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 | Fine quality Ohi Ware Macha bowl by Yoshio Iwamura |
 | Antique Tibetan painted wood image of Green Tara Bodhisattva |
 | Takeuchi Kouzo 2009, unique piece ‘Modern Remains’ series. |
 | Rare Zen Chawan Zenmi by Tenryū-ji’s Seki Bokuō 関牧翁 and Hara Kiyokazu |
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 | An e-Karatsu Bowl by Nishioka Yoshihiro |
 | An Ido-shaped Hagi-yaki Tea Bowl by Zenzo Hatano |
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RARE! Oribe vessel covered in pale earth-tones scribbled with natural motifs by Suzuki Goro enclosed in the original wooden box titled Narumi Oribe Natsume. Evidencing the great value placed upon the work, it comes wrapped in a silk bag bound with silk chord, inside a the original signd wooden box enclosed in a lacquered Niju-bako double wood storage case...
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Quintessential Shigaraki chawan made by master veteran potter Otani Shiro. Serene and feudal in appearance this bowl is an wonderful example of a wood fired chawan made explicitly for use in chanoyu and not as a decorative bowl. The face, interior wall and floor of the teabowl are coated in various hues of natural ash that was deposited and melted during the firing of his anagama...
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A jagged metallic shard in gold has embedded into the snow-bank sides of this deep shiro Hagi Chawan by Miwa Kazuhiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shiroi Mau Wan (White Dancing Bowl). The sheered metallic ring gleems softly gold in the light, a stark contrast against the moon-like glow of the body...
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A spectacular work of charred dark clay by legendary potter Kakurezaki Ryuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Kuro Bizen. The angular form rises from a triad of block feet flaring out before breaking upon three sharp points at the shoulder, a narrow neck rising with a slight flare. Dark upon one side clings blue-gray ash separated from the raw dark clay by a thin bead of pale brown color. Texture, form, color, this one has it all!
Size, D 8.8 cm ( 3.5 inc...
Size, D 8.8 cm ( 3.5 inc...
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Ash crusts a thin veil over the richly textured Shigaraki clay of this amazing Tsubo by Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original wooden box titled Uzukumaru. I see an abraded rock face weeping water somewhere deep in the mountains of Japan, a journey in the mind inspired by the unpredictable billowing of melted ash blasting though the kiln, touching each pot in a unique way and leaving its indelible mark.
Size, D 18.5 cm ( 7.3 inches) H 15.5 cm ( 6.1 inches)
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Size, D 18.5 cm ( 7.3 inches) H 15.5 cm ( 6.1 inches)
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Momoyama Gallery
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Perfect Shino Chawan by legendary artist Shotaro Hayashi. It is in mint condition and comes with its originally signed and sealed wooden box.
Shotaro Hayashi, born 1947, is one of the biggest names in contemporary Mino ceramics, whose works in Shino, Oribe , Haiyu and Ki-Seto are second to none and many consider him a genius of modern Momoyama inspired ceramics...
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A tasteful work by the youthful star Tsujimura Yui showing a talent far beyond his years enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled simply Ido Chawan. The pale glaze crawls across the surface, creating a sense of drama over this very austere form. The rim dips and curves, a playful accent to the otherwise sedate work, made to suit the stately confines of the tea room.
Size, D 15.3 cm (6 inches) H 8.3 cm ( 3.3 inches)
Condition, Excellent
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Size, D 15.3 cm (6 inches) H 8.3 cm ( 3.3 inches)
Condition, Excellent
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A playful Sake Set by Sawa Katsunori, each piece enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Tokkuri and Oribe Guinomi respectively. The capricious brush has worked over the various colors creating crosscurrents among the various themes which play off of each other . The perfect compliment to the charms of a good bottle of sake.
Size,The Tokkuri: is W 9,8 cm ( 3.9 inches) H 16.0 cm ( 6.3 inches) Size, Guinomi: is W 5.8 cm ( 2.3 inches) H 5.2 cm ( 2.05 in...
Size,The Tokkuri: is W 9,8 cm ( 3.9 inches) H 16.0 cm ( 6.3 inches) Size, Guinomi: is W 5.8 cm ( 2.3 inches) H 5.2 cm ( 2.05 in...
