Tokaname Hanging Vase by Ezaki Issei
Japanese: Tea Articles: Pottery Pre 1980: item #935366
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For a Japanese pottery connoisseur, some names in recent history are important to know, even if they never became "popular" or were named Living National Treasures. One such name is Ezaki Issei(1918-1992). Ezaki is the "godfather" of present day Tokoname wares, as it was he who revived the dilapidated kiln site and restored the glories of medieval Tokoname into the Showa Era. He is credited for reviving Tokoname wares like Kaneshige Toyo for Bizen or Nakazato Muan for Karatsu. If one is familiar... Click for details
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Irabo Chawan by Hamanaka Gesson
Japanese: Tea Articles: Pottery Pre 2000: item #933315
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180,000 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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Hamanaka Gesson (b.1943) is as talented a ceramic artist as they come; he does everything well from tableware to Tea wares, and all in a variety of styles and glazes. One very, very shibui style that is highly favored by Tea masters is a Korean inspired brown glaze called Irabo (ee-rah-bow). It's a wood ash mixed with an iron glaze that gives it its rusty brown tones that harmonize with whipped emerald green tea to a divine perfection. Hamanaka's chawan is also perfection in form, firing, balanc... Click for details
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Antique Japanese Sencha Gourd Tea Set, Kassui
Japanese: Tea Articles: Lacquer Pre 1900: item #932377 MOR2657
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The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
1.450.00
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A very unusual set of Sencha (Chinese style thin tea) pots with lids all carved from gourds dating from the 19th century, each uniquely signed Kassui in reddish lacquer. The set consists of: one large teapot, one small teapot, two lidded pouring pots, one open basin and one tall thin tea pot. The large tea pot is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter, the small lidded pots roughly 2 inches (5 cm) tall and the thin pot is 4 inches (10.5 cm) tall. The cooling pot is 4-1/4 inches (11 cm) diameter, and the s... Click for details
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Mushiake Sencha Cup Set by Okamoto Eizan
Japanese: Tea Articles Pre 1950: item #930243
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60,000 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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Mushiake pottery is a relatively obscure style fired in Okayama prefecture, the same area as Bizen. It began in the Edo period to service the tea needs of Lord Ikeda. After losing feudal patronage in the Meiji period there was a decline in the output and even stretches where there were no kilns being fired at all. Along came Okamoto Eizan (1881-1962) who along with Kuroi Ichiraku rekindled the flames and interest in Mushiake and even went so far as to start a 'mushiake boom.' From 1907 he set ou... Click for details
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Japanese Showa Cast Iron Tetsubin Tea Kettle Pot Bamboo
Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1930: item #929018
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Petrie-Rogers Gallery
(520) 293-8355
$250
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Large Japanese cast iron tetsubin decorated on the front with a pattern of bamboo leaves. The lid has a globular form finial. It is marked at the side of the spout (see enlargement 3). Dark sheen to the cast iron. Appears to date from the mid-20th century. Measures about 9" to the top of the handle and 7 1/2" across to the tip of the spout. The handle moves slightly to either side and can stand up on its own. There is some rust evident in the interior.
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