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Oribe and temmoku glazed lobed vase with impressed medallion within each section. The footring has an small area where glaze ran

Stoneware and glazes 9.25" X 6"

Robust hakeme (hakame) vase with a bold, expressionist style glaze splash inspired by the bold "ink traces" of Nantembo the famous Zen calligrapher

Stoneware, slip and glazes

7.7" X 6.75"

Modernist style tokkuri, sake bottle with Ao and clear glaze over brushed slip.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

7" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Rich glazed hakeme (hakame) waisted vase with lustrous Oribe glaze on the exterior and complex temmoku on the interior

Stoneware, slip and glazes

10" X 6"

Exceptional teadust style temmoku chawan by noted temmoku specialist, Kimura Moriyasu. This chawan is a very potent piece in excellent and unused condition and measures 4.75" X 2.65". This chawan comes with a wood storage box, though unsigned, it is guaranteed to be the work of Kimura Moriyasu.

Kimura Moriyasu is part of a family of glaze specialists which includes his brothers, Kimura Morikazu and Morinobu.

I will include a jpeg from a recent exhibition of Kimura Moriyasu's work whi...

Ao glazed tea ceremony set (Kaigu)including a matched teabowl all in the Jovian Storms neriage pattern. Mizusashi complete with custom lacquer lid

Porcelain and glazes

Mizusashi 7.25" X 5.5"
Kensui 5.5" X 3.2"
Shakutate 6.8" X 3.45"
Futaoki 3" X 2.4"
Chawan 5" X 4"

This elegant form vase is by porcelain master; Omori Shinobu. This vase measures 10.65” X 4” and is in excellent condition. The work of Omori Shinobu (1889-1962) is rare and even more so as this large vase comes complete with signed box and original personal bio. Omori, known for revitalizing the studio movement from his home in northern Japan, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, founded Hokuto-yaki (Northern Star Pottery) and even to this day a large pottery festival is held in his honor. His work is in many...

This robust and modernist Haku-yu ( white ash) glazed mizusashi is by Kakurezaki Ryuichi protégé; Ishii Takahiro. This mizusashi is a creative statement to say the least and measures 10.5” X 9.75” X 6” and comes complete with the original signed box. Note the idiosyncratic and creative calligraphy! This piece is in excellent condition, excepting the lid which was repaired with gold lacquer!

Ishii studied uder the tutelage of the reknown Bizen master, Kakurezaki Ryuichi. He has ha...

Lyrical neriage bowl using white, iron and black porcelain clays in a Jovian Storms pattern

Porcelain and glaze

5.25" x 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ao glazed, thrown and altered vase form with panels of Shono rain pattern

Stoneware, slip and glazes

8.25" X 7.5" at it's widest

Hakeme (hakame) decorated cap jar with rich Ao glaze. This form was inspired by a Japanese chambara film with a silhouetted "ronin" in rain hat and cape with folded arms standing as a solitary figure in the rain.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

10.5" X 6.25"

Great set of books on modern Japanese studio pottery; GENDAI CHATO TAIKAN. Six volumes, each in slipcase, measuring 12" X 8.75", fully illustrated with color photographs and an appendix in each volume with artist biography, signature and seal.

Volume One; Mino, Shino, Oribe, Seto

Volume Two; Hagi, Karatsu, Arita, Agano Takatori

Volume Three; Bizen, Shigaraki, Iga, Tokoname

Volume Four; Tokyo, Kutani

Volume Five; Raku, Ohi, Other Kilns

Volume Six; Tokyo, Kutani...

Large ovoid baker form glazed in a classical Oribe pattern of "mon" gate devices. Thrown and altered with applied lug handles

Stoneware, slips and glazes

15.75" X 5.75" X 5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Rich temmoku glazed vase form with archaic inspired impressed decoration around the body

Stoneware and glaze

8.25" X 6"

Robust iron and white neriage teabowl with bold Jovian Storms pattern running through out

Porcelain and glaze

4.25" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Two tone, iron and black neriage porcelain stem style yunomi

Porcelains and glaze

3.65" X 3.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ao glazed neriage (contrasting clays) mizusashi, complete with custom lacquer lid. A great piece for use or as a statement

Porcelain and glazes

5.5" X 5.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Thrown and altered flask vase with a rich Oribe glaze over a stylized Enso

Stoneware and glazes

9.5" X 7" X 5.5"