An elegant carved porcelain set of guinomi and Tokkuri, perfect for chilled sake on a hot summer night, by Masafumi Doi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seiji Chomon-Hineri Shuki (Celadon Swirl-Carved Sake Set). Sheer perfection, the design drapes like earrings (or Christmas ornaments) from the top above a belt of raw clay below which swirl waves, all performed simply with one glaze utilizing shadow and depth. The cup is 5.5 cm diameter (2-1/4 inches), the same height...

An elegant metallic colored set of 2 guinomi and 1 Tokkuri, perfect or sharing chilled sake on a hot summer night, by Masafumi Doi enclosed in the original signed and compartmentalized wooden box titled Tessaiji Shuki (Metal Glazed Porcelain Sake Vessels). The cups are 5.5 cm diameter (2-1/4 inches), the same height. The Tokkuri is 11.5 cm (4-1/2 inches) tall and all are in excellent condition...

IKAYAKI AND TAIYAKI

Contemporary pottery pieces of 'Ikayaki' (Grilled squid) and 'Taiyaki' (Sea bream-shaped cake) made from old 'Kashigata' (Auspicious wooden molds for making traditional Japanese confectionery). Squid: 14 x 9cm (5.51 x 3.54in), Sea bream: 8.5 x 8cm (3.34 x 3.14in)...

This museum quality chawan dates from 1640 to the1690’s. Though well known, this almost Iga like deep green glaze is more uncommon than the usual warmer tones. It is typical of this time period. As pictured, it comes with a later signed box giving its name “Chill”...

A beautifully crafted open Katakuchi sake server and Guinomi sake cup by Bizen master potter Isezaki So enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Bizen Shuki (Sake Vessels). Both are elegantly formed with tapering lines in burnished raw red with a smattering of ocher colored flying ash. The cup is 6.2 cm diameter, 5.5 cm (2 inches) tall...

Elegant curves arc across the slightly flattened form of this Bizen Vase by veteran potter Isezaki So enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Henko. It is 22 x 24 x 28 cm (9 x 10 x 11 inches) and is in excellent condition. This was acquired directly from the artist on our recent trip to Bizen this summer. Isezaki So was born the third son of important potter Isezaki Mitsuru in 1968, and was raised alongside the family kiln...

A large tea bowl dripping with green Oribe glaze with geometrical and floral designs by Suzuki Goro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Narumi Oribe Chawan. What appears to be dilapidated lotus leaves overlap with blossoming branches, hanging fruits and abstracts on the red and white clay definitive of Narumi Oribe. Inside is bereft of decoration excepting the running green glaze. The bowl is 9.5 cm tall, 13-14 cm (5-5-1/2 inches) diameter and in excellent condition...

IKAYAKI

Contemporary pottery pieces of 'Ikayaki' (Grilled squid) made from old 'Kashigata' (Wooden mold for making traditional Japanese confectionery)...

The size of Chawan: 4 1/4" Dia x 2 1/4" High.
Measurement was taking from existing part
This is genuine Japanese Shoki Imari Excavated Chawan (Bowl).
It is dated from early Shoki Imari which dated back to 1630-50 maybe
little earlier. Shoki Imari did not have the process of making porcelain with bisque,
glazed then design painted. Porcelain making process skipped
bisque and glaze making, rather they put right into glazing and painting design done
in same time...

A quite large, square, molded bottle-vase with mottled kaki glaze made by Hamada Shinsaku. It comes with the storage box, Tomobako with artist's signature and seal and artist’s documentation in Japanese. Size: Height 21.5cm, Length 15.3cm, Width 8.5cm. Good condition. Hamada Shinsaku was born in Tokyo in 1929, the second son of Hamada Shoji and the successor to his father’s work and the Mashiko kiln...

An astounding work of singular design by renowned Shigaraki pioneering female artist Koyama Kiyoko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Ryukoku Tsubo (Natural Ash Glazed Carved Flowing Tsubo). The voluminous work is like a seed pod, rising up in tapering lines to an undulating open mouth. The body is covered in rich green ash glaze, flowing down the wavering clefts to pour out and collect in thin crystalline pools...

A masterpiece by Otani Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Hai-Kaburi Tsubo (Ash blanketed Jar). Breathtaking, it appears straight from the inferno. With so much going on, the thick textured embers almost purple in color, encrustations covering the surface with a blast of molten ocher glaze on one side rivulets of color dripping down. It would wow the crowds in any museum exhibition and is the best piece I have ever owned by this legendary potter...

An Unusual Imari Teapot of compressed form with loop handle and upright spout, raised on three short legs. Decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and gilt with a peony scroll. Japan 1700/20. Height; 3" (7.5 cm). Condition; shallow chips to end of spout, firing glaze flaw to side (image 3), cover with a 1.5 cm hairline

Straight out of a Miyazaki Hayao fantasy is this Future Fossil Series Koro incense burner by Watanabe Takuma which comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Koro Mirai Kaseki (future Fossil). It is 13 cm (5 inches diameter, 16.5 cm (6-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist this summer.
Watanabe Takuma was born in Hyogo prefecture in 1968, and after graduating Kansai Daigaku University in 1991, began studying Bizen ware under Yamauchi Ats...

Stylistically a superb example for the era, a young woman rises in relief from the monochromatic surface of this long vessel by influential avant-garde artist Fujihira Shin enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating from the post-war years, likely early 1950s. It is 15 inches (38 cm) tall, 3-1/2 inches (8.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Fujihira Shin (1922-2012) was born into the family of a ceramics dealer in Kyoto, raised among the pots, and attended the Art Universit...

This guinomi by Watanabe Takuma would complement well the Future Fossil series Sake Server currently being offered. It too has a variegated surface like patched together mtal plates, with brilliant coloration. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Sake-nomi. It is roughly 6 cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter and in excellent condition acquired this summer from the artist.
Watanabe Takuma was born in Hyogo prefecture in 1968, and after graduating Kansai Daigaku Univer...

This guinomi by Watanabe Takuma complements the gourd-like Sake Server currently being offered. It feels as if it has been hewn from a lump of wood, the texture of tree bark on the fingers striking a natural accord with the gourd-like sense of the overturned bottle. has a variegated surface like patched together metal plates, with brilliant coloration. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Sake-nomi. It is roughly 6 cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter and in excellent condi...

A Future Fossil series Sake Server by Watanabe Takuma enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Shuki. Like something out of a Miyazaki Hayao animation, one expects to see steam pumping as the vessel makes its way of its own accord toward the destined sake cup. Each piece in this series has a unique serial number, this number S151. It is roughly 16 cm (6 inches) long and in excellent condition acquired this summer from the artist.
Watanabe Takuma was born in Hyogo prefect...