A Japanese Shino Ware Studio Bowl – Taisho/Showa

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1950: item #1124655
ICHI 1340

This is a handsome Japanese bowl in the shape of a barber’s bowl. (A barbers bowl is a ceramic bowl with one side indented to make room for the chin of the person to be shaved.) The bowl measures 10” diameter and it 3” deep. It is in excellent condition with no chips or problems. The long thin brown line is the glaze crawling in the kiln – not a hairline. The bowl has the classic crackle tan finish of Shino pottery and has a lovely thick overglaze of ivory white dripping down the inside and outs... Click for details

A superb Oribe bottle shape vase. Artist's seal.

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1950: item #1122783
656

A very unusual but highly attractive bottle-shaped vase made of Oribe ware with a deep, bluish-green, partially covering glaze. It has a heavy, cylindrical body with deeply carved, parallel groove and a thin neck with a narrow mouth. Small artist’s seal impressed on bottom rim (we have been unable to decipher it, see last 2 photos) . A superbly designed piece. Showa, ca. 1950. H 22.5 cm. Condition: Perfect.

Japanese Saki Bottle, Ceramic

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1960: item #1121813
3A93A

Japanese Ceramic Saki Bottle, mid 20th century, 9 1/2" high 3 3/4" wide, in very good condition, with brown color character on both sides, indicating the name of Saki and where it was made.

Japanese Ceramic Saki Bottle

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1960: item #1121811
3A93

Japanese Ceramic Saki Bottle, mid 20th Century, 14 1/4" high 5 3/4" wide, dark brown color characters on both sides indicating the name of Saki. Some of beige color glaze are rubbed off and ruff spots on the surface and some hairline cracks are on the rim.

Japanese Saki Bottle, ceramic

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1960: item #1121804
3A95

Japanese Ceramic Saki Bottle, mid 20th Century, 10" high 5 1/2" wide-maximum measurement. Blue characters on white glazed brown color ceramic bottle. White glaze as big as 1" x2" wide chipped off many areas, there are no other damages.

Book; Bizen-ware by James Orange. Yokohama 1916

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #1121513
b5912

Bizen-ware with a Catalogue of the Chater Collection by James Orange. Yokohama 1916

10 3/4 x 8 ins. (27.3 x 20.2 cms) This beautifully produced and rare book is probably the earliest study of Bizen Ware in English. There are 67 pp. of text with many examples of potter's marks, and 47 pp. of fine collotype illustrations. The decorative endpap... Click for details

Boat among Reeds, Fan Dish HP by Morikawa Sobun

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #1119713
TCR3068

A haunting dish in the shape of overlapping fans, the ghostly white decorated with a poem exalting the crescent moon and a boat among water reads enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Burnt silver clouds decorate the back, experimentation with lusterware common at the turn of the century. It is stamped in the center back by the ceramic artist
The scene is painted by Morikawa Sobun (1847-1902). Sobun was bor... Click for details

Superb Antique Japanese Pottery Bowl, Nakamura Shuto I

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #1119708
TCR3067

Thick virgin snow covers the gold lined blossoms of red plum on this stunning work by Nakamura Shuto I enclosed in the original signed wooden box and containing the original stamped wrapping cloth. Both inside and out, the lichen and moss covered limbs of the ancient tree continue to bloom, its stoic fortitude evident even when buried in the coldest time of year. The iron of the branches seems to etch into the ceramic surface, while the snow literally piles up on the surface in crackled white ... Click for details

KIYOMIZU ROKUBE IV Taisho p. Raku-yaki Monkey Brazier

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #1119481
TCR3063

A large and unusual Raku hand warmer (Shuro) in the shape of a monkey Charm (sarubobo) by representative Kyoto artist Kiyomizu Rokube IV (Rokuko, 1847-1920) dating circa 1920 enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The Sarubobo is a Mingei Monkey Charm from the Gifu area, here recreated in the low-fired Raku pottery tradition of Kyoto and seated on the original silk pillow. The walls of this unusual piece of Raku ware are more than 1/2 inch (1.5 cm) thick, making it quite sturdy. It is rou... Click for details

Contemporary Japanese Bizen Platter Iwamoto Shuichi

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Contemporary: item #1119199
473

Ash glaze clings thick to the surface of this truly massive Bizen platter by Iwamoto Shuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Three Nuke connected by hidasuki straw lines form fire windows in the covering of green ash glaze. The piece is 23 inches (58 cm) diameter, 3-1/2 inches (9 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Shuichi (b. 1935) was born and raised in Bizen. Like many potters, he has not restrict... Click for details