Catalog (558)

Traditional style jug or pitcher with deep rich temmoku glaze and impressed waffle designs as a repeated motif

Stoneware and glaze

11" X 6.8"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Amber glazed, ameyu, etched teabowl with deep relief of a continuous "spirali" design around the body

Porcelain and glaze

5.3" X 4.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Vivid electric blue (bleu electrique) teabowl in lobed form with pedestal foot and vivid cobalt decoration running down from the lip

Porcelain and glazes

5.25" X 4.3"

Not intended for daily use

Rich, dark temmoku teapot with cap lid and impressed decoration around the body together with two stem style teacups

Stoneware and glazes

Max. 9.75" x 7.5", teacups approx. 3.75" X 3.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Take-sugata, bamboo formed chawan with haiyu ash glaze over the ridged and stamped form

Porcelain and glazes

4.75" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Elegant Hagi chawan with fine lip and kodai foot and a creamy and drippy rim of opaque glaze around the lip.

4.8" X 3.25"

Though marked, the seal is unread. This chawan was purchased at a store in Hagi. The original owner could not wait the extra day for the wood box, so it is presented here in a Hagi store gift box. It was thought that this chawan was made by Notomi Choun, but I will leave the detective work to the next owner.

Robust, large Shino vase of round 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.

10" X 3.75"

Original wood signed box included

Volumous temmoku covered jar with three rings around the circumference of the piece with impressed stamp decoration. Picture #5 shows the actual color and quality of the glaze very well

Stoneware and glaze

10.5" X 8.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large medieval green glazed bottle/vase, or even large tokkuri with hakeme slip decoration

Stoneware, slip and glazes

12" X 6.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

This large henko, molded bottle is by forth generation Otani-gama kiln master; Yano Shinichi. This henko comes with signed box and is in excellent condition.

The vase measures 5.25" X 5.25" X 10.25" but the measurements alone do not adequately present the volume and mass of this piece. The piece is glazed in two contrasting glazes to create the kanji for the four seasons and is known as a Vivaldi-henko after Vivaldi's famous musical work; The Four Seasons.

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Large size, generous, guinomi with stamped decoration at four point making excellent finger indents glazed in a rich Oribe glaze

Stoneware and glaze

3" X 3.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Amber and haiyu glazed yunomi with hakeme decoration on the exterior

Stoneware, slip and glazes

3.25" X 3.75"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large teabowl with medieval green, Fujina style, glaze over hakeme with kamon diamonds around the piece

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.6" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Medieval green glazed hakeme slipware covered jar, or mizusashi with kamon diamonds at four points around the piece

Stoneware, slips and glazes

8.8" X 6.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Maru-wan style teabowl with Ao glaze over a black and white "grasses" pattern

Stoneware, slips and glazes

4.75" X 4.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

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