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Black, black, BLACK! This is the word with Isezaki Koichiro and these two splendid works enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Kuro Sake Tsugi and Kuro Sake Nomi (Black Sake Pourer and Black Sake Cup respectively). The granular clay is a step away from standard Bizen, but the blasting of ash gives it away. The rims seem to be worn away, as if the flames have caused them to degrade. An undulating scar like a wave seems to intimate the waves of spirits that will pour forth. ...
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Ash-glaze and blasted with fire color of foggy green and yellow shizen yu glaze ,in this sake set showing the secret to the Furutani family's pottery. Each piece enclosed in the original signed wooden box (titled Shigaraki Tokkuri and Iga Guinomi respectively).
Size, The Tokkuri: is W 9.8 cm ( 3.8 inches) H 12.9 cm (5.1 inches) Guinomi: is W 6.9 cm ( 2.7 inches) H 5.8 cm ( 2.3 inches)
Condition, Excellent
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Size, The Tokkuri: is W 9.8 cm ( 3.8 inches) H 12.9 cm (5.1 inches) Guinomi: is W 6.9 cm ( 2.7 inches) H 5.8 cm ( 2.3 inches)
Condition, Excellent
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Modern Nezumi-Shino Chawan (made in 1995) by first class artist Shigemitsu Niwa, born in 1951. Niwa was accepted for 3 times at the Nitten exhibition, which is the most famous and importand art exhibition in Japan.
It comes with the originally signed and sealed wooden box and the profile of the artist.
No chips or cracks.
Size: 6,9 cm height x 13 cm in diameter.
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An open bottle draped with ochre glaze over charred blacks by Tsukigata Nahiko wrapped in a brocade bag and enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oni Shino Kannon Hana-Ike. Kannon, the protector deity in Buddhism, is quite often seen meditating in white robes whith a bottle alongside. A superlative example of this artists work...
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An unusal form by Ito Motohiko of rectangular shape with undulating wave top like the gold clouds on a traditional screen,, emblazoned with young pine branches by Ito Motohiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Nunome Wakamatsu Mon Kabin (Cloth Textured Pine Motif Vase). This is just in time for New Years displays. Pine is one of the traditional motifs displayed at New Years as it is ever-green, and represents consistency and strength through the cold winter months. The sapl...
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A spectacular Shino Chawan featuring clouds of red over crackled and fissured white by Japan Ceramic Society award (JCS) winner Tamaoki Yasuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The form is organic, the rim ebbs and flows like salt-foam on the tide...
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Ash Glazed Flower Vessel by Mihara Ken enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hai-yu Kaki (Ash Glazed Flower Vessel). The entire work is soft and matte, like an old charcoal sketch, exuding a very powerful “Wa” sense of harmony. Ken is well known for this pastel color concept of un-presupposing grays, and this piece certainly lives up to our expectations for him...
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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...
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An austere form calling to mind the strictness of form and years of practice required to master the way of tea by Ningen Kokuho Isezaki Jun enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Kuro Chawan. A flash of light strikes out on the front. Like staring at the burning wick of a candle it makes all around it seem dark. Beyond, that dark charring fades out to bitter greens and lively textures, one can imagine the beauty of staring into the bowl at the vibrant, frothy drink.
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When you hold this piece in your hands, first contact, you get it. A Rey unusual and organic form by Isezaki Koichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hikidashiguro Chawan. It has been a pleasure to watch over the last 30 years the reinvigoration in pottery in Japan, an explosion of innovation which seems exponential. It continues to blossom bigger every year. The potters are so technically skilled and taking an original approach to the ceramic arts. Isezaki Koichiro i...
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I cannot help be see the incense stick burns in a Buddhist altar cloth when I look at this Shino Chaire by Wakao Toshisada which comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Inevitably as more sticks of incense are added to a koro, some will break and fall onto the altar cloth, smoldering as they disappear into smoke, leaving only a fleeting scent and shadow-like scar in the drapery. If one has ever been deep into the darkness of a temple, you may know the quiet feeling of contemplation...
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A perfect Tetsu-E chawan of highest quality by greatest Shoji Hamada, enclosed in its originally signed wooden box. The chawan has a beautiful tetsu-e brushwork design.
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 ceramics briefly in Tokyo...
