A striking design of swirling dots decorates this wide low chawan by female porcelain legend Ono Hakuko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Yuri Haku-kin Sai Hira Chawan (White Gold Decorated Wide Tea Bowl). Blue and Green Dots swirl in a vortex from the center of the bowl. It is 16.2 cm (6-3/8 inches) diameter, 4.7 cm (2-7/8 inches) tall and in excellent condition retaining the original shiori...

This elegant form vase is by porcelain master; Omori Shinobu. This vase measures 10.65” X 4” and is in excellent condition. The work of Omori Shinobu (1889-1962) is rare and even more so as this large vase comes complete with signed box and original personal bio. Omori, known for revitalizing the studio movement from his home in northern Japan, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, founded Hokuto-yaki (Northern Star Pottery) and even to this day a large pottery festival is held in his honor...

The bowl reflects the aesthetics of those imported Korean wares preferred by Sen-no-Rikyu in the Momoyama era. The pale glaze crawls across the surface, creating a sense of drama over this very austere form. The rim dips and curves, a playful accent to the otherwise sedate work, made to suit the stately confines of the tea room...

Oribe style chawan with hakeme (hakame) slip decoration under the lustrous rich green glaze

Stoneware, slip and traditional Oribe glaze

5" X 4.25"

Wood-fired, thick cut plate by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Shino & Ash glazes. H.1.625"(4cm) x 9.75"(25cm) square. There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares...

Here we have an exceptional Raku tea bowl given the poetic name "Setsu-gekka" (snow, moon, flower) — a phrase often used in Japanese art and literature to evoke a sense of beauty, tranquility, and the passing of seasons...

A spectacular Shino Chawan featuring clouds of red over crackled and fissured white by Japan Ceramic Society award (JCS) winner Tamaoki Yasuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box.  The form is organic, the rim ebbs and flows like salt-foam on the tide...

A hand signed example of the print "Edgartown" (Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts) by noted contemporary Cape Cod and the Islands artist KATHY O'NEIL. The work is numbered 111/350 at lower left margin and is hand signed by the artist at lower right margin. O'NEIL works in the popular naive, folk art tradition that can be traced back to Ralph Cahoon. Popular subjects are mostly scenes of the Cape, Nantucket, or Martha's Vineyard...

Ash runs in glassy rivulets down the sand textured sides of this large work by Tsuboshima Dohei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The undulating rim calls to mind ancient firing traditions, the intense heat of the kiln warping the forms as they turn near molten...

Lovely oil on canvas entitled "Taps" by Don Doxie who paints unbelievably beautiful still life civil war and southwestern paintings. This one measures 12" x 16" and looks just like a photograph.

Pastel colors clouds and snow rain of this spectacular squared bottle vessel by Kyoto important artist Miyashita Zenji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Saidai-doro Kazabana Bun-bin (Flurry of snow in a clear sky,colored clay bottle vase and date to 1995. This is just in time for this coming season displays...

Large, lobed form teabowl with temmoku and ash glazes

Stoneware and glazes

7" X 5.25" X 3.4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A very interesting vintage Modernist sterling ring in the style of Ed Wiener. Industrial looking and tactile, it is a size 7- 7 1/2 and weighs 11 grams. It is in fine original condition and signed as shown. I have not been able to identify the maker but love the look of the ring.

A squat form quintessentially Kishi Eiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated 1997. Purchased from the artist, it is 21 x 14 x 19.5 cm (8-1/4 x 5-1/2 x 7-3/4 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Kishi Eiko was born in Nara in 1948, and largely trained in the Ceramic Institute of Tekisui Museum. She was first exhibited in 1981 at the Women’s Association of Ceramic Art and was awarded that year...

A truly unique work of Shino pottery developed among the company of some of Japan’s most respected and influential potters of the last century. Defying conventions of form and genre, this exceptional mizusashi looks like it could have emerged from the ground fully formed, the result of geological processes lasting millennia. The creator of this fine work is none other than Tsuboshima Dohei, a true master of the ceramic arts...

This bowl by Shingu Sayaka looks to me as if it were made from petrified butterfly wings. It is titled Gakuyo Wan and comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 14 x 14 x 8.5 cm (5-1/2 x 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist. Shingu Sayaka was born in Osaka, the industrial and commercial heartland of central Japan, in 1979...

Dohei Fujinoki is one of the most popular artist in contemporary KARATSU pottery scene. Initially he aimed a western painter and then,when he met an old KARATSU pottery piece he had been fascinated. He has studied at Karatsu and also MIno. And while, he has studied in tea ceremony. His repertoires are goods for tea ceremony, sake cup, and tableware for Japanese cuisine. This piece is a brand new work created with chosen-karatsu (black&white)changed in the kiln as sake cup. His sake cu...

Looking something akin to dragon skin with gilded beads glistening between the scales, this recent creation by young artist Hiramatsu Ryoma demonstrates his creative imagination and challenges the traditional boundaries of what defines a guinomi (Saké cup)...