Mint Oni-Hagi masterpiece chawan with notched foot by star potter Seigan Yamane. This extraordinary tea bowl is covered by wonderful different shades of green and purple glaze on brown pottery. In my opinion it is the one of the most aesthetic chawans that he made. The seal of the artist is stamped on the bottom. We have a similar chawan with orange-red glaze - same price.

Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987...

An iconic work by Shigaraki legend Furutani Michio enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Henko. This is the shape for which Michio is best known and superb example, showing both his reverence for traditional form and the lengths he went of reviving the traditions of wood fired kiln effects.
A simply stunning work to fill out a collection with one of the most important Shigaraki potters...

A beautiful pure white porcelain sake set by female artist Awa Natsuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box. She has covered the surface with these designs, thousands of tiny dots, each one an essential part of the pattern. Even the boxes are a work of art. Purchased from the artist this summer...

An incredible organic shape by Isezaki Koichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Kuro-Chawan. The tea bowl looks as if it were sculpted with the fire, perhaps poured molten out of the flames and solidified naturally into this form. About it clings a thick palet of ash, like lichen on a stone glistening under the melted frost...

A spectacular work by Maeda Masahiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iro-e Kin-gin-sai Mentori Hachi (Faceted Bowl with Gold, Silver and Colored Decoration). It is roughly 6-1/2 inches (16.5 cm) diameter, 5-1/4 inches (14 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Maeda Masahiro (b. 1948) graduated the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts in 1975where he received instruction from Living National Treasure Fujimoto Yoshimichi and Tamura Koichi as well as Asano Akira...

Enigmatic forms vie for dominance on the mottled blue and white sides of this Incense Burner by Kondo Takahiro with silver lid by famed metal artist Watanabe Kyosei (Yasumasa) enclosed in the original wooden box signed by both artists.   For a strikingly similar work see the book Kondo Takahiro, Time and Space (a copy is included with this sale).  The silver lid is 154 grams...

A jagged metallic shard has embedded into the lavender shaded side of this deep Shiro-Hagi Chawan by Miwa Kazuhiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The sheered metallic ring gleems softly gold in the light, a stark contrast against the moon-like glow of the body. The bowl is both sculptural and functional, the best combination. It measures 4 inches (10.5 cm) deep, 5 inches (12 cm) diameter and is in perfect condition...

Iridescent red and silver tinges rise up like some deep space cloud on the meteoric surface of those works by the rising star Hashimoto Tomonari enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Raku-yaki Yohen Guinomi and Raku-yaki Yohen Chawan (Kiln Altered Raku sake cup and Tea Bowl...

Wide wan-gata style teabowl with my Ao glaze over an etched trois voute design

Porcelain and glazes

5.75" X 4.35"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Crafted with meticulous attention to detail and showcasing a rich, deep red glaze, this Raku tea bowl exudes a sense of warmth, vitality, passion, and energy. Adorned with subtle crackling patterns and variations in texture, the tea bowl's surface adds to its unique and organic feel. When held in the hand, you immediately notice a surprising lightness and pleasing proportionality, inviting a sensory connection with the tea-drinking experience...

A spectacular Shino Chawan featuring clouds of red over fissured white by the important artist Hayashi Shotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Manyo Shino Renzan Chawan. Shotaro has cupped and misshapen the bowl into five subtly flattened sides, with an undulating rim. The lower half a series of mountains in white, blue and russet iron in a brightly and beautiful morning surrounding the city of Toki, where the artist has been firing pottery for over 40 years...

An incredible mixture of colors glisten like the walls of a Limestone cave in the hills of Akiyoshidai, the karst regtion south of Hagi where the important artist Kaneta Masanao created this bowl, enclosed in the original signed wooden box.  The style is Kurinuki, not formed on a wheel but cut and worked from a block of clay, an approach the artist is famous for...

An incredible pieces by legendary Abe Anjin in the artists most sought after style of saishoku colors enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled Bizen Saishiki Tokkuri and Bizen Saishik Sake-nomi,dating to 2020.
We see the gamut of this artists career here, red, black and green reminiscent, Ash glaze, gold, blue, and raw clay. The bottle and the cup forms is dimpled to make it easy to grasp, even if imbibed...

Spouted Bowl (J...

Large, noble exhibited lobed rinka bowl by internationally recognized celadon master; Uraguchi Masayuki. Please see illustration of this exact bowl in the exhibit catalogue.

Uraguchi is practically a household name when it comes to a plethora of celadon styles, he was fortunate to be the singular student of the late Ningen Kokuho, Miura Koheiji and his works are part Miura, part Okabe Mineo and yet entirely his own idiom. His creations of both classic traditionalism and architectonic sculp...

Perfectly thrown Kyo-yaki tea bowl made by Japanese artist Kaizan Heian (born 1940) with hand painted golden Lespedeza flowers.

The seal of the artist is stamped on the bottom. Mint condition. It comes with its originally signed wooden box.

Size: 5 cm height x 14,7 cm in diameter.

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Tall and slightly tapering cilindro vase form with my temmoku and partridge feather tetsu-yu glaze

Stoneware and glazes

12.25" x 5.75"

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