A set of 8 sake cups by members of Sodeisha enclosed in a singular compartmentalized wooden box titled Yose-hai and signed Sodeisha followed by the Sodeisha stamp. Sodeisha (Crawling Through Mud Association) is a group of revolutionary post war ceramic artists whose influence remains strong today. Artists in this set include: Suzuki Osamu, Toba Yoshimasa, Kanaegae Kazutaka, Kawamura Sachiko, Yoshitake Hiromu, Inoue Midori, Nakanishi Kosuke and Tsuji Kanji...
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This is surely one of the best chawans of Living National Treasure Tatsuzo Shimaoka. I have rarely seen comparable chawans which such wonderful colors in his art...
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Thick ash colors the surface of this superb chawan by Kawamoto Goro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled hai-yu chawan( Ash glazed tea bowl),
Like encrustations on some Roman glass bottle dredged up from two thousand years of slumber, the glaze is porous and thick.
Size, W 14.2 cm ( 5-1/2 inches) H 8.6 cm ( 3-1/2 inches)
Condition, Excellent
Goro (1919-1986) was born in Seto to a family of potters. He studied in Kyoto at the same institution as K...
Like encrustations on some Roman glass bottle dredged up from two thousand years of slumber, the glaze is porous and thick.
Size, W 14.2 cm ( 5-1/2 inches) H 8.6 cm ( 3-1/2 inches)
Condition, Excellent
Goro (1919-1986) was born in Seto to a family of potters. He studied in Kyoto at the same institution as K...
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This piece comes off like it has been buried in a volcano, incredible igneous encrustations cover the sides, with molten ash, bidoro, goma, kutsuki and a host of other firing effects all present on its diminutive form. It is by the young artist Tsujimura Kai, enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Hana-ire.
Size, W 12.8 cm ( 5-1/4inches) H 15.2 cm ( 6 inches)
Condition, Excellent
Kai was born in Nara, son of Tsujimura Shiro, in 1976, making him o...
Size, W 12.8 cm ( 5-1/4inches) H 15.2 cm ( 6 inches)
Condition, Excellent
Kai was born in Nara, son of Tsujimura Shiro, in 1976, making him o...
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Shadows of flame exhume the granular qualities of the clay on this superb Sekki (unglazed) Bottle by Mihara Ken enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Exquisite, on one side the clay is ash gray, the opposite lively earth tones, and between is an abrupt scorched-land of shadow and color, like that violent moment between awake and sleep.
Size, W 11.6 cm ( 4-1/2 inches) H 16.5 cm ( 6-1/2 inches)
Condition, Excellent
Mihara Ken was born in Shimane prefecture i...
Size, W 11.6 cm ( 4-1/2 inches) H 16.5 cm ( 6-1/2 inches)
Condition, Excellent
Mihara Ken was born in Shimane prefecture i...
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A lobed bottle form vase by Kishimoto Kennin enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seiji Ichiriin Sashi. The surface is fissured like a block of shattered ice the color of a carribean lagoon. About the opening a hint of rust defines the rim. A blue sapphire…
Size, W 11.2 cm ( 4-1/2 inches) H 15.9 cm ( 6-1/4 inches)
Condition, Excellent
Kishimoto Kennin has been working with clay since the 1950s, devouring styles along the way. Seto, Oribe, Iga an...
Size, W 11.2 cm ( 4-1/2 inches) H 15.9 cm ( 6-1/4 inches)
Condition, Excellent
Kishimoto Kennin has been working with clay since the 1950s, devouring styles along the way. Seto, Oribe, Iga an...
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Mint Hagi masterpiece chawan by star potter Seigan Yamane. This extraordinary tea bowl is covered by a wonderful color glaze on brown pottery. In my opinion it is the most aesthetic chawan that he made. The seal of the artist is stamped on the bottom.
Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987. And then, he started his own pottery in 1992 and has ever been awarded a lot of prizes for his great work.
Size: 9,1 cm height x 15 cm in diameter.
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A traditional shape called Kinuta (fulling block) draped with ochre glaze over charred blacks by Tsukigata Nahiko wrapped in a brocade bag and enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oni Shino Kinuta Hana-Ike which is in turn enclosed in a black lacquered wooden double-wood storage box. A Kinuta (fulling block) is a small wooden mallet used to beat silk into a soft texture. It is a very traditional shape in Japanese pottery. This is 9 inches (23 cm) tall and in excellent condition. ...
Bidoro rain down like a glass bead curtain over the terracotta clay of this Shigaraki Tsubo by Takahashi Shunsai enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 8-1/4 inches (20.5 cm) tall and in fine condition.
