Modern, Japanese Shino Tsubo by Ando Hidetake

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Contemporary: item #1118929
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A charred Shino Tsubo by important artists Ando Hidetake enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The feldspathic glaze has been burnt and changed by contact with the flame, the crystallized surface varying in shades from yellow to pale green. Quite large, the Tsubo is 14 inches (35.5 cm) tall, 11 inches (28 cm) diameter and in perfect condition.
Hidetake was born third generation into a Mino pottery family in... Click for details

Japanese Banko Pottery Enameled Ceramic Dish Bowl Set

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #1118798
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Approximately late 19th to early 20th century, traditional banko pottery work, a set of enameled bowl depicting Chinese playing boys. All are excellent condition and comes with Tomobako signed, sealed fitted wood box.

Size: 6cm tall, 11.5cm wide
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Japanese Kyo-Satsuma enamel decorated stoneware figure

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #1115176

An unusual and fun Satsuma style figural group. The brocade robe and jacket, the basket and accessories glazed and decorated with light blue, green, red, brown, black and gold enamel. The head, hands and feet as well as the base all unglazed biscuit. The figure appears to be a well-to-do merchant with basket and cane (the cane with missing section.) The figure's left hand holds an inro with netsuke. The figure's eyes and lips also enameled. Facial and hair details crisply incised and stippled. M... Click for details

Contemporary Kiseto Japanese Pottery Vase, Hori Ichiro

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Contemporary: item #1115151
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Burnt yellow glaze streaks down the body to form encrustations of glazz on the base of this organic looking vessel by Hori Ichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 10 inches (25.5 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Hori Ichiro (b. 1952) graduated the Tajimi School of Industrial Design and apprenticed under Kato Kozo. He has been awarded the Governors prize at the Asahi Ceramics Exhibtion, and ha... Click for details

Large Contemporary Pottery Charger by Sasaki Yuzuru

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Contemporary: item #1115068
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Silver gleams among the Tenmoku spots of this fine ceramic charger by Sasaki Yuzuru enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The piece is 18-1/2 inches (47 cm) diameter, 1-3/4 inches (4.5 cm) tall and in perfect condition.
Yuzuru (b. 1949) has been dazzling Japan with his unique Tenmoku wares for more than a quarter century. He was born in Okayama, and apprenticed under Kimura Morikazu (a god of Tenmoku himsel... Click for details

Contemporary Covered Ginsai Dish by Banura Shiro

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Contemporary: item #1114860
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A very cool Ginsai covered dish by Banura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Bright silver swirls to the center alternated by wrinkled lead colored glaze. It is 8 inches (20.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Shiro was born the fourth son of Living National Treasure for Lacquerware. His sensitivity to textures may stem from that exacting influence. Although his older brother succeeded th... Click for details

Contemporary Koro Incense Burner by Matsuzaki Ken

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Contemporary: item #1114704
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Each uniquely carved row of frets on this large textured koro is a variegated shade of raw clay by Matsuzaki Ken enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The piece measures7 inches (17 cm) square, 9 inches (22 cm) tall and is in fine condition.

Japanese Bizen Pottery Figural Incense Burner, Koro

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1920: item #1113696

A whimsical Bizen stoneware figural koro. A young man is depicted inebriated - sake barrel by his side (the hat cover and barrel form inokes the otherwise absent tanuki associated with sake and mischief.) The sake barrel holds the burning incense while a separate piece represents the boy's hat and forms the cover for the censer. The enjoyment of incense from the burner suggests the intoxicating qualities of imbibing. Late 19th to early 20th century. Good condition. About 5 1/4 inches (13.34cm) l... Click for details

Contemporary Kamahen Tsubo by Tsukigata Nahiko

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Contemporary: item #1113687
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A large Shinshoku Ware-tsubo eroded through natural processes during firing with a shattered rim attached to the body at the shoulder. This piece is a virtual textbook on Yohen firing effects. Tamadare, Shinshoku, koge and other effects are supplanted by a large white kutsuki on the front, all under the shadow of the shattered rim fused to the shoulder. It is roughly 10 inches (25 cm) tall, the same diameter enclosed in a fine kiri-wood box. To quote from Japanese Wood fired Ceramics, Cerami... Click for details

Stunning Contemporary Shino Vessel by Tsukigata Nahiko

Japanese: Ceramics: Stoneware Contemporary: item #1113468
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Oni Shino Vase by Tsukigata Nahiko (1923-2006) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The glaze tinge blends from green to yellow to red, the colors blending as the entire surface slides liquid down the sides. Super-high-firing technique allows the various ash and fledspar glazes to melt and combine into a glass surface unseen in other potters. This is a masterpiece of that style. The vase is 9-1/2 inches (24.5 cm) tall and in perfect condition. ... Click for details