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Fantastic and perfectly shaped Bizen chawan by great contemporary artist Hiroshi Toyofuku. It has a stunning glaze with a fine abstract 'landscape' of colors on it. It fits smooth in the palm of the hands and gives you a real warm feeling.
The chawan has his sign and comes with the original woodbox. Please note, his art connects perfectly past and present and is hard to get on the market.
Toyofuku Hiroshi was born in Saitama in 1973...
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Here is a brilliant Chawan by Master Mashiko Potter and Living National Treasure Shimaoka Tatsuzo enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box. It is in mint condition with no chips or cracks.
Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007) is one of the best-known Japanese potters. The artist studied under another pottery legend, Hamada Shoji, to become one of Mashiko master craftsmen...
$2,100.00
A wonderful Chawan Tea Bowl by famous Kyoto Artist Yanagihara Mutsuo, enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is designed with pure silver and has an artistic glaze changing from black to dark green with spots of rainbow colours.
Yanigahara Mutsuo (b.1934) was raised in Seto and studied in Kyoto along with contemporary Morino Taimei with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship...
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Very rare example of museum-quality Shigaragki-ware by Tsujimura Shiro. It was originally given as a gift from the artist to a secret, wealthy benefactor upon the Grand Opening of the famed Miho Museum near Kyoto, Japan, in 1997.
Some time later we bought it from this famous benefactor, and since then it is in our collection.
This is a very rare and highly collectible and massive item, and it is entirely authentic with an absolutely perfect provenance...
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A wonderful Oribe Chawan by Higashida Shigemasa enclosed in the original signed wooden box.
Born in Hiroshima in 1955 Shigemasa received his BA at Shimonoseki Municipal University in 1978 and did a postgraduate course in ceramics at Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Technical High School. He set up his studio in Tokyo where he works predominantly in Shino and Oribe...
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Spectacular Shino Tea Bowl (Chawan) by one of the best known and unique artists of Japan, Katsuhiko Sato. It comes enclosed in its original wooden box.
Katsuhiko is an eccentric artist, working aptly in not only pottery, but also painting and calligraphy. His artwork is part of important auctions and it is exhibited world wide. He was born in Manchuria in 1940, his family returning to Japan in 1947 to settle in Okayama...
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Here is a fascinating Oribe Chawan (tea bowl) made by Koie Ryoji, one of the best internationally known contemporary Japanese potters. It is another embodiment of the artist’s spirit, with a shape that remains free and moving, rough, unique and dynamic. Its colors and its rawness is reminiscent of a wild landscape. As with many works by the famous artist, this piece’s dynamism conveys pure energy and raw strength...
$2,500.00
No words to describe this incredible large vase by Koyama Kiyoko,signed on the base and enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box.
Kiyoko b.1936 started as a painter who drew designs on pottery. Today, she is considered one of the leading Shigaraki potters both nationally and internationally...
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Now we are proud to offer you our second Chawan made by famous Toyozo Arakawa. It is colorful and shiny Oribe Chawan in mint condition with no cracks and no repairs.
Size: 5,1 inches x 5,5 inches x 2,8 inches
Toyozo Arakawa (1894-1985) rediscovered the techniques of manufacturing Shino glazes first perfected during the Momoyama and Edo periods...
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We like to offer this large and stunning Tea Pot by famous Takeuchi Shugo, enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box.
Like most of the best contemporary potters, Takeuchi Shugo is a true artist and creator, and his work reflects his strength and his dynamism.
This great item is another splendid evidence of the mastery of this artist...
$1800.00
No words can describe these two incredible vases by Koyama Kiyoko, signed on the base and enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden boxes. Kiyoko, born 1936 started as a painter who drew designs on pottery. Today, she is considered one of the leading Shigaraki potters both nationally and internationally. Kiyoko was the subject of the feature film Days of Fire (Hibi), and is the pioneering female wood firing artist in Japan,the potter’s dramatic life and the trajectory of her artist...
$1200 Sold
A valuable Shino Nezumi Chawan by legend and Living National Treasure Ishiguro Munemaro, 1893-1955.
It is in mint condition and comes with its original signed box.
In 1918, Ishiguro Munemaro set his goal of becoming a ceramist after seeing a spotted tenmoku tea bowl at Tokyo Art Club. On his own, he researched Chinese ceramics of the Tang and Song dynasties, Korean ceramics, and so on, and grounded on abundant experience and skill, he established a richly lyrical and eleg...
$650.00
A fine Tokkuri by the greatest Shigaraki Legend Tsujimura Shiro. It is enclosed in the original signed wooden box.
Shiro was born in Nara in 1947, likely needs no introduction, certainly one of Japans most well known potters, he has been displayed both nationally and internationally innumerable times.
Tsujimura Shiro first became interested in pottery while studying to be a painter in Tokyo. He rejected the notion of apprenticing with an established master or attending art s...
$300 Sold
This is another tea bowl we offer from famous Waraku Kawasaki.
It is a red Raku Chawan with a gentle charisma and tasteful hand painting of a plum tree.
The seal of the potter is stamped on the bottom.
Waraku kiln has been producing raku wares in Kyoto since the end of Edo era. Kawasaki Waraku, born in 1936, is the 7th generation of Waraku potters.
No chips, no cracks only a small glaze-peeled spot on the rim. Refer to the last picture to check it.
$450.00
Only one of a kind - fantastic kuro bizen tokkuri with unusual form by famous potter Masao Akiye.
He was born in Saitama near Tokyo in 1968.
After he studied in the Tokyo Institute and Art University, he began his career as a 'professional' Bizen potter in the kiln in Bizen City.After having studied under Isezaki Jun, Bizen Living National Treasure for 10 years, he founded his anagama kiln in 2008.
His work won already many important awards, the Tanabe-Mus...
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No words to describe this incredible large vase by Koyama Kiyoko,signed on the base and enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box.
Kiyoko b.1936 started as a painter who drew designs on pottery. Today, she is considered one of the leading Shigaraki potters both nationally and internationally. Kiyoko was the subject of the feature film Days of Fire (Hibi) - please watch a video on the homepage of Momoyama Gallery - and is the pioneering female wood firing artist in Japan,...
$900.00
Try describing this incredible Vase is not difficult: Spectacular is all that comes to mind. This large vase is covered in glassy Oribe green glaze by the important Mino Ware master potter Tsukamoto Haruhiko, born in Mino in 1959
His work, reflects a certain, more modern departure from the established tradition, without compromising the quality of its craft and design.
Tsukamoto Haruhiko studying with Nonaka Shunsei and Asai Reiji. He struck out on his own in 1985 and sinc...
$500 Sold
We can present you a pair of gold and silver leaf raku Shimadai Chawans by first class potter Waraku Kawasaki.
They have been made in 1975.
Shimadai Chawans (always a small and a large one for men and women) are very auspicious in the Japanese Culture.
It is used especially for a New Year's day or other auspicious days.
Both bowls have a very impressing glaze and will be sold with the original Woodbox with sign and seal of Waraku Kawasaki. He is a very ...