Born in 1927, the second son of renowned potter Takahashi Rakusai III in Shigaraki, Takahashi Shunsai left home to study under Taniguchi Ryosai in Kyoto before returning to Shigaraki to pursue his studies of Shigaraki styles specifically under his father and spent the better pa...
Born in 1927, the second son of renowned potter Takahashi Rakusai III in Shigaraki, Takahashi Shunsai left home to study under Taniguchi Ryosai in Kyoto before returning to Shigaraki to pursue his studies of Shigaraki styles specifically under his father and spent the better pa...
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Nothing I can say can convey the rugged beauty locked up of this Shino chawan, made in 2015, signed and enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Matsuzaki Ken is one of the most important potters of our time.
Ken Matsuzaki was born in Tokyo in 1950 and received a degree in Ceramic Art from Tamagawa University School of Fine Arts, Tokyo. After graduating he moved to Mashiko in 1972 to apprentice with Tatsuzo Shimaoka (who himself had moved to Mashiko to study with Shoji Hamada). ...
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Something about the pattern on this Kinsai vase by Ono Hakuko screams vintage, like a classic episode of the partridge family. There is a great deal of life about it, some type of inner joy, the gold repetition like the lights reflecting off a mirrored ball. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Yuri-Kinsai Hana-tate.
Size, W 8.5 cm ( 3-1/2 inches) H 24.0 cm ( 9-1/2 inches)
Condition, Excellent
From Aichi prefecture, Hakuko was trained by h...
Size, W 8.5 cm ( 3-1/2 inches) H 24.0 cm ( 9-1/2 inches)
Condition, Excellent
From Aichi prefecture, Hakuko was trained by h...
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Dawn breaks over snow laden boulders, the shadows waxing lavender on this spectacular incense burner by Kaneta Masanao enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Haku-yu Kamahen Kurinuki Koro. This style of digging the work out of the clay rather than forming the clay on a wheel has been a signature of this artists work for more than two decades. The white glazing has altered to soft lavender in the firing process, creating a feeling of opulence over the organic vessel.
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These expressive forms utilize the clays natural textures to bring out the depths of the oribe green, and electric shimmers of blue flash on the surface in random patterns like heat lightning. This sake set was created by the very popular and hard to find Higashida Shigemasa and come enclosed in their original signed wooden boxes titled Oribe Tokkuri and Guinomi respectively.
Size, The Tokkuri: is W 9.5 cm ( 3-3/4 inches) H 14.6 cm (5-3/4 inches) Size, Guinomi: is W 5.2 ...
Size, The Tokkuri: is W 9.5 cm ( 3-3/4 inches) H 14.6 cm (5-3/4 inches) Size, Guinomi: is W 5.2 ...
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Guinomi creates a very organic feel. The bulbous form, like some tuber or bulb found in nature, a sake-flower bulb, shows scars where kutsuki (other items) have fused to it in the heat of the conflagration. Allow this bulb to grow to fruition, blossoming into a shared night of conversation and company or a quiet night of music and moonlight…
Size, The Tokkuri: is W 10.2 cm ( 4 inches) H 13.6 cm (5-1/2 inches)
Size, Guinomi: is W 7.7 cm ( 3-1/4 inches) H 5.5 cm ...
Size, The Tokkuri: is W 10.2 cm ( 4 inches) H 13.6 cm (5-1/2 inches)
Size, Guinomi: is W 7.7 cm ( 3-1/4 inches) H 5.5 cm ...
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Once again Abe Anjin has proved his mastery of traditional form with this superb rendition of Momoyama styling enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Hanaire,signed on base as well inside the vase. Ashen gray climbs up the side while flying ash settles down about the rim. The Momoyama was an era of constant battle and striking aesthetic innovation. And like an old Samurai, scars mar the surface like campaign medals, while the shadows of other pots, like ghosts from the kiln,...
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A faceted bowl by Hamada Shinsaku exhibiting the superb sense of design to be expected of this illustrious lineage enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shio-yu Tetsu Sabi Mentori Chawan (Salt Glazed Iron Faceted Tea Bowl). The form is very much in the Mingei taste, A beautifully turned wan-gata with thick walls which have been sliced away, creating an architectural quality. To this is added a dusting of salt which textures the surface. Like many great bowls it must be held to ...
