Catalog: Artists: Ceramics: Pottery (454)

Rich rozome style designs wrapped around the jug under a Fujina influenced medieval green glaze. This glaze is very reminiscent of Old English or Fujina lead glazes without any lead!

Stoneware, slips and glazes

10.2" X 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large, oburi chawan form with a deeply etched spirals repeat design under the 3-dimensional Ao glaze

Porcelain and glazes

4.25" X 5.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Tall thrown and squared vase form with kushime/combed slip decoration under a "Galena" style glaze with trace accents of my finger prints in the glaze (though galena inspired, this and all of my glazes are lead free)

Stoneware, slip and glazes

12" X 4.25" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust stamped capjar with an overall keyfret style design under an Ao glaze and the lid and foot in clear glaze accents

Stoneware and glazes

10.5" X 6.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Gourd form covered jar with hakeme slip decoration and my handprints in clear glaze with the Ao glaze overall

Stoneware, slip and glazes

10.75" X 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Kushime, combed mizusashi and chawan set in a rich Ao glaze with clear accents

Stoneware, slip and glazes

Mizusashi 6.75" X 6.4"

Chawan 4" X 5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust Shino vase of squared form with areas of poured underglaze iron slip creating areas of Aka-Shino (iron red) and Muji-Shino (white)across the piece. This vase was made by the well respected and exhibited Kato Shuntei (1927-1995) who was a true Mino traditional potter.

8.35" X 3.5" X 3.5"

Original wood signed box included

Rich and enigmatic Ki-Seto hachi with incised foliate design and copper accents. This plate was made by Prefectural Living national Treasure Kato Sho (1927-2001) who excelled at all styles of the Mino tradition. This piece has a very tranquil Momoyama feel to it.

7.75" X 7.85" X 1.35"

Original wood signed box included

Ao glazed teabowl with etched "Verses" design

Porcelain and glazes

5.15" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ao glazed cap jar with "Orbis", rings design

Stoneware, slips and glazes

8.25" X 8.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ao glazed teabowl with rozome influenced "grove" design

Stoneware, slips and glazes

5" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large and broad pillar form covered jar with hakeme decoration under a clear glaze and zen inspired splashes of rich Ao blue glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

12" X 8.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ao glazed porcelain chawan with a vivid intersecting commas design around the bowl

Porcelain and glazes

4.5" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large cylindrical vase with vivid impressed wood texture and glazed in my Ao glaze

Stoneware and glazes

11" X 6"

Porcelain meoto (his/her) pair of large/small yunomi done in a suminagashi marbling style of neriage

Porcelain and glaze

Max. 4.2" X 3.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Elegant porcelain teabowl glazed in a rich (and infinite) Ao glaze over an etched design representing zen artist Gibon Sengai's "Universe"

Porcelain and glazes

5.5" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

White slipped bottle vase with combed vertical design and splashed of Ao glaze on either side. This may be used as a larger tokkuri or as a vase

Stoneware, slip and glazes

10.5" X 5.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Oribe glazed small plate or wall bowl (it can be hung on the wall if desired) with a lustrous green glaze and plum flowers under a clear glaze

Stoneware, slips and glazes

10.25" X 2.8"

Functional, decorative and food safe