A very beautiful and attractive vase covered with a red, mottled glaze in the shape of a squat bottle with flat but slightly curving sides. Signed Eizo,* a disciple of Kawai Kanjiro. The piece is signed with the artist’s impressed seal in the bottom. Original, inscribed and signed box. H 21,5 x 20 x 12 cm. ca...

A rectangular moulded vase of stoneware with a short powerful neck. The body of light grey colour splashed with iron and blue glazes. It comes with fully inscribed and signed storage box tomobako. H. 17 x 7 x 6,5 cm. Perfect condition. Made by Kawai Buichi (1908–1989), Kawai Kanjiro’s student and nephew. Buichi’s pieces, like those of his sensei, are unsigned. He began his training as a potter under his uncle in 1928 in Kyoto. In 1949 he joined the National Painter’s Association...

Hamada Shoji (1884–1978) Broken Straw Brush Motif Yunomi

Very good example of Hamada's iconic broken straw brush pattern with distinctive iron pigments.

Similar glaze and iron brush reference: http://www.philrogerspottery.com/portfolio/h186-yunomi-hamada-shoji/
No box is provided.
Size
Width 3.32in (8.5cm)
Height 3.35n (8.6cm)
Weight 225g

Condition
Very Good.
No chips, no cracks

This is the pinnacle of production for imperial artist Seifu Yohei III, a large Taihakuji porcelain vase with carved designs enclosed in the original signed wood box. Museum quality would be an understatement. Seifu III was known to have made few large works, so this is a very important piece, and Taihakuji was his most appreciated style. Here we see two pheasants in a blossoming tree overlooking a large crag, with clouds brimming about the rim, all in carved relief...

Cranes rest in the boughs of a massive blue pine overlaying the white clouds billowing on the pink tinged body of this large vase by Seifu Yohei III enclosed in a signed wooden box annotated by Seifu IV. An identical vase held in the collection of the Ashmolean is visible on page 19 in the book Sandai Seifu Yohei (Seki Kazuo, 2012). Seifu III was known to have made few large works, so this is a very important piece. It is signed on the base Dai-Nippon Seifu Zo...

An unusual large bottle-shaped vase by Morino Taimei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is fawn-speckled blue on black-mottled tarnished silver, a striking combination. The shape of the mouth he has taken from traditional Korean forms. The vessel is 27 cm (11 inches) tall and in excellent condition...

A small Nabeshima plate or bowl decorated with three stylized chrysanthemun medaillons among radial motifs. The back showing the "shippo" pattern with ribbons and foot ring with comb pattern in underglaze blue. Condition: fine, minimal wear, no restorations, hairlines or chips. Dimension: diameter: c. 15.5 cm, 3.5 cm high.

Old (1930's) 15 Pieces Japanese Satsuma Wisteria & Butterfly Tea Set Marked Osurusa Zo

The teapot is 6.7 inches (17 cm) tall by 8.3 inches (21.2 cm) wide. The sugar bowl is 5.4 inches (13.7 cm) tall by 6.1 inches (15.5 cm ) wide. The creamer is 5.1 inches (13 cm) tall by 6.5 inches (16.5 cm ) wide. The saucer is 0.78 inches (2 cm) tall by 5.3 inches (13.5 cm) wide. The cup is 2.2 inches (5.5 cm) tall by 3.7 inches (9.5 cm) wide...

TEABURI BRAZIER

Refined Japanese ceramic 'teaburi' (small hand-warmer brazier) of minimally roundish cylinder form coated with calm glossy pale glazing, early 20th century, approx. H 20 x D 17cm (7.87 x 6.69in)...

Width: 12.4 cm (4.9 in)
Height: 4.9 cm (1.9 in)

Quality Japanese Satsuma bowl featuring Samurai having a discussion in a rural setting; floral decoration to the exterior; finely gilded throughout; marked Senzan; excellent condition

Two Sometsuke tea containers decorated with scholarly scenes and lengthy calligraphic prose by Seifu Yohei I enclosed in a double wood box (ni-ju-bako) annotated by the fourth generation Seifu. They are 6.5 cm square, 13 cm tall. One has a some damage to the inner rim, a chip in the lid and a nick in the glaze of the bottom corner. Repairs can be performed at cost if desired
Seifu Yohei I (1803-1861) founded the Seifu dynasty in Kyoto...

A lot of drama in this crispy glazed tsubo deeply scored by the artists fingers, the trailing divets filled with running ash glaze by Murakoshi Takuma, two deep punctures in the side where it sank into the kiln supports, and a large artist performed gold repair where it had adhered to the kiln floor. The gold glimmers from the darkest part of the vessel, where it was charred black from laying in the embers...

An artist whose bold creations work well in a Western setting, here is a seminal piece decorated with huge white peony blossoms by Miyake Yoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Nuki-e Kinsai Botan Mon Henko. Here the artist has set the luscious white flowers and leaves outlined in gold on a ground of rusty yellow, an intriguing combination. It is 27 x 15 x 34 cm (10-1/2 x 6 x 13-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition. It was exhibited at the 6th Japan Kogei Association Cera...

Silver streaks the thickly potted blue sides of this large vase by important artist Morino (Hiroaki) Taimei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The patterns drape over the rim, and rise from the base like seaweed dancing in the current below a wavy line at the shoulder, the blue glaze filled with floating paler bubbles. The vessel is 28 cm (11 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Morino Taimei was born in Kyoto in 1934, and was first accepted into the Nitten National Exhibit...

Frills, filigrees and draperies gather pell-mell near the peak of this evocative vessel by Kawabata Kentaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Loco. Consistent with this artists repertoire, the varying aspects are difficult to surmise in few words, raw clay, torn, cut, molded, squeezed and decorated with color in a variety of styles. It cocks its hip to one side, striking a sassy pose. A playful work to represent the eclectic style of this young man re-shaping the ceramic lands...

An unusually large vase by Seifu Yohei III with carved cloud designs covered in mottled red flambe glaze. The box is titled Dawn-cloud-glazed Vase, Made by the former Seizan (alternate name used by Seifu III) dated Late in the Year of the Earth-Horse in the Taisho era (1918), attested to by the 4th generation Seifu. He has employed the Teishitsu Gigei-in seal of the third generation on the lid. There is a large, broad repair to the foot in colored lacquer, so it is likely the vase was never o...

A small porcelain teapot with molded chrysanthemum blossom decoration and arch-shaped handle. Thick greyish clay with craquelé. Condition: few tiny rim frits near the spout end, no repairs. Dimension: 12.4 cm high x 12.8 cm long.

1930's Japanese Sumida Gawa Porcelain Kannon Buddha

It is 15 inches (38.2 cm) tall by 4.6 inches (11.7 cm) wide. It is 2.9 Lb.

It has skip glaze, glaze cracks and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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