An incredibly rare (the only one I have ever seen) Tenmokudai style sake cup stand (Haidai) by the first-generation Seifu Yohei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seika Sake 0 Dai. The outside is pure white porcelain, the interior, which would only be revealed when lifting the bowl is covered with cobalt images of exotic birds in a forest of pine and bamboo. It is 16.9 cm (6-1/2 inches) diameter, 9 cm (3-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition...

Elegant bottle to pour sake, called tokkuri, made of thin stoneware formed in a double gourd. The stoneware turned a beautiful dark brown through firing, covered in yellowish goma, ash and ash glaze.

Hand engraved mark in bottom of Yamamoto Yuichi...

A koro decorated with squirrels ravishing a grape vine in blue under white gold by Fuji Shumei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Gokujo Hakukin-Sai Budomon Koro. It is 15.5 cm (6 inches) diameter, 12 cm (5 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Fujii Shumei (1936-2017) was born in Arita in 1936 and began working in pottery at the age of 15...

1900's Japanese Kutani Porcelain Plate Rice Farmers Village Scene Marked

It is 1.4 inches (3.5 cm) tall by 7.9 inches (20 cm) wide. It is 0.9 lb.

It has firing cracks at the underside, rubbing of gold and paint, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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An open vessel in vivid color with playful designs by pioneering female artist Matsuda Yuriko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Churippu Kaki (Tulip Vase). It is 15 cm (6 inches) diameter, 21 cm (8-1/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Matsuda Yuriko was born in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture in 1943nd lives and works in Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture. Yuriko is an avid exhibitor; it is a wonder she has time to do any work at all...

A beautiful porcelain vase decorated with iris in blue and lavender by Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan II unusually with an inscription on bottom saying it was made to commemorate the Yokohama Exposition in 1935. The vessel is 25 cm (10 inches) diameter, 21.5 cm (8-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition. It comes in a custom made wooden storage box...

An austere black chawan with a slight of raw black clay at the rim by Shigemori Yoko enclosed in a signed wooden box titled Kuroyu Chawan. As there are no straight lines in nature, there are no straight lined in the work of this artist, here the bowl is set slightly off center on the foot, just enough out of symmetric to match the asymmetrical balance of a Japanese tea room. It is 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter and comes enclosed in a wooden box signed by her brother Naoki...

A fabulous form by modern pottery star Iguchi Daisuke enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Sabi Toko. It is 33.5 x 31 x 18 cm (13-1/4 x 12-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Born in 1975 in Tochigi Prefecture, Iguchi Daisuke graduated from Tohoku University of Art and Design in 1998, trained under Masayuki Uraguchi at the Tochigi Prefectural Ceramics Institute, and established his independent kiln in Mooka City in 2004...

An antique, round porcelain box lid, richly decorated with colorful enamel painting and a gilt rim. The central motif depicts a woman seated amidst turbulent waves and clouds, playing a stringed instrument, likely a guqin or zither. The background features a dragon-like creatures swirling waves at the bottom, clouds, and some stylized trees or foliage with blue accents. Diameter 3 ¼ , Height 1 ½ ” 8 x 4 sm

A stunning Blue Mist censer of rectangular form covered in a heavy blue glass lid dripping with silver droplets by legendary Kondo Takahiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kin-gin-sai Koro. It is 19.4 x 6.3 x 16 cm (7-3/4 x 2-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Kondo Takahiro (b. 1958) was born the grandson of Living National Treasure Kondo Yuzo. However, he graduated Hosei University not with a degree in sculpture or crafts, but in Literature...

Meiji (1868-1912) Japanese Kinkozan Satsuma Earthenware Vase with 7 Dragons in Clouds Marked

It is 6.7 inches (17 cm) tall by 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) wide. It is 1 Lb.

It has rubbing of gold and paint and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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INK-INSCRIBED EARTHENWARE

Unglazed earthenware jar with ink inscriptions, commonly referred to as Bokusho-doki (“ink-inscribed earthenware”). Japan, 17th–19th century (early modern period)...

The “Totai Shippo” box combines porcelain and cloisonne. It is decorated with bats and white and blue circle on the top, chrysanthemum blossom as a handle. Inside lid and bottom with under glaze blue painting of plants and flowers. Good condition, a little scratch on surface and a small chip at the bottom of the lid. Unsigned 5½ ” x 4 ” 145 x 100 mm

The box is decorated with cherry blossoms and bird in flight. Gold rims. Perfect condition, no cracks or chips. Bottom with an old Japanese label and signature in red background reserve. Signed 2½ ” x 1 ½ ” 86 x 40 mm

Two exquisite tenmoku shaped Chawan Tea Bowls covered in pink Peacock Glaze by early female artist Matsuyama Gae II enclosed in the original signed wooden box. One nests inside the other, 13 cm and 12 cm diameter respectively, 7 and 6.5 cm tall. Both are in perfect condition. They come with the original introductory pamphlet and stamped cloth wrapping.
Matsuyama Gae I Returned from China in 1945, where he had been posted for eight years and had studied in depth ancient Chinese ceramics....

Japanese Meiji period Arita porcelain suiban, used for ikebana flower arrangements, decorated on the exterior sides in underglaze blue with four panels holding landscape scenes surrounded by a dense pattern of scrolling foliage. Spur marks are visible in the white interior, suggesting it might have been fired upside down. The flat base is unglazed. The interior is white and Late 19th to early 20th century. 12" long x 8 1/4" wide x 3 5/8" high (interior depth 2"). Very heavily potted and wei...

An ink stone of celadon glazed ceramic by Aoki Mokubei enclosed in a wooden box annotated by Fukuda Kodojin. The ceramic grinding stone mirrors in its celadon the imported culture of China and Korea which many literati artists like Kodojin aspired to. It is 8.5 x 12 x 2 cm (3-1/2 x 5 x 1 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Aoki Mokubei (1767–1833) was one of the most influential ceramic artists, painters, and literati of late Edo-period Kyoto—a central figure in the flowering of bun...

A great vase of Kutani porcelain of ovoid shape, the lower part with parallel running bands, and a large opening made by Living National Treasure Tokuda Yasokichi III (1933–2009) strikingly decorated with white, gradations of green, deep purple and light & dark blue glazes in saiyu technique. Fully signed & impressed mark: Kutani Masahiko. It comes with signed and sealed storage box tomobako, titled flower vase. H 21 x D 14 cm. Condition: Perfect. **** Tokuda Yasokichi was designated Impor...