A prototypical Momoyama style Iga vase by Atarashi Kanji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Mimitsuki Hanaire. It is 24 cm tall (just under 10 inches) and in excellent condition.
Atarashi Kanji was born in Osaka in 1944, and graduated the Osaka College of Craft design. After 3 years in Kobe, and 4 in Kishiwada (Wakayama) he came to settle in Iga, where he was one of the driving forces behind the resurrection and preservation of the Iga tradition...

The figure is hand-painted in polychrome enamels, including blues, reds, greens, and gilt accents. The boy is depicted kneeling and playing a large drum with two drumsticks. The style is typical of Kutani ware, known for its ornate decoration and rich colors. The design features an intricate pattern of butterflies, flowers, and foliage set against a black background. 8 ” x 7 x 8 ” 21 x 17 x 21 sm

Small cup in the shape of an open lotus flower (seen from above) made of very thin, fine stoneware. The outside covered with translucent, finely crackled glaze, decorated in underglaze blue, blue and green enamels and gold with pine branches and flowering plum branches. Inside just covered with clear, crackled glaze.

Mark in bottom: Mizoro...

A ceramic box by Yamamoto Noriyuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kinsai To Kaku Bako (Square Ceramic Box in Gold Glaze) dated 2003. It is 10.5 cm (4 inches) square, 18.5 cm (7-1/4 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Yamamoto Noriyuki was born in Tottori in 1948, and at the age of 16 met the head of the Toyama Mingei Museum Yoshida Shoya...

Streamline fish mingle on the surface of this earthy vessel by Shigemori Yoko enclosed in a signed wooden box titled simply Guinomi. It is 8 cm (3 inches) diameter, 4.5 cm (just less than 2 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Shigemori Yoko (1953-2021) was born in Kagoshima...

1930's Japanese Kutani Daruma with Ram Figure Okimono

It is 12 inches (30.48 cm) tall by 5.5 inches (13.97 cm) and 5 inches (12.7 cm) wide. It is 3.8 Lb.

It has glaze crazing, glaze cracks, stains, rubbing of gold and paint, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Japanese studio pottery crafted in the Ogata Kenzan style. The piece appears to be made in the raku style, a soft-bodied, hand-modeled ceramic. It features carved texture on the brown upper portion and painted elements in yellow, orange, and gray on the lower band, consistent with the use of vivid colors and emphasis on design associated with Kenzan wares. Singed at the bottom, in perfect condition. 10 1/4 ” x 3 1/2 ” 26.5 x 9.5 sm

The style, with rich overglaze enamels (iro-e) in vibrant colors like emerald green, cobalt blue, yellow, and red, is characteristic of Japanese Kutani ware porcelain. In Japanese folklore and feng shui traditions, the pheasant (kiji) is considered a symbol of protection, loyalty, and prosperity...

A very unusual work circa 2010 in granular black by Sakiyama Takayuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Choto (listening to waves). It is 30 cm (12 inches) diameter, 20 cm (8 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Sakiyama Takayuki (b. 1958) graduated the Osaka Art University in 1981. In 1984 he exhibited for the first time at the Nitten National Exhibition...

A brooding Bizen Guinomi blackened and shiny opposite a blast of ash by Oiwa Tomoyuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box. There is a wonderful dialog between the two sides, the blackened with a burnished dark surface, while over the same darkness has been blasted molten ash on the cup, flowing around and beading on one side. The juxtaposition between light and dark is delightful. The sake cup is 7 cm (2-3/4 inches) diameter, 6.5 cm (2-1/2 inches) tall, and in excellent condition...

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Object composed of ceramic fragments bound and shaped with washi Japanese paper. Approx...

Japanese Arita rounded rectangular form porcelain platter decorated in underglaze blue with a conceptual map of Japan moulded in relief and surrounded by dense stylized fish-scale patterned waves to indicate the ocean. The various provinces, each identified in blue kanji, have incised lines separating them...

Square tray or serving platter made of fine, cream-colored stoneware that turned brown in various spots, with a straight rim. In the wet ceramic textile patters have been impressed: mostly bands of a key-fret motif, and one corner with small circles, shibori. The designs are partially filled with a cream-colored or very pale-yellow glaze, while splashes of green glaze with some blue are covering two corners.

Unsigned...

A swirl of pine needles blown in a vortex decorates the inside of this bowl, while outside enigmatic figures seem to dance in negative about a pale swirl of haze by Shigemori Yoko enclosed in a signed wooden box titled Kuro-sen Nuki-e Hachi. Her fingers are clearly visible in the striations rising up the side of the vessel...

A set of two cups and a Tokkuri flask enclosed in a white porcelain compartmentalized container decorated with lotus leaves and blossoms by Fujii Takayuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Fukisome Hasu Zu Shuki Shyno Bako. The outer container consists of a base and lid, with a divided cylinder between which contains the Tokkuri and two cups. The container is 15 cm (6 inches) diameter, 19 cm (7-1/2 inches) tall. The Tokkuri is 10.5 cm (roughly 4 inches) diameter, 12 cm (roughl...

Set of sake cups in the shape of temple bells or wind chimes, made of fine brown stoneware. Band of impressed circular chrysanthemums, just under the everted lip, covered with brown, gray and white glazes. Inside covered with brown, ochre and gray mottled glazes. Each cup is different in decoration and slightly varying in height and shape.

Unsigned. By Kato Kiyonobu, Japan, 1975 or shortly before.

Each cup H 1.75-2 x diam at lip 2.25 in.

Comes with the original wooden storage b...

Imagine the rich green froth of maccha inside this haunting kutsu-gata bowl by Tsujimura Yii enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shiro-Shino Chawan. It is almost 13 cm (over 5 inches) diameter at the base, the mouth 14 x 11 cm (5-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches) and is 8.3 cm (3-1/4 inches) tall and in perfect condtion.
Tsujimura Yui was born the first son of the legendary artist Tsujimura Shiro in 1975, and his illustrious fathers emphasis on nature and the clashing of forces within th...

Hand-made large plate, or platter, great for serving food. Dense very light brown stoneware covered in opaque green, brown glazes with wax-resist decoration of triangles and circles with small splashes of black.

Potter’s mark on back: dovetail (or two triangles pointed towards each other). Unidentified potter.

Japan, Mashiko style, 20th century.

H 1.25 x diam. 10.25 in.

Excellent condition, no damages

Not dishwasher safe, nor microwave safe.