A powerful Bizen sculptural vessel by Motoharu Kurokawa Of a trapezoidal shape, with irregular cut away parts on both sides. Kurokawa Motoharu ( Tokyo, 1957 - ) is an innovative craftsman from Okayama, who works with Bizen, he has won numerous prizes for the originality of his works. Member of Japan Kogei Association. Impressed artist’s mark in the bottom and information of the artist. Size: H 30 cm, W 30 cm, bottom: L 18 x 7 cm. Perfect condition

This piece is described on the box as a Hikidashi Kuro Chawan. In Japanese hikidashi means “a pull-out drawer” and the term first came into use at Mino kilns in the 16th century to describe individual pieces that were pulled out of the wood kiln at the peak of firing to gauge if the batch was ready. The rapid cooling of such pieces often creates dramatic effects, with the most noted being rich varieties of deep black...

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

Medium size terra cotta plate decorated in the tin glazed majolica style with resisted spirali e tagli design amid an abstract background. This plate can be wired to hang, please let me know if you want this option.

Terra cotta, glaze and overglazes

14.25" X 2.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

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

Saffron hakeme yellow iron glazed double gourd bottle vase with subtle raked slip under the glaze

Stoneware, slip and glazes

9.75" x 5.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Broad, high walled teabowl glazed in temmoku with panels of my saffron and tetsu-yu glazes all over hakeme slip

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.6" X 4.2"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Elegant tall temmoku vase with stamped lugs at the neck. This glaze is very visually intriguing as it appears different when viewed in different light sources. The surface is covered in a frogskin texture that looks like small oilspotting.

Stoneware and glazes

13.75" X 7"

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 a brand new work created with painted Japanese traditional pattern as small bowl. It is also suitable ...

Artistic and modern Raku Chawan by one of the best potters of Japan, Yasuo Terada 寺田康雄. It comes with the originally signed and sealed wooden box and with a profile of the artist.

Yasuo Terada was born in 1948 in Seto City, Japan. 

He graduated from Tama Art University with a major in sculpture. He has toured countries around the world, working and exploring for inspiration...

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...

High walled porcelain teabowl with "cogito" underglaze black and red decoration and sgraffito under a clear glaze

Porcelain, underglazes and clear glaze

4.7" x 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robest impressed decoration teabowl with an overall "echoes" pattern around the piece under one of my Oribe glazes

Stoneware and glaze

5.5" x 4.25"

Decorative, functional and food safe

Rich ao glazed teabowl with an etched "grasses" pattern into the porcelain body and then glazed

Porcelain and glazes

4.65" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Oribe and iron glazed teabowl with impressed "ripple" design around the body of the bowl.

Stoneware and glazes

5" x 4"

Decorative, functional and food safe

Sadamitsu Sugimoto, a great master of the ceramic art scene in Japan, was led by Tachibana Daiki the great Zen teacher and has been producing a lot of masterpieces through over 40 years .He has been studying the world of “wabi, sabi, and yugen” as his life's theme. His new challenging work, making raku style chawan with celadon glaze, Size: 14.3cm(D)/6.7cm(H) Accessories: wooden boxes(signed by the artist)

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

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".