All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1980 item #1470654 (stock #TRC221203)


Although reports vary, it is generally thought that Zeze-yaki had its heyday in the late Momoyama to early Edo period under the influence and patronage of legendary artists/ men of tea, Honami Koetsu and Kobori Enshu. It was also counted among the seven best kilns selected by Enshu Kobori (1579-1647), a tea master and military commander of that era. In the mid-1600s the tradition died out for a time after the destruction of the kiln by fire...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1980 item #1388422 (stock #0439)
Momoyama Gallery
$4,500.00

A true Mashiko Chawan by greatest Shoji Hamada with a real beautiful Ameyu glaze, double boxed and originally signed and sealed by the artist.

This treasure was part of the exhibition "The artists who searched for Mingei".

Hamada Shoji (1894-1978) was one of the leading potters of the Japanese Mingei (Folk Craft) movement...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1980 item #1458697 (stock #0534)

Finest Kyo-yaki tea bowl with a hand painted golden lobster design by famous Japanese artist Sugita Shohei the 4th...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1980 item #1349100 (stock #10908)
Large, relatively tall chawan, as used in the tea ceremony. Light brown coarse stoneware covered with a celadon colored translucent glaze with brown speckles and with a purple and blue-green splash on the front. Unsigned...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1980 item #1472855
A tea bowl with stunning glaze by the legendary Miyashita Zenji 宮下善爾 (1939-2012), one of the greatest contemporary Kyoto potters. This is an early work, when he focused on celadon-like glazes. At that time he was studying ancient Chinese pieces, and was influenced by his father who excelled in celadon. His tea bowls are not common, and purple ones are quite rare. Piece is simply titled Tea Bowl (Chawan 茶碗), it is glazed stoneware, from Shōwa Period, late 1970...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Porcelain : Pre 1980 item #1307519 (stock #4338)
A striking porcelain double gourd vase by the eminent Kutani potter Matsumoto Saichi V The tall shape has four raised ribs on the matt buff/white glazed body, the bottom gourd boldly painted with sets of green stripes on a tan ground. The buff/white glaze is curious, on close inspection it looks like crushed oyster shell. Signed on the base. The vase comes with its original signed and inscribed box.

Approximately 31.7 cm high...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Vases : Pre 1980 item #1344078 (stock #10876)
Small compact vase of irregular shape on a wide foot. Brown clay with white mineral and tiny pebble inclusions typical for Shigaraki and Iga ware, with green and white ash glaze over cross hatched pattern on the shoulder.
A small metal loop on the shoulder in the back to hang the vase from a beam in the tokonoma.

Bottom unglazed. Impressed seal of artist: Kozan.
Japan, Iga ware, Showa/Heisei, circa 1970s-1980s.

H 3-3/4 in., W 4-3/4 in.

Mint condition

Morisato Kozan (b...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1970 item #1468978 (stock #0566)

Beautiful golden Kyo-yaki tea bowl by Murata Toshimitsu in perfect condition with the design of hand painted iris flowers. It was made 50 years ago and comes with originally signed and sealed wooden box.

Murata Toshimitsu 村田俊光 was born 1941. After graduating from Kyoto Ceramic Training School, he started training in ceramics under the guidance of his father Murata Toen and succeeded the family business...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Pre 1970 item #1461256
An early work by one of the most important potters in the 20thcentury who hailed from Seto, Suzuki Seisei 鈴木青々(1914-1990)...
All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1970 item #1471018 (stock #0574)

Rare Japanese Celadon Tea Bowl, which was made by one of the greatest Japanese potters of the 20th century, Ryūzan Aoki (1926-2008).

The seal of the potter is stamped on the bottom. The original wooden box with the signature of the potter & his profile are also included.

Aoki Ryūzan was born in Arita as the eldest son of a porcelain merchant. In 1951, he graduated as a Nihonga-style painter from Tama Art College...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1970 item #1466870 (stock #0561)
Momoyama Gallery
$1,800.00

From our family collection of Japanese art from Living National Treasures:

Perfectly shaped Bizen Chawan from legendary Toyo Kaneshige (1896 - 1967)...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1970 item #1333308 (stock #0317)
Momoyama Gallery
$3,995.00

A true Mashiko bowl by greatest Shoji Hamada with a real beautiful glaze, enclosed in its originally signed wood box.

Hamada Shoji (1894-1978) was one of the leading potters of the Japanese Mingei (Folk Craft) movement...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1970 item #1452369 (stock #0504)

Perfectly shaped Kuro Kyo-Yaki Chawan from the Showa Period by great artist Rikobei Kiyomizu the 6th, made 50 years ago. It comes with his originally signed and sealed wooden box...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : Pre 1970 item #1338490 (stock #0329)
Momoyama Gallery
$3,500.00

A sophisticated Mashiko chawan with beautiful glaze by greatest Shoji Hamada, enclosed in its originally signed wood box. The bowl has smoothly graduated colours, rarely seen on Hamada's tea bowls.

Hamada Shoji (1894 - 1978) was one of the founding fathers of the Studio Pottery movement, who came over to England with his friend, Bernard Leach, to start the Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall back in 1920. Like Leach, Hamada did not come from a pottery background but had studied cer...

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : New item #818163 (stock ##4043)
Ame glazed oval serving piece with cobalt decoration. This form is sometimes called an oval baker.

Stoneware, glaze and overglaze

13" x 5.4" X 4.7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : New item #810614 (stock ##4022)
Oribe tokkuri and guinomi with hakeme (hakame0 slip decoration under a rich and lustrous green glaze

Stoneware, slip and traditional Oribe glaze

Tokkuri/Sake bottle 6.75" X 5"
Guinomi/ sake cups 3.5" X 1.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Jars : New item #837980 (stock ##4061)
Ame and copper glaze stacked stones style covered jar, mizusashi with a rain pattern decorated around the jar's waist and moss green accents at the foot and top

Stoneware and glazes

7.5" X 7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

All Items : Artists : Ceramics : Pottery : Bowls : New item #842995 (stock ##4065)
Lg. energetic black & white slipware bowl with a raised slip "Verses" pattern. This bowl is made to hang on the wall if so desired

Terra cotta, slip and glaze

12" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe