaraki...

Vase with lug handle ears (Mimitsuki Kabin,) by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. White Shino glaze. H. 8.75"(22cm) x Dia. 5.0"(12.75cm.) 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. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara Fine Arts Academy (Tokyo,) and has a Studio Art degree from Clark College in Dubuque, Iowa...

A superb Uzukumaru tsubo by Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Shell marks, kutsuki, ash blasting. The piece is 7-3/4 inches (19.5 cm) tall, 6 inches (15.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Tsujimura Shiro was born in Nara in 1947, and began his steps into the art world as an oil painter. While living at a Buddhist temple he experienced a profound connection with a Korean Tea Bowl, and began potting...

Sadamitsu Sugimoto, a great master of the ceramic art scene in Japan, was led by Tachibana Daiki the great Zen teacher and has been producing a lot of masterpieces through over 40 years .He has been studying the world of “wabi, sabi, and yugen” as his life's theme. *Tachibana Daiki is well known that former Arkansas Gov...

This chawan represents a modern retelling of Tamba (Tanba) pottery and is by one of the new generation potters; Imanishi Masahiko (b. 1971). This glazed chawan was pulled out of a red hot kiln, hikidashi style and the frozen surface is a wide variety of colors and tones including bidoro green, blue, black and shimmering silver-grey on the foot. The wet surface has a real depth to it making for a rather unique and rarely seen style...

A simple white form by Yoshikawa Masamichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box, simply titled Wan (bowl). However, like the traditional Japanese robe which was decorated on the inside, this bowl holds a surprise for the holder in erratic blue graffiti on the bottom. This is a characteristic of this artist’s work, and this bowl is a fine example...

Rare Buncheong Vessel by Shin Sang Ho from 1993, during his buncheong period, with the original signed box. A piece that is both beautiful and important in the history of Korean contemporary ceramics...

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 playful work with a dancing rim and lovely colors by Takeuchi Shingo included in the original signed wooden box titled Zogan Chawan (Inlay Tea Bowl).
Size, D 13.1 cm H 8.8 cm
Condition, Excellent
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. Exhibited at the Asahi ...

An exquisite mentori Bizen chawan blasted with molten ash by Isezaki Koichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Chawan. The entire surface has been cut with swirling facets . One side with black and blue-gray ash, the backside shows a pale brown color. Texture, form, colors , this one has it all!
Size, D 12.6 cm H 10.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
Isezaki Koichiro was born the son of living national treasure Isezaki Jun. He graduated the sculptu...

A large sculpture of interlaced coils containing a glistening membrane by Got Miho enclosed in the original signed wooden box from her Heartbeat of the Skin series. It is 14 x 35 x 15 cm (roughly 5-1/2 x 14 x 6 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist. When prompted about her message she said: I feel that there is something vaguely present that is never visible in my everyday life. It always speaks to me like a pulse beating deep within my thin skin, insisting on its exis...

This piece was fired for 11 days with pine fire wood in anagama. Melted ashes has turned to green glass as natural glaze, it's very beautiful, And shells that was placed to avoid sticking has become to natural pattern. YouTube movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmdIyVGWEg Accessary: wooden box signed by artist Size: 10.6cm(base diameter) 23.3cm(height)

Two Rikyu guinomi covered in thick shino glaze with marbleized pinks, molten iron blending with rust, moss green , lavender, white, blue and everything in between can be seen in the amazing onslaught of color. The Aka shino guinomi,looks like lava boiling up under a glacier of pure white snow, volcanic gases escaping the molten earth through the hundreds of su-ana pinholes marking the surface. They are comes enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled ....
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Yunomi, Tea Cup, Porcelain with underglaze blue painting, by Kathy Lusher; Seattle, WA. H.3"(7.5cm) x Dia.3"(7.5cm) Volume=200ml(6.75 oz.) Kathy Lusher makes functional ceramics of an exceptional quality. The porcelain bodies and blue-green tinge to her hand-mixed glaze recipes create the ideal background to view the color Japanese green tea. Lusher was an apprentice in Japan to well-known potter Takita Koichi, who has worked in both rural Fukushima & Tochigi Prefectures. He himself apprentice...

This particular guinomi is one of those small gems that make it easy to understand not only the love of saké but of guinomi. A magnificent work of Ningen Kokuho, Isezaki Jun enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Bizen Shuten . Texture, color, this one has it all!
Size, D 6.6 cm H 6.7 cm
Condition, Excellent
Jun was born the second son to the prominent Bizen family of Isezaki Yozan. With his older brother Mitsuru he studied the plastic arts under t...