A small image of a horse covered in red blue and green glaze and enclosed in the original age darkened signed wooden box titled Horse Okimono. It is just under 5 inches (12.5 cm) tall, roughly the same length and in perfect condition. Perhaps and excellent gift for the horse lover? The box is signed Heian Kosei (Kosei of Kyoto). It likely dates stylistically to 1906, year of the horse.
A large blue and white sometsuke porcelain vase by prominent Meiji era Kyoto artist Daimaru Hokuho enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The vase is crisp with clean sharp lines typifying the Meiji ideal of superlative quality decorated with pagodas and hermitages scattered over a lake-filled landscape in cool blue. It is 11-1/2 inches (27.5 cm) tall, 4-1/2 inches (11.5 cm) diameter and in perfect condition. Hokuho would have been rated in the top 10 porcelain artist of Kyoto, along wit... Click for details
This radical tsubo was fired to the limit, really ten more minutes and it would have collapsed onto itself; fired right near the fire box, I imagine logs hit the sides during stoking and caused parts of the mouth to chip and then fuse on the shoulder; or the intense heat-draw-power of the flame
just 'kicked' the mouth, who can say for sure, except the potter of whom
I know not the name; although attributed to Koyama Kiyoko. It stands 26.4cm.tallx22, yet I think it looks good on its side
too, ... Click for details
This is the smallest of the eight Kato Yoji 'Memory of Clay' works we are offering, it now sits on my desk as I type this. The front is awash in shibui multi-toned ash-glazing and the inside appears as if a leaf rising out of the oval form. The back is an akadobe Tamba reddish tone. In perfect condition with a singed box, 16.5cm.tallx21x16.5, signed on base. Please see the first Kato listing for bio info and preview photos of other works.
Tea bowl on high foot with high sides. Craemy gray clay with gray transparent glaze, on which in multi colors and gold a gathering of old men is depicted, busy with different occupations such as calligraphy, go and drinking tea. Bowl signed at lower side: Koki ..suke saku.
Diam. 4 3/8 in. ; H 3 in. (11 cm; 7.8 cm)
Mint condition.
Quality Mashiko Stonware work by Tatsuzo Shimaoka, a living national treasure and an apprentice of Shoji Hamada. This is a beautiful set of impressive tokkuri sake bottle and sake cups with representative motif of zogan inlay work and overglazed in enamels. They are all perfect in condition and come with an original signed and sealed wooden storage box. Highly recommended works. ... Click for details
Here is a rare glazed Shigaraki 19th century arare tsubo jar in perfect condition; it stands 22.5cm.tallx20.5, no box. A good medium-sized jar that I hardly come across with this 'action-painting' glazing scheme, quite shibui.
This is a handsome sake bottle (tokkuri) dating from sometime in the Showa period, circa 1945-1975. It has a tannish gray glaze with a large Kanji symbol on the side. The letter on the Sake Bottle is "Kotobuki" also called "Ju" which means Happiness and Long Life.
The bottle has a pinched waist and has a raffia loop handle at the top for carrying the piece. It measures 8” high and is 3 ½” diameter at its widest. Condition is excellent with no chips or restorations.
This is a handsome shallow stoneware dish with a lovely dark crackled turquoise glaze. It is very much in the Ming Style - however we believe it to be Japanese in origin and dating from the late Edo to early Meiji period, circa 1850 - 1890s. The presence of the three spur marks on the inside of the dish lead us to the Edo idea as that technique was popular in Japan at that time. The dish measures 8" diameter and is 2" high. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or restorations. The b... Click for details
