All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1950
item #1431216
(stock #1)
1940s Nezumi Shino Ware Chawan Teabowl for Tea Ceremony.
Shino pottery is produced in today's Gifu prefecture since 16th century and it is distinguished by thick white glazes, red marks and the surface of small holes.
Size
Diameter 12cm
Height 7.9cm
Weight 380g
Condition
Overall good. No chips, no cracks.
Supplied with wooden box
Kiyomizu Rokubei Teacup Set of 11 cups for green tea.
The teaset refers to Chinese longevity teacups called Wan Shou Wu Jiang (万寿无疆 in simplified Chinese) where the character 壽 (kotobuki in Japanese or shou in Chinese) means Long Life and character 福 (fu) means Good Fortune or Blessing.
The Rokubei family is one of the most influential pottery clan from Kyoto leaded by 8th generation now with over 240 years of history.
Size
Diameter 6.6cm
Heig...
The teaset refers to Chinese longevity teacups called Wan Shou Wu Jiang (万寿无疆 in simplified Chinese) where the character 壽 (kotobuki in Japanese or shou in Chinese) means Long Life and character 福 (fu) means Good Fortune or Blessing.
The Rokubei family is one of the most influential pottery clan from Kyoto leaded by 8th generation now with over 240 years of history.
Size
Diameter 6.6cm
Heig...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1910
item #1427996
(stock #1)
Meiji Period (1868-1912) Japanese Raku Chawan with Amazing Glaze for Tea Ceremony
Raku pottery is traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremony since as early as the 16th century.
Size
Width 11.3cm
Height 8.3cm
Weight 340g + Box 260g
Condition
Overall good considering the age.
Supplied with fabric bag shifuku and wooden box
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1980
item #1427329
(stock #1)
Motoyama Izumi (b. 1938) Bizen Sake Bottle Tokkuri
This Bizen stoneware sake bottle is made with natural ash glaze.
The works of Motoyama Izumi are held in Brooklyn Museum in New York.
Bizen pottery was originally produced in Imbe village of Bizen province since Kamakura period of 14th century.
Size
Height 12cm
Diameter 8.5cm
Condition :
Very good condition, no chips, no cracks.
Supplied with original signed wooden box.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1970
item #1425576
(stock #1)
Made by Living National Treasure, Fujiwara Yu (1932-2001), this Bizen Hidasuki sake bottle was made about 50 years ago.
Yu Fujiwara, one of the most well-known Bizen potters of his time, has become the fourth Bizen Living National Treasure in 1996.
There are only five people having such title for Bizen pottery and his father, Kei Fujiwara, became the second Bizen Living National Treasure in 1970.
Prior to that, Fujiwara Yu was designated as an Intangible Cultural Property of his native Okayam...
Amazing Hagi pottery sake cup made by Living National Treasure 10th Miwa Kyusetsu (1895-1981).
10th Miwa Kyusetsu is one of the most significant potter of Hagi ware of all times.
Sake cups made by Kyusetsu Miwa are very rare to find, almost all are in private collections in Japan.
Sake cup with similar cracks is in collection of Yale University Art Gallery: https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/177211
Hagi Yaki pottery became popular throughout Japan for tea ceremony during Edo p...
This Shino ware sake cup was made about 50 years ago in the well-known Suigetsu Gama kiln which was built by one of the greatest Japanese potters of all times, Toyozo Arakawa (1894-1985). He was designated as Living National Treasure by Japanese Government in 1955 and well-known for reviving Shino glazes of Momoyama and Early Edo periods.
The signature of his kiln is stamped at the bottom of the cup.
The original wooden box with the signature of his kiln name is also included.
Size
Dia...
These 6 teacups for sencha of Hagi ware were made by 11th Saka Koraizaemon (1912-1981) about 50 years ago.
Each teacup has the stamp of the potter.
Hagi ware pottery is one of the most well-known pottery types in Japan since early 17th century...