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Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, with thanks! A set of colorful Tokkuri in the shape of squared gourds by Living National Treasure Kato Hajime enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Aka-e Hohyo Tokkuri (red glazed Tokkuri in squared gourd form). About the white bottom are fortuitous characters in green with a belt of blue, yellow and green in the center. They are 15.5 cm (6 inches) tall. There is slight rubbing of the red glaze typical of handling...
The Kura
sold, with thanks! Peony are delicately rendered in white and gold with underglaze blue leaves veined with gold on pinkish white porcelain by Kiyomizu Rokubei IV enclosed in the original signed and compartmentalized wooden box dating from the Meiji period. The technique is fabulous, combining the Taihakujji style white with the Seika blue and flashes of gold, these were not simply dishes, they were works of fine art to be displayed at the table...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, thank you! Dramatic waves are combed into the clay surface of this large Toban Platter by Living National Treasure Suzuki Osamu (Kura) covered in glass-like copper green; unusually signed and dated on bottom 1957 and enclosed in an artist signed wooden box...
The Kura
sold, with thanks! A loosely brushed image of a Kingfisher perched on dilapidated lotus stalk decorates the crackled gohon pale glaze of this gourd shaped Mizusashi fresh water jar by Takahashi (Ninnami) Dohachi. It features a black lacquered wooden lid. There are cracks in teh lacquer of the looping handle. The signature is consistent with works by Ninnami Dohachi (Dohachi II) from the mid 19th century...
The Kura
Sold, with thanks! A fabulous bold design of crashing waves wraps about this balluster form by Miyanaga Tozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 26 cm (10 inches) diameter, 28 cm (11 inches) tall and in excellent condition. An unusual design and superb execution by this important artist.
Miyanaga Tozan I (1868-1941) is one of the most important names in Kyoto ceramics. He was born in Ishikawa prefecture, and graduated from the (now) Tokyo University of Art...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
sold, with thanks! A small bowl in Kaki-yu by important artist Kawai Kanjiro enclosed in a wooden box upon which his friend and equally important artist Munakata Shiko has painted an image of the bowl outside titled Go-Kowan (Honorable small bowl) and inside annotated: Kanjiro Sensei Saku (Made by Kanjiro), signed Munakata Shiko. It is 10 cm (4 inches) diameter and in excellent condition...
Zentner Collection
$6,000.00 Antique Japanese studio ware porcelain vase, carved all over with a raised design of a dragon in swirling clouds over churning waves. The clouds are covered with a glaze that gradates from a deep blue at the top to a light blue where they meet the waves. Both the dragon and the waves are kept white with a very pale light pink glaze on the dragon's flames. A band of repeating lingzhi pattern in blue underglaze encircles the rim and foot of the vase...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, thank you! A vibrant double vase covered in signature naïve designs by Yamashita Moe enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Morinoyoru (Night in the forest). It is 12 x 24.5 x 27 cm (5 x 10 x 11 inches) and is in excellent condition. Her work is filled with joie de vie, and one cannot escape a smile when viewing it. Even the box is painted with a bright green silhouette of the vase, titled and signed in pink!
Yamashita Moe graduated the Kyoto Zokei University of Art in 2004... Meiji Period (1868-1912) Japanese Raku Chawan with Amazing Glaze for Tea Ceremony
Raku pottery is traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremony since as early as the 16th century.
Size
Width 11.3cm
Height 8.3cm
Weight 340g + Box 260g
Condition
Overall good considering the age.
Supplied with fabric bag shifuku and wooden box
Very rare Edo Period (1603-1868) Japanese Antique Hohin Teapot for Sencha/Gyokuro with wonderful Wabi Sabi atmosphere
Size
Length 10.5cm
Width 8.5cm
Height 6cm
Weight 190g
Condition
Overall good
There are minor chips and lack of glaze
Please see the photos for reference
Zentner Collection
1800.00 Antique Japanese stoneware kame (wide mouthed bowl) from Shigaraki kiln.
Made using the local sandy clay from the bed of Lake Biwa, Shigaraki ware is identified by the embedded granules of feldspar. Mineral and ash glaze is dribbled and spattered over the surface leaving long, uneven drips...
Momoyama Gallery
sold Perhaps you have already tried to find one of the rare pieces of Ando Minoru. I guess you did not find it on the free market. Today you will find it here. A quite spectacular vase made in the form of a dark iron glazed Tokoname pot inside a shattered crucible by multi-talented Ando Minoru enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Intentional or not Ando is not talking. The vase certainly exudes the Japanese aesthetic of lack of intention... Very Rare Antique Pottery Bowl with Kenzan Signature made by Kiyomizu Shichibei (1818–1891).
Shichibei Kiyomizu was born in Kyoto in 1818 as the eldest son Takejiro of the second generation Rokubei Kiyomizu (1790-1860).
Instead of taking over the family title, he founded his own kiln by 1839 with the name Kiyomizu Shichibei.
It is not clear what was the reason behind that but it is known that Takejiro was a heavy drinker and was not allowed to use the same family name.
His works are ofte...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
sold, with thanks! I find this piece captivating, the golden thorns rupturing the rough and blank matte white clay. When I asked the artist about his concept, he explained the clay body is the individual formed by self-image, societal pressure, ego, all the things which constrict our actions and channel our emotions. The thorns are the true inner self bursting out of the surface, irrepressible, they pierce the shell and shine like the sun...
Fantastic Bizen Sangiri stoneware vase made by Jun Isezaki (b. 1936).
Sangiri is the Bizen technique when the vessel is partially buried in sand in the kiln. The exposed area turns blackish because the ashes that cover it retards oxidation. Jun Isezaki was named a Living National Treasure in 2004. Bizen ware was originally produced in Imbe village of Bizen province since Kamakura period of 14th century. Size Height 22cm Diameter 12cm Co... Isezaki Mitsuru (1934-2011) Elegant Bizen Pottery Vase
Isezaki Mitsuru was born in 1934 in the well-known family of Bizen potters. His younger brother Isezaki Jun (b.1936) is the Living National Treasure since 2004.
Mr. Isezaki holds the Intangible Cultural Property title since 1998.
Bizen ware was originally produced in Imbe village of Bizen province since Kamakura period of 14th century.
Size
Height 22cm
Diameter 11.5cm
Condition
Good, no chips, no cracks.
Supplied with a sign...
Motoyama Izumi (b. 1938) Bizen Sake Bottle Tokkuri
This Bizen stoneware sake bottle is made with natural ash glaze.
The works of Motoyama Izumi are held in Brooklyn Museum in New York.
Bizen pottery was originally produced in Imbe village of Bizen province since Kamakura period of 14th century.
Size
Height 12cm
Diameter 8.5cm
Condition :
Very good condition, no chips, no cracks.
Supplied with original signed wooden box.
Japanese Antique Gold Enamel Kinrande Bowl made by XII Eiraku Zengoro (1823–1896) with Phoenix Motif and Exquisite Gold Kintsugi Repair
The bowl has a cobalt blue signature of the potter translated as "Made by Eiraku in Great Japan"
XII Eiraku Zengoro (1823–1896) belongs to one of the most influential Kutani pottery family in Kyoto in 19 century.
He became the head of the family in 1843 at the age of 20 with the name Wazen after retirement of his father Hozen.
This bowl is more likel...
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