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Very nice boxed Aka-Raku chawan with black reduction accents on the face of the bowl by an unidentified potter, circa 1990.

This chawan is in excellent condition, measures 5" X 3.5" and comes with its signed boxed.

Though I could not identify this potter, the box seal and seal on the chawan are an exact match. What I can say is that this is not an apocryphal mainline raku chawan and is not by Sasaki Shoraku, Ohi Choraku or some of the other usual suspects. Priced accordingly.

Lovely and rich blue and white, sometsuke plate set by Juyo Mukei Bunkazai; Kondo Yuzo. This sometsuke set is made of porcelain with underglaze gosu blue, each plate is decorated with a kaki-zu, persimmon design and is signed on the reverse.

Living National Treasure,Kondo Yuzo was arguably, the one of the finest sometsuke artists of the 20th century. He is most readily identified with his persimmon design, akin the Hamada Shoji and his sugercane motif.

This plates are in perfect cond...

Large blue & white, sometsuke chawan with a vivid pine branch, matsu, stretching across the bowl. This chawan is by Kondo Hiroshi, son of Kondo Yuzo, Living National Treasure. Working in his father's unique style, Kondo Hiroshi is very well exhibited, collected and published in Japan and abroad.

This chawan is in excellent condition with its original signed box and measures 6.25" X 2.25".

***** The underglaze blue is much richer than there photos show and is by far much nicer in per...

Medium sized pitcher with alternating stamped designs under a medieval green and temmoku glazes with a generous handle

Stoneware and glazes

10.5" X 7.5" X 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Generous wan-gata style teabowl with etched arches design under my haiyu and temmoku glazes

Porcelain and glazes

5.6" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Wide wan-gata style teabowl with my Ao glaze over an etched trois voute design

Porcelain and glazes

5.75" X 4.35"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Compact cylindrical form covered jar, mizusashi with haiyu and temmoku glazes forming a pattern of arches around the pot

Stoneware and glazes

6.5" X 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Sturdy yunomi with an underglaze design of stripes in black and red iron slips under my medieval green glaze

Stoneware, slips and glazes

4.25" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large, rich deep black Kuro chawan by contemporary phenom Ishii Takahiro. This boxed chawan is in perfect, brand new and unused condition and measures a robust 5" X 3.85".

Ishii was an apprentice to Kakurezaki Ryuichi, the Bizen master, for a number of years and his works are highly sought after and his shows sell out in minutes. His work covers a lot of ground from his black Kuro glaze to Oribe, Ash glazed and Gold glazed pieces. This Kuro chawan is an exceptional piece by him and his cu...

Rare underglaze blue and red (gosu & yuriko) decorated chawan by Kawai Takeichi (Bu'ichi). Elegantly formed chawan with skillful use of underglaze colors and a predominantly gosu foot, kodai with blushes of iron around the foot as well.

Kawai Takeichi, also known as Bu'ichi, had a long and illustrious career. He apprenticed and worked with his uncle, Kawai Kanjiro for a long while before going off and establishing his own workshop. He exhibited widely and often and his works are well publi...

Waisted form teabowl with temmoku and partridge feather style runny glaze. Picture #5 gives you the best perspective of what the glaze looks like in person.

Stoneware and glazes

5" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust, medieval styled mizusashi by veteran Shigaraki potter; Furutani Churoku IV (b. 1922). This face of this large mizusashi is covered in a wonderful layer of green ash and the back exhibits very fine hi-iro fire color. The base shows three areas where the pot was wadded during the firing and it is prominently signed; CHUROKU.

It should be noted, that currently his tea pieces sell for between 250,000 and 450,000 yen in galleries.

This mizusashi is in excellent condition and has i...

Large haikaburi style mizusashi with areas of running green and blue-green ash running down the pot. This piece was made by veteran tea potter; Suzuki Hideo.

It may be of interest that this mizusashi bares a numbered tag attached to the base of the pot and indicates that this piece was in an exhibition.

This mizusashi is in excellent condition and has its original signed box. It should be noted, the lid is a very tight fit and can only be put on and taken off in one way. That being s...

Large bamboo form (take-gata) teabowl with stamped designs around the bowl under my temmoku and haiyu glazes

Stoneware and glazes

5.5" x 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Elegant cap jar glazed in my temmoku with a runny iron tetsu partridge feather glaze. This cap jar resembles some Tamba and karatsu works and has a rich variety of iron, green and grey-black tones to the runny overglaze.

Stoneware and glazes

10.5" x 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Tall and slightly tapering cilindro vase form with my temmoku and partridge feather tetsu-yu glaze

Stoneware and glazes

12.25" x 5.75"

Large altered ovoid teabowl form with an oval formed foot in temmoku and tetsu-yu glazes, inspired by Tamba and Karatsu pottery

Stoneware and glazes

6" X 4.75" X 4.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large altered oval teabowl form with temmoku and partridge feather glaze in the style of Karatsu pottery with a matching oval foot

Stoneware and glazes

6" x 5" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe