This exceptional gold Tenmoku tea bowl stands as a luminous dialogue between historical memory and modern mastery, uniting the ceremonial gravity of Momoyama-period tea culture with the refined technical sensibility of late-20th-century Japanese ceramics.

At first encounter, the bowl’s presence is defined by its pure, restrained form. The silhouette follows the classical Tenmoku lineage: gently rising walls that curve inward with calm assurance, culminating in a softly rounded rim...

This Shino chawan is a quietly compelling example of early 19th-century hand-formed tea ware, imbued with a deeply wabi sensibility and an unforced sense of age. It is a bowl that does not announce itself immediately; rather, it reveals its character gradually, through touch, use, and prolonged contemplation.

The form is gently irregular and organically modeled, shaped by hand rather than disciplined by the wheel...

This square celadon mizusashi is an elegant and quietly commanding example of modern Japanese ceramic art, created approximately thirty years ago by Koga Konno (b. 1940), a highly regarded contemporary master and recipient of first-class recognition within the Japanese ceramic world...

Potter’s seal on side just above the foot rim: Ohi. Most likely referring to Ohi Chozaemon IX.

Japan, mid-20th century

H 2-2.25 x Diam 6 in...

This late Edo – early Meiji (19th century) charming Seto tea bowl presents itself with the quiet warmth of folk craftsmanship, blending modest materiality with spiritual auspiciousness...

Mark inside foot ring of the Bizen potter Nishikawa Masami.

Japan, Bizen, second half 20th century.

H 3.25 x W 4.75 in.

Comes with wooden storage box.

Thin firing crack (accepted by potter). Excellent condition.

Nishikawa Masami (1938-2004) was born in Nagoya...

Antique Kyo-yaki Chawan — “Scenes Beneath the Willow” (Yanagi no Shita no Kei 柳の下の景) made in Kyoto, Genji 2 (1865)

Hand-painted overglaze enamel (iro-e), stoneware body, signed tomobako (wooden box) with inscription.

This refined Kyō chawan possesses a gently cylindrical yet subtly undulating profile — a shape reminiscent of the tsutsugata (cylindrical form) often favored in colder months of tea practice...

A fine and evocative Seto tea bowl, dating to the mid-19th century (late Edo period), exemplifying the wabi-sabi aesthetic cherished in Japanese tea culture.

The bowl has a softly irregular form, its undulating rim and natural asymmetry reflecting the hand of the potter and the quiet philosophy of imperfection. The glaze is a subdued ashen-gray with subtle mineral speckling and kiln-born texture, creating a surface both tactile and visually rich...

Exquisite Antique Aka-Raku Chawan by Kōka Matsu – Rare Vermilion Glaze, Over a Century Old

An outstanding and exceedingly rare Aka-Raku (red Raku) tea bowl attributed to the elusive potter Kōka Matsu (高松好佳 or 高松好可 in Japanese) dating to the late 19th century Meiji era. This chawan stands out for its exceptional vermilion “blood-red” glaze and superb aesthetic presence...

Ohi-yaki Chawan by the 9th Ohi Chozaemon

Bathed in the quiet dignity of age, this Ohi chawan — crafted by Ohi Chozaemon IX around 80 years ago — embodies the deep philosophical resonance of wabi-cha, where irregularity becomes elegance, and warmth becomes ceremony. It comes with the originally signed and sealed wooden box.

This tea bowl glows with an amber-toned Ohi glaze, flowing like honeyed lacquer over a textured body of soft, iron-rich clay...