Sake Cup, Guinomi, by Tagami Isamu of Hinata Kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture. Kaki ("persimmon") glaze and bamboo leaf motif. H.2.5"(6.25cm) x Dia.2.5"(6.5cm.) Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenticed under Sudo Takeo. He was originally trained as a Japanese chef and had his own restaurant before embarking on a career in pottery, giving him a unique perspective on functional wares...

Rich rivulets of stunning green crystallize on the surface of this tokkuri sake-bottle by important Mino artist Hayashi Kotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The bottle is roughly 6 inches (15.5 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Kotaro was born in Gifu prefecture, and graduated the prefectural ceramic facility...

Very large Oribe teabowl that was thrown and tataki paddled with texture into an oval form. There are two tones of green from the oribe on the bare clay and over areas of poured white slip. The foot is tooled by hand, off the wheel, to go with the form of the bowl.

Stoneware, slip and glaze

6.5" x 4.75" x 3.9"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Black splashes over spattered white slip draw the eye into the window in the darkenss on the side of this exquisite chawan tea bowl by master fo that genre Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled understatedly Chawan. 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 the master of tea bowls...

Richly glazed ko-zu style oribe chawan with "wandering" lip and tactile Shono pattern around the teabowl

Stoneware, slip and traditional Oribe glaze

4" X 5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

This very liquid form seems already imbibed with rice wine, the base stable while the sides tilt slightly, sagging on the stool, a superb work by Abe Anjin. It comes wrapped with the original stamped wrapping cloth enclosed in the original wooden box titled Bizen Shuki and in turn enclosed in a black lacquered wooden box also stamped by the artist. Obviously, he felt this was deserved of greatness...

An unusual chawan draped with blue over leopard-skin like some Osaka Obachan on a Friday night romp by Takiguchi Kazuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The apple shaped form is pleasant on the hands, not heavy or unruly. A large drip had sagged off the side, affixing itself to the kiln floor, where it has been cut off. A bowl very much in this artists avant-garde spirit...

White slip lopes and wavers and splashes over this slightly trumpeting chawan by master of that genre Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hikidashi no Chawan. Innovative as always, the application of glaze has been performed in several layers and styles, giving the bowl a unique appearance which sets it apart from others...

A playful Sake Set by Sawa Katsunori, each piece enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Tokkuri and Oribe Guinomi respectively.  The capricious brush has worked over the various colors creating crosscurrents among the various themes which play off of each other .  The perfect compliment to the charms of a good bottle of sake. 
Size,The Tokkuri: is W 9,8  cm ( 3.9 inches)  H 16.0  cm ( 6.3 inches)  Size, Guinomi: is W 5.8  cm ( 2.3 inches)  H 5.2  cm ( 2.05 in...

5-Lobed Dish (plum blossom shape) by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. Sgraffito lines decorate outside walls. White Shino over Bamboo Ash glazes. H. 2.25"(5.5cm) x Dia. 7.5"(19cm.) 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...

Chinese influenced V-bowl form glazed in temmoku and medieval green glazes with a "bloesem" decoration

Stoneware, slip and glazes

9.5" X 2.85"

Functional, decorative and food safe

A superb example of the chameleon versatility of Matsuzaki Ken is this red tea bowl dolloped with thick white glaze enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kurogane Shino-Chawan.  It is strongly formed, with russet iron highlighting the borders between the fields of red and white glaze.  Truly a spectacular work. 
Size, D 12.4 cm ( 5 inches)  H 8.6  cm ( 4 inches) 
Condition, Excellent 
Matsuzaki Ken was born in Tokyo in 1950, and grew up in that dynamic post...

Dish by Sachiko Furuya. H.2.5"(6.5cm) x Dia.11.375"(29cm). Bamboo Ash, Copper, Iron Glaze. 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...

This work is a work of famous ceramist Deishi Shibuya of Hagi ware.

It is a Oni-Hagi Hiissen Chawan. Hiissen is Japanese and is a meaning referred to as Washing a brush.

Since form resembles the container from which a brush is washed, it came to be refered to as Hiissen Chawan. The Hagi ware clay with which three kinds of grounds were mixed is used for the clay of this work (Daido, Mishima, Mitake).

The clay which blended rough sand is called Oni-Hagi...

Ameyu glazed lobed serving bowl with rich mossy like copper effects in a trellis pattern

Stoneware, glaze and overglaze

8" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Tea Cup, Yunomi, by Tagami Isamu of Hinata Kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture. Kaki-yu ("persimmon" glaze) Rou-nuki (wax resist.) A repeated pattern of "8"s on this cup are a reference to the kanji character for 8 which is two lines that open wide slightly horizontally, an image that is open and receptive to good luck and symbolizes a bright future...

Classic Shigaraki chawan by veteran wood fire potter, Takahashi Rakusai IV. This is truly a classic example of the Rakusai style and has vivid hi-iro flashing about the chawan while the face is painted in a fine coat of ash. having learned from his father, Rakusai III, Rakusai IV continues the tradition of the Takahashi family and this chawan is an excellent example of the form and style of firing the family is well know and respected for.

This chawan is in great, unused condition, measure...

Serene yuteki temmoku conical chawan made in the Chinese taste, though Japanese. The chocolaty oil spots float on the darker iron glaze as if suspended, or frozen in motion. The clay is a a fine buff stoneware and the kodai, foot is well tooled. The chawan is signed, but has not been read, though it is a fine bowl. It has many similarities to Kimura Morikazu, Kamada Koji and Taniguchi Ryozo.

This chawan is in great condition, however there is a minute gold lacquer repair on the lip, the si...