Saffron hakeme yellow iron glazed wasp-waisted covered jar with subtle raked slip under the glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

12.25" x 7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Wood-fired Jar, tsubo, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Ash glaze. H.8"(20cm) x Dia.8"(20cm.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares...

Wood-fire jar, tsubo, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Ash Glaze. H.9.5"(24cm) x Dia.9.5"(24cm.) Lug handles on shoulders in style of "chatsubo," tea leaf storage jar. There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates...

Interesting and decorative porcelain tsubo with underglaze blue, sometsuke and overglaze red yuriko decoration and gold accents.

This tsubo is in fine condition and does not have a box and the potter has not been identified. The piece measures 7.25" x 6.5".

Generous Oribe style covered jar with impressed decoration around the body of the pot. Please note, the lid was fired on a wad that was later ground off resulting in the area you see on the bottom of the lid, it is not sharp and smooth to the touch.

Stoneware and glazes

9.25" x 7.5"

Large Oribe style covered jar with kushime slip decoration and ring knob lid.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13" x 7"

Mizusashi, Fresh Water Jar used in Chanoyu, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Wood & gas fired with Ash Glaze interior. H. 5.75"(14.5cm) x Dia. 7.5"(19cm.) Mouth opening 4.875"(12.5cm.) Volume = 64oz (2,000cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates...

Large Oribe glazed tsubo with hakeme slip decoration and a broad, flared lip.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

11.5" x 8.5"

Fissured Jar, Wood-Fired, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Natural Clay, & Natural Ash Glazing caused by 3 days of Wood-firing in the fire box of George's Anagama Kiln in 2005. A large fissure had occurred in firing which turned out to be a serendipitous accident. H. 15"(38cm) x Dia. 11.5"(29cm.) The beauty of this piece is dynamic in depicting the force of the kiln fire, yet still quiet in its naturalness. It is truly a one-of-kind piece that demonstrates the spirit of Zen...

Three tier medieval green and temmoku glazed Pisa jar with stamped decoration around the form and alternating panels of glaze.

Stoneware and glazes

11.6" x 5"

Tall covered jar with thick combed slip decoration under an Oribe style glaze with iron flows about the surface.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13" x 6" max.

Tall covered jar with thick combed slip decoration under my gosu style Ao+glaze.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13" x 5.6"

Wonderful porcelain tsubo with exquisitely painted sparrow and foliage across the surface with vivid watercolor like effects calling to mind a scene right out of early autumn. The detail of the painting is rather intricate and obviously owes its inspiration to many of the Meiji era painters of which Watanabe Seitei (1851-1918) immediately springs to mind...

Robust Oribe style covered jar with kushime slip decoration and angular knob. Though not necessarily intended as a mizusashi, it sits well next to a Shigaraki chawan in photo #6. ***I should also mention there is a fine crack where the knob meets the lid that is not sharp and does not effect the use and function of this piece.

Stoneware, slip and glaze

7.65 x 6.8"

Dohei Fujinoki is one of the most popular artist in contemporary KARATSU pottery scene. Initially he aimed a western painter and then,when he met an old KARATSU pottery piece he had been fascinated. He has studied at Karatsu and also MIno. And while, he has studied in tea ceremony. His repertoires are goods for tea ceremony, sake cup, and tableware for Japanese cuisine. This piece is created with chosen-karatsu (black&white)x marked as jar for tea ceremony. It's a very refined piece a...

A truly unique work of Shino pottery developed among the company of some of Japan’s most respected and influential potters of the last century. Defying conventions of form and genre, this exceptional mizusashi looks like it could have emerged from the ground fully formed, the result of geological processes lasting millennia. The creator of this fine work is none other than Tsuboshima Dohei, a true master of the ceramic arts...

First born son to Living National Treasure Isezaki Jun, Koichiro (b. 1974) has quickly made a name for himself as an independent artist. Not content to rely solely on family reputation, he has set off on his own path, making innovations in clay and also in the ideas and principles surrounding his craft...

MOON JAR S

Contemporary white porcelain jar by Lee Yong-soon (b.1957, Korea), with his unique interpretation for the ancient jars of the Joseon dynasty, approx. D 17 x H 17cm (6.69 x 6.69in)...