This important Zen tea bowl named “Phoenix Appears” (Hōōrai 鳳来) is a collaboration between the famous Kyoto potter Imai Masayuki 今井 政之 (1930-2023) and the equally well known Zen monk Matsunaga Gōzan 松長剛山 (b. 1943), Abbot of Kōtō-in, a subtemple of Daitoku-ji since 1971 and the 13th titular head of Hisada-ryu Arisugawa-kei school of tea. The chawan was made in the early 1970s, shortly after he ascended to abbotship of Kōtō-in...
Large open teabowl form with my Ao glaze over a bloesem design in rozome style slip
Porcelain, slip and glazes
6" X 3.2"
Functional, decorative and food safe
A sophisticated Mashiko chawan with beautiful glaze by greatest Shoji Hamada, enclosed in its originally signed wood box. The bowl has smoothly graduated colours, rarely seen on Hamada's tea bowls.
Hamada Shoji (1894 - 1978) was one of the founding fathers of the Studio Pottery movement, who came over to England with his friend, Bernard Leach, to start the Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall back in 1920...
Large ameyu and haiyu, amber and ash glazed teabowl with a deep relief decoration known as the Shi-Tenno, Four Guardians.
Porcelain and glazes
5.75" X 4.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Gorgeous blue over rich Oribe green glaze cover this five plates set by Higasida Shigemasa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titeld Oribe Meimei-zara. Each plate are entirely sculptural, shredded and scarred. It has a very organic feel, both from the texture and the imperfectly torn sides coated with various thicknesses of green glass, like water running over a stone surface...
Here another igneous work,shows a state of nature by Tsujimura Yui enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shizen-Yu Maru Chawan. The rivers of green glaze flow with the delicate textures in the surface,it is slightly elongated, the shape creating both a tension in the form and an engaging vocabulary to the palms of the holder, making it an easy bowl to drink from...
Ao glazed cap jar with "Orbis", rings design
Stoneware, slips and glazes
8.25" X 8.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Striking wide sterling bracelet with 8 rows of precise stamping by Cochiti Pueblo silversmith Cippy Crazyhorse, son of legendary silversmith Joe H. Quintana. Measuring 6 1/4" around in the inside plus an additional 1 1/4" opening, it is 1 3/4" wide and weighs 129 grams. It is in fine original condition and signed as shown. Suitable for a man or woman, a very impressive bracelet.
Being offered is an absolutely extraordinary one of a kind 7/8 INCH THICK sterling silver necklace made by Tane Silversmiths (the Tiffany of Mexico) of Mexico City, Mexico in the original suede box. The Tane archives confirm the necklace is a one of a kind piece from 2005. Heavy gauge statement necklace comprising a grouping of multiple chains in a twist design to create a chain mail masterpiece, attached to an 18k gold gilded tongue and box closure. Dimensions: size 20...
Studio Pottery Arita Ware Globular Porcelain Vase with Natural Landscape made by Fujii Shumei (b. 1936)
Fujii Shumei is the prominent potter from Arita who has many awards including the Award from Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition and the Kyushu Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition as well as the Minister of Education Award.
Size
Width 19cm
Height 19cm
Condition
Good, no cracks, no chips
Supplied with original signed box
Amber and haiyu glazed yunomi with hakeme decoration on the exterior
Stoneware, slip and glazes
3.25" X 3.75"
Functional, decorative and food safe
25.5" x 34.75". Color and ink on cotton muslin. Born in Northamptonshire, England in 1959, Peter Bowles has had a fascination with the American Indian culture since childhood. Fulfilling a lifelong dream of living and working among the American Indian cultures, in 1989 Bowles traveled to the United States where he was strongly encouraged to pursue ledger art by Jim O’Donell. Bowles’s first commission was for Emil Her Many Horses, the curator of the ST...
Exhibition quality Aka-Shino chawan by master Mino potter; Hayashi Shotaro
Double boxed with handmade tea cloth
5.65" x 4"
Excellent unused condition, mint!
Large hardcover book with slipcase coving the modern works of Mashiko pottery. This book measures 8.5" X 12" and has 240 pages of full color illustrations...
Futa-oki, Lid Rest, by Tagami Isamu of Hinta Kiln, Mashiko. Faceted sides, Kaki (persimmon) glaze with red & green overglaze enamel decoration of sugar cane reed and stripes. H. 2.375"(6cm) x Dia. 2.25"(5.5cm.)Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenticed under Sudo Takeo...
"New York, Fifth Avenue"
Oil on canvas, 24"x 20" without frame, 34 1/4" x 30 1/4" framed Guy Dessapt was born in 1938 and raised in the countryside of France. At a young age he began to paint countryside village scenes and spent many of his early years painting in the streets of Montmartre. Here he learned from many of the great French painters of the time. He left home at an early age and attended the Arts Decoratifs School of Paris and fell in love with the city of Paris. From there Mr...
Here is one of a kind Sake set consist of a Tokkuri, and six sake cups. Hakeme Karatsu,Ido Kohiki...., the many styles for which Shiro is known. Each is uniquely engraved with the artists signature, and they come enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sake-ki Osoroi (Full Sake set)...
Caribbean-Blue glass fills this crusty earthen bowl by Ogawa Machiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Saiyu Bachi. It is roughly 27cm (11 inches) diameter, 10 cm (4 inches) tall and in excellent